Scaling up nurse education: An evaluation of a national PhD capacity development programme in South Africa, in the context of the global shortage of nursing graduates

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 647-652

  Comiskey, Catherine M ^a   Matthews, Anne ^b   Williamson, Charmaine ^c   Bruce, Judith ^d   Mulaudzi, Mavis ^e   Klopper, Hester ^f  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^c Santrust Educational Trust   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Capacity; Development; Education; Ireland; Nursing; PhD; South Africa; Strategy

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; NURSE; NURSING EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; EDUCATION; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; HEALTH PLANNING SUPPORT; HUMANS; NURSES; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84928754667     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2015.01.003     Document Type: Article

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