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Online interprofessional health sciences education: From theory to practice

  1. Robert Luke PhD Assistant Vice President, Research and Innovation1,*,
  2. Patty Solomon PhD Professor and Director2,
  3. Sue Baptiste MHSc, OTReg(Ont), FCAOT Professor3,
  4. Pippa Hall MD Associate Professor4,
  5. Carole Orchard RN, EdD Associate Professor, Director5,
  6. Ellen Rukholm RN, PhD Executive Director6,
  7. Lorraine Carter PhD Professor7

Article first published online: 2 SEP 2009

DOI: 10.1002/chp.20030

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Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions

Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions

Volume 29, Issue 3, pages 161–167, Summer 2009

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Luke, R., Solomon, P., Baptiste, S., Hall, P., Orchard, C., Rukholm, E. and Carter, L. (2009), Online interprofessional health sciences education: From theory to practice. J. Contin. Educ. Health Prof., 29: 161–167. doi: 10.1002/chp.20030

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  1. 1

    George Brown College

  2. 2

    Program for Interprofessional Practice, Education, and Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University

  3. 3

    School of Rehabilitation Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University

  4. 4

    Department of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa

  5. 5

    School of Nursing, University of Western Ontario

  6. 6

    Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing, Professor, Nursing, Laurentian University

  7. 7

    School of Nursing, Laurentian University

*George Brown College, 160 Kendal Ave., Toronto, Ontario M5T 2T9, Canada

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