A Practical Framework for Evaluating the Impact of Clinical Simulation Experiences in Prelicensure Nursing Education

Clinical Simulation in Nursing

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Prion, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; Clinical simulation; evaluation; input environment outcome (I E O) model; performance evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 55649096451     PISSN: 18761399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecns.2008.08.002     Document Type: Review

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