What 'really' affects health professions students' satisfaction with their educational experience? Implications for practice and research

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 644-655

  El Ansari, Walid ^a   Oskrochi, Reza ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Course related variables; Evaluation research; Learning and teaching; Nursing education; Satisfaction indicators; Student characteristics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; NURSING EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTRATION; SATISFACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHING;

CONSUMER SATISFACTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL; EVALUATION STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; STUDENTS;

EID: 7244234182     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2004.09.002     Document Type: Article

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