Predictors of student satisfaction in distance-delivered graduate nursing courses: What matters most?

Journal of Professional Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 149-163

  DeBourgh, Gregory A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance education; Instructional technology; Student satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPETENCE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERNET; LEARNING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; PEDAGOGICS; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PREDICTION; QUALITY CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SATISFACTION; SCORING SYSTEM; TEACHING; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0038148910     PISSN: 87557223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S8755-7223(03)00072-3     Document Type: Article

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