The "virtual family": An evaluation of an innovative approach using problem-based learning to integrate curriculum themes in a nursing undergraduate programme

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 219-225

  Sharp, David M M ^a   Primrose, Catherine Seonaid ^b  

^a CEDARVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EVALUATION; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; NURSING EDUCATION; TEACHING;

EID: 0037397319     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0260-6917(02)00231-9     Document Type: Article

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