Facilitating help-seeking through student interactions in a WebCT online graduate study program

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 175-178

  Melrose, Sherri ^a  

^a ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Graduate studies; Help seeking; Interaction; Online

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MEDICAL STUDENT; NURSE PRACTITIONER; ONLINE SYSTEM; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STUDENT SATISFACTION; TAPE RECORDER; WEB BROWSER;

ALBERTA; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FACULTY, NURSING; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PEER GROUP; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS, NURSING; TEACHING;

EID: 33746587839     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2006.00277.x     Document Type: Article

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