Standardizing the assessment of clinical competence: an overview of intensive care course design

Nursing in Critical Care

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 238-246

  McGaughey, Jennifer ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical competence; Clinical portfolio; Critical care education; Objective structured clinical examination; Outcome based education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LEARNING; NORTHERN IRELAND; ACHIEVEMENT; CURRICULUM; METHODOLOGY; NURSING DISCIPLINE; NURSING EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACHIEVEMENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; NORTHERN IRELAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECIALTIES, NURSING;

EID: 6944249025     PISSN: 13621017     EISSN: 14785153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1362-1017.2004.00082.x     Document Type: Article

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