Report card: An evaluation of a concept-based curriculum

Nursing Education Perspectives

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 372-377

  Giddens, Jean Foret ^a   Morton, Nancy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Curriculum evaluation; Nursing curricula; Teaching strategies; Undergraduate nursing education < head>

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; QUALITY CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

BENCHMARKING; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; NEW MEXICO; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 79952156011     PISSN: 15365026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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