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Curriculum evaluation: linking curriculum objectives to essential competencies

Brenda K Merritt1, Andrea I Blake, Alison H McIntyre

  • 1School of Occupational Therapy, Dalhousie University, 5869 University Avenue, PO Box 15000, Forrest Building Room 215, Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 4R2. b.merritt@dal.ca

Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy. Revue Canadienne D'Ergotherapie
|July 25, 2012
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