Self-assessment or self deception? A lack of association between nursing students' self-assessment and performance

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2406-2413

  Baxter, Pamela ^a   Norman, Geoff ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emergency; Nursing education; Objective structured clinical exam; Self assessment; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECEPTION; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SELF EVALUATION; STANDARD;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECEPTION; EDUCATION, NURSING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; ONTARIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SELF-ASSESSMENT; STUDENTS, NURSING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054010826     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05658.x     Document Type: Article

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