A curricular approach to improve the information literacy and academic writing skills of part-time post-registration nursing students in Hong Kong

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 458-468

  Tarrant, Marie ^a   Dodgson, Joan E ^b   Law, Beatrice V K K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Curricular interventions; Information literacy; Post registration students; Program evaluation; Writing skills

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING INFORMATICS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; STANDARD; WRITING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMPUTER LITERACY; COMPUTER USER TRAINING; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL, RETRAINING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING INFORMATICS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SELF EFFICACY; STUDENTS, NURSING; WRITING;

EID: 41949141076     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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