Grading student clinical practice performance: The Australian perspective

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 672-679

  Andre, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 0034311468     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/nedt.2000.0493     Document Type: Article

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