Implementation and evaluation of peer assessment of clinical skills for first year student nurses

Nurse Education in Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 219-226

  Rush, Sue ^a   Firth, Terry ^a   Burke, Linda ^b   Marks Maran, Di ^c  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^c Marks Maran Associates Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult learning; Clinical skills; Peer assessment; Pre registration education; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TIME;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PEER GROUP; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STUDENTS, NURSING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84860634869     PISSN: 14715953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2012.01.014     Document Type: Article

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