Making sense of problem-based learning: The perceptions and experiences of undergraduate nursing students

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1205-1212

  Biley, Francis C ^a   Smith, Keri L ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Nursing education; Problem based learning; Tension; Undergraduates

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CURRICULUM; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CURRICULUM; ETHICS, NURSING; GREAT BRITAIN; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; NURSING RESEARCH; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 0033226997     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1999.01188.x     Document Type: Article

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