Some important limitations of competency-based education with respect to nurse education: An Australian perspective

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 129-135

  Chapman, Helen ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MODEL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION; STANDARD;

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; MODELS, NURSING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH;

EID: 0033074649     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/nedt.1999.0620     Document Type: Article

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