Undertaking midwifery studies: Commencing students' views

Midwifery

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 642-647

  Carolan, Mary ^a   Kruger, Gina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attrition; Midwifery; Motivations; Students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDWIFE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDWIFERY; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, NURSING; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052670301     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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