Evaluating healthcare education: Issues and methods

Nurse Education in Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 332-338

  Attree, Moira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Evaluation; Methodological issues

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751415402     PISSN: 14715953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2006.07.010     Document Type: Article

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