The impact of pre-entry study skills training programmes on students' first year experience in health and social care programmes

Nurse Education in Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 20-30

  Fergy, Sue ^a   Heatley, Sue ^a   Morgan, Graham ^a   Hodgson, David ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

First year experience; Study skills; Widening participation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL PROFESSION; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL WORK; TEACHING; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY;

FACULTY; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LEARNING; LONDON; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SOCIAL WORK; STUDENTS, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; TEACHING;

EID: 37049005207     PISSN: 14715953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2007.02.003     Document Type: Article

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