Critical Incident Techniques and Reflection in Nursing and Health Professions Education: Systematic Narrative Review

Nurse Educator

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2020, Pages E57-E61

  Steven, Alison ^a   Wilson, Gemma ^a   Turunen, Hannele ^b   Vizcaya Moreno, M Flores ^c   Azimirad, Mina ^b   Kakurel, Jayden ^d   Porras, Jari ^e   Tella, Susanna ^f   Pérez Cañaveras, Rosa ^c   Sasso, Loredana ^g   Aleo, Giuseppe ^g   Myhre, Kristin ^h   Ringstad, Øystein ^h   Sara Aho, Arja ^f   Scott, Margaret ^a   Pearson, Pauline ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^d Health Care Centre for Cancer Survivors   (Denmark)

^e LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^f LAB University of Applied Sciences   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^h ØSTFOLD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

Author keywords

clinical teaching methods; critical incident technique; health professions education; nursing education; reflection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CINAHL; CLINICAL EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MEDICAL SUBJECT HEADINGS; MEDLINE; NARRATIVE; NURSING EDUCATION; OCCUPATION; PEDAGOGICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; PROCEDURES; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EDUCATION, NURSING; HUMANS; LEARNING; NARRATION; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 85094931454     PISSN: 03633624     EISSN: 15389855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000000796     Document Type: Article

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