Nurse Education in Practice
Volume 10, Issue 4 , Pages 205-209 , July 2010

Academic staff perspectives of formative assessment in nurse education

  • Lai Chan Koh

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,Accepted 30 August 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2009.08.007

Nurse Education in Practice
Volume 10, Issue 4 , Pages 205-209 , July 2010