On-the-job learning in the nursing profession: Developing and validating a classification of learning activities and learning themes

Personnel Review

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 442-459

  Berings, Marjolein ^a   Poell, Rob ^b   Gelissen, John ^b  

^a Pharmaceutical Services Section Christian Health Association of Malawi (CHAM)   (Malawi)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Classification; Learning methods; Learning processes; Nursing; Workplace learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 45349098392     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480810877606     Document Type: Article

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