Top tips for PhD thesis examination: Nurse clinicians, researchers and novices

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-9

  Cleary, Michelle ^a   Horsfall, Jan ^b   Hunt, Glenn E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ANZAC Research Institute   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dissertation; Education; Examination; Guidance; Nursing; Thesis

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING RESEARCH; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DISSERTATIONS, ACADEMIC AS TOPIC; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; FACULTY, NURSING; HUMANS; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSING RESEARCH;

EID: 82855165095     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2011.08.004     Document Type: Editorial

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