Digital competencies in the bachelor‘s degree in physiotherapy — a mixed methods study in Austria / Digitale Kompetenzen im Bachelor-Studium der Physiotherapie — eine Mixed-Methods-Studie in Österreich
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijhp-2025-0011 | Journal eISSN: 2296-990X
Language: English, German
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Submitted on: Jul 30, 2025
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