Public Health
Volume 120, Issue 5 , Pages 462-473 , May 2006

What matters most? Predictors of student satisfaction in public health educational courses

  • W. El Ansari

      Affiliations

    • School of Health and Bioscience, University of East London, London, UK
    • Department of Family Health, Newham University Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Newham University Hospital NHS Trust, Glen Road, Plaistow, London E13 8SL, UK. Tel.: +44 207 363 8069; fax: +44 207 363 8775.
    • ,
  • R. Oskrochi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mathematical Sciences, School of Technology, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK

Received 21 January 2005 ,Revised 7 September 2005 ,Accepted 7 December 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2005.12.005

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