Objective structured clinical evaluation of clinical competence: An integrative review

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1584-1595

  Walsh, Mireille ^a   Bailey, Patricia Hill ^b   Koren, Irene ^b  

^a Northern College of Applied Arts and Technology   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical competence; Factor analysis; Integrative review; Nursing; Objective structured clinical evaluation (OSCE)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NURSING EDUCATION; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 68149120493     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2009.05054.x     Document Type: Article

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