Just in time? Using QR codes for multi-professional learning in clinical practice

Nurse Education in Practice

Volumn 19, Issue , 2016, Pages 107-112

  Jamu, Joseph Tawanda ^a   Lowi Jones, Hannah ^b   Mitchell, Colin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical practice; Just in Time learning; QR codes; Smartphones

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNET; INTRANET; LEARNING; MEDICAL STUDENT; NURSING PRACTICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SMARTPHONE; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LIBRARY; MOBILE PHONE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

CELL PHONES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; LEARNING; LIBRARIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 84975497795     PISSN: 14715953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2016.03.007     Document Type: Article

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