Nurse Education in Practice
Volume 9, Issue 6 , Pages 388-392 , November 2009

The use of teaching portfolios to promote excellence and scholarship in nurse education

,Accepted 30 November 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2008.11.005

Nurse Education in Practice
Volume 9, Issue 6 , Pages 388-392 , November 2009