Quality of nursing doctoral education in Korea: Towards policy development

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1494-1503

  Ja Kim, Mi ^a   Gi Park, Chang ^a   Kim, Minju ^b   Lee, Hyeonkyeong ^c   Ahn, Yang Heui ^d   Kim, Euisook ^e   Yun, Soon Nyoung ^f   Lee, Kwang Ja ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Inje University   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^d Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Ministry of Health   (South Korea)

^f Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^g Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Korea; Policy; Quality of nursing doctoral education; Questionnaire survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOUTH KOREA; STANDARD;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; FACULTY, NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; POLICY MAKING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 84862703748     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05885.x     Document Type: Article

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