Educational input and patient outcomes: Exploring the gap

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 461-471

  Jordan, Sue ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic diaries; Comparator groups; Continuing professional education; Health care; Medicine; Nursing; Outcomes; Quality assurance; Research methods

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW;

CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT EDUCATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0034132501     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2000.01279.x     Document Type: Article

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