Using OSCE as an assessment tool for clinical skills: Nursing students' feedback

Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 2465-2472

  El Nemer, Amina ^a   Kandeel, Nahed ^a  

^a Mansoura University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Assessment tool; Clinical skills; OSCE; Students' feedback

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952284667     PISSN: 19918178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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