A perspective on clinical evaluation in nursing education

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1339-1346

  Mahara, M Star ^a,b  

^a THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical evaluation; Constructivist; Formative summative; Fourth generation; Nursing education; Objective subjective

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HUMAN; LEARNING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STANDARD;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FACULTY, NURSING; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LEARNING; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 0032239840     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1998.00837.x     Document Type: Article

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