An Exploration of Practice Development Evaluation: Unearthing Praxis

International Practice Development in Nursing and Healthcare

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 126-146

  Wilson, Val ^a,b   Hardy, Sally ^c   Brown, Bob ^d  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Social Care Trust   (Ireland)

Author keywords

'praxis evaluation' core components of PD work evaluation; Action learning group (ALG) for nurse educators; CINAHL and MEDLINE electronic databases; Critical questioning and reflection supporting critical consideration; Evaluation and practice development; Exploring praxis evaluation; International Practice Development Colloquium (IPDC); IPDC and notion of critical creativity; Praxis evaluation and critical reflection notion; Praxis evaluation through IPDC 5 day schools in Europe and Australasia

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956626301     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444319491.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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