Beyond student ratings: Peer observation of classroom and clinical teaching

International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Berk, Ronald A ^a   Naumann, Phyllis L ^a   Appling, Susan E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical teaching; Faculty evaluation; Peer observation; Peer review; Student ratings

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; CLINICAL EDUCATION; HUMAN; NURSING EDUCATION; PEER REVIEW; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; STUDENT; TEACHING; VALIDATION PROCESS; WRITING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NURSE TRAINING; OBSERVATION; RATING SCALE; TEACHER; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; STANDARD;

EDUCATION, NURSING; FACULTY, NURSING; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PEER REVIEW; PSYCHOMETRICS; TEACHING;

EID: 14644394372     PISSN: 1548923X     EISSN: 1548923X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1548-923X.1024     Document Type: Review

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