A pilot study to investigate the effect of a simulation strategy on the clinical decision making of midwifery students

Journal of Nursing Education

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 131-134

  Cioffi, Jane ^a   Purcal, Nita ^a   Arundell, Fiona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENT; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LABOR; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MIDWIFE; NORMAL HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; SIMULATION;

EID: 14944381432     PISSN: 00223158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01484834-20050301-06     Document Type: Article

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