Nurse Education in Practice
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 138-143 , May 2010

Annotation an effective device for student feedback: A critical review of the literature

,Accepted 24 May 2009.

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Nurse Education in Practice
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 138-143 , May 2010

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