The cost of the objective structured clinical examination on an Italian nursing bachelor's degree course

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 422-426

  Palese, A ^a   Bulfone, G ^a   Venturato, E ^a   Urli, N ^a   Bulfone, T ^a   Zanini, A ^a   Fabris, S ^a   Tomietto, M ^a   Comisso, I ^a   Tosolini, C ^a   Zuliani, S ^a   Dante, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Assessment; Costs; Italian; Nursing students; Objective structured clinical examination; Retrospective study

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COST; CURRICULUM; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; HUMAN; ITALY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; ITALY; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84859642963     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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