Bioscience in the pre-registration curriculum: Finding the right teaching strategy

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 123-135

  Davies, Shân ^a   Murphy, Fiona ^a   Jordan, Sue ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; TEACHING; TIME;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FACULTY, NURSING; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, NURSING; TEACHING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034139395     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/nedt.1999.0375     Document Type: Article

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