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‘Once You Get the Threshold Concepts the World Is Changed Forever’: The Exploration of Threshold Concepts to Promote Work-ready Occupational Therapy Graduates: The exploration of threshold concepts to promote work-ready occupational therapy graduates “一旦你得到了门槛概念，世界就永远改变了”:门槛概念的探索，以促进工作准备的职业治疗毕业生:门槛概念的探索，以促进工作准备的职业治疗毕业生

International Journal of Practice-Based Learning in Health and Social Care Pub Date : 2018-07-01 DOI: 10.18552/IJPBLHSC.V6I1.417

K. Nicola-Richmond, G. Pépin, Helen Larkin

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引用次数: 9

Threshold Concepts in Radiation Physics Underpinning Professional Practice in Radiation Therapy 放射物理阈值概念:放射治疗专业实践的基础

International Journal of Practice-Based Learning in Health and Social Care Pub Date : 2018-07-01 DOI: 10.18552/IJPBLHSC.V6I1.421

L. Hudson, P. Engel-Hills, C. Winberg

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引用次数: 3

Integrating Threshold Concepts and Ways of Thinking and Practising: Supporting Physiotherapy Students to Develop a Holistic View of the Profession through Concept Mapping 整合阈值概念和思维方式与实践:通过概念图支持物理治疗学生发展对专业的整体看法

International Journal of Practice-Based Learning in Health and Social Care Pub Date : 2018-07-01 DOI: 10.18552/IJPBLHSC.V6I1.419

S. Barradell, T. Peseta

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引用次数: 7

Threshold Concepts, Action Poetry and the Health Professions: An Interview with Ray Land 门槛概念、动作诗与健康专业——雷·兰德访谈录

International Journal of Practice-Based Learning in Health and Social Care Pub Date : 2018-07-01 DOI: 10.18552/IJPBLHSC.V6I1.517

R. Land, Hilary Neve, L. Martindale

引用次数: 7

Nurturing and Complexity – Threshold Concepts in Geriatric Medicine 培育和复杂性-老年医学的阈值概念

International Journal of Practice-Based Learning in Health and Social Care Pub Date : 2018-07-01 DOI: 10.18552/IJPBLHSC.V6I1.420

I. Wilkinson

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引用次数: 10

Challenges in the Commencement of Consultant Surgical Practice: A Study of Threshold Concepts in Junior Cardiothoracic Surgeons 开始咨询手术的挑战：初级心胸外科医生阈值概念的研究

International Journal of Practice-Based Learning in Health and Social Care Pub Date : 2018-07-01 DOI: 10.18552/IJPBLHSC.V6I1.435

Julian A. Smith, S. Blackburn, D. Nestel

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引用次数: 11