'Quality is bound up with our values': Evaluating the quality of mentoring programmes

Quality in Higher Education

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 151-160

  McMillan, W ^a   Parker, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Accountability; Evaluative purpose; Health sciences education; Mentoring programmes; Quality evaluation; Transformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944432147     PISSN: 13538322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13538320500175142     Document Type: Review

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