A comparative study of teacher directed and self directed methods of teaching clinical skills to undergraduate nursing students

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 88-93

  Nixon, Maureen ^a   Morgan, Lyn ^a   Forsyth, Judith ^a   Ellis, Denise ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical skill acquisition; Laboratory teaching; Nurse education; Nursing skills; Self directed learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006594737     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-172X.1996.tb00029.x     Document Type: Article

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