Exploring the challenges and successes of the Lecturer Practitioner role using a stakeholder evaluation approach

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 758-764

  Hancock, Helen ^a   Lloyd, Hilary ^b,c   Campbell, Steve ^b,c   Turnock, Chris ^c   Craig, Stephen ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY HOSPITALS SUNDERLAND NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lecturer practitioner; Role evaluation; Stakeholder evaluation; Theory practice gap

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MANAGER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THEORY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NURSE'S ROLE;

EID: 34548473570     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2006.00750.x     Document Type: Article

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