Evaluation of doctoral nursing programs - A review and a strategy for follow up

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 316-325

  Kjellgren, Karin I ^a   Welin, Catharina ^a   Danielson, Ella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Doctoral program; Evaluation; Quality assurance; Review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LEARNING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; TEACHER;

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; FACULTY, NURSING; FORECASTING; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; STUDENTS, NURSING; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 18744394919     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2005.02.002     Document Type: Article

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