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The influence of an undergraduate problem/context based learning program on evolving professional nursing graduate practice.
The influence of an undergraduate problem/context based learning program on evolving professional nursing graduate practice.
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Spiers, J.A., Kabotoff, W., Williams, B., Richard, E., McIlwraith, D., Fisk, A., Sculley, A., Gibson, B.
Graduates' perception of the value of their undergraduate program is a critical component of professional program evaluation and contributes a viewpoint rarely reported in the literature. It has been proposed that Problem Based Learning (PBL) enhances knowledge acquisition, clinical competency...
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The transitioning experiences of internationally-educated nurses into a Canadian healthcare system: A focused ethnography
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Background: Beyond well-documented credentialing issues, internationally-educated nurses (IENs) may need considerable support in transitioning into new social and health care environments. This study was undertaken to gain an understanding of transitioning experiences of IENs upon relocation to...
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Understanding the Provision of Palliative Care in the Context of Primary Health Care: Qualitative research findings from a pilot study in a community setting in Chile.
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Santos Salas, A., Cameron, B. L.
This pilot study looked at the provision of palliative care in the context of primary health care in a developing setting in Chile. RESEARCH OBJECTIVES: The study aimed to delineate the experience of palliative care from the perspective of patients and health care professionals; to examine...
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2011
Dover, D.C ., Schopflocher, D.P.
Public health surveillance is often concerned with the analysis of health outcomes over small areas. Funnel plots have been proposed as a useful tool for assessing and visualizing surveillance data, but their full utility has not been appreciated (for example, in the incorporation and...