Making portfolios work in practice

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 595-603

  Scholes, Julie ^a   Webb, Christine ^b   Gray, Morag ^c   Endacott, Ruth ^d   Miller, Carolyn ^a   Jasper, Melanie ^e   McMullan, Mirjam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessors; Clinical learning; Competence; Nursing students; Portfolios; Practice assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; TEACHER; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ENGLAND; HUMANS; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 2942598748     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2004.03050.x     Document Type: Article

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