Nurse Education in Practice
Volume 10, Issue 2 , Pages 57-63 , March 2010

Learning to learn in practice: An evaluation of a 35-day practice orientation programme

  • Kath Sharples

      Affiliations

    • Practice Education Support Unit, Thames Valley University, I Floor, The Annexe, Boston Manor Road, Brentford TW8 9GB, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 07913 557 277.
    • ,
  • Laurence G. Moseley

      Affiliations

    • HESAS, University of Glamorgan, United Kingdom

,Accepted 20 March 2009.

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PII: S1471-5953(09)00060-2

doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2009.03.009

Nurse Education in Practice
Volume 10, Issue 2 , Pages 57-63 , March 2010

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