The development and evaluation of a computer-based resource to assist pre-registration nursing students with their preparation for objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs)

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 113-117

  Bloomfield, Jacqueline ^a   Fordham Clarke, Carol ^a   Pegram, Anne ^a   Cunningham, Brent ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical skills; Computers; e Learning; Nursing students; OSCEs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MIDWIFE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TEACHING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION, NURSING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; SCHOOLS, NURSING; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 73749085063     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2009.06.004     Document Type: Article

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