Illuminating continuing professional education: Unpacking the black box

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 97-106

  Ellis, Lorraine ^a   Nolan, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continuing professional education; Illuminative evaluation; Longitudinal case study; Practice change

Indexed keywords

CONTINUING EDUCATION; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NURSING; POLICY; REVIEW; STUDENT; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

EID: 9944248073     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2004.05.006     Document Type: Article

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