Educating change agents: A qualitative descriptive study of graduates of a Master's program in evidence-based practice

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Hole, Grete Oline ^a   Brenna, Sissel Johansson ^a   Graverholt, Birgitte ^a   Ciliska, Donna ^a,b   Nortvedt, Monica Wammen ^a  

^a BERGEN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evidence based practice; Graduate education; Learning organizations; Multi professional education; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARDS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATION, GRADUATE; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84959364695     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-016-0597-1     Document Type: Article

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