Promotion of critical thinking by using case studies as teaching method

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 204-207

  Popil, Inna ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Case studies; Critical thinking; Nursing education; Teaching method; Teaching strategies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING THEORY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; TEACHING; THINKING;

EDUCATION, NURSING; FACULTY, NURSING; HUMANS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING THEORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; TEACHING; THINKING;

EID: 79151475366     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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