Effectiveness of an audience response system in teaching pharmacology to baccalaureate nursing students

CIN - Computers Informatics Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 326-334

  Vana, Kimberly D ^a   Silva, Graciela E ^a   Muzyka, Diann ^a   Hirani, Lorraine M ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Audience response system; Computer assisted instruction; Educational technology; Feedback methods; Interactive voice response system; Student response system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PHARMACOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; STATISTICS; TEACHING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PHARMACOLOGY; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); STUDENTS, NURSING; TEACHING; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959950574     PISSN: 15382931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCN.0b013e3181f9dd9c     Document Type: Article

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