Nurse Education in Practice
Volume 10, Issue 5 , Pages 268-273 , September 2010

Learning features in computer simulation skills training

  • Eva Johannesson

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Educational Development and Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +46 13228678.
    • ,
  • Mats Olsson

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Educational Development and Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden
    • ,
  • Göran Petersson

      Affiliations

    • eHealth Institute, School of Human Sciences, University of Kalmar, SE-392 30 Kalmar, Sweden
    • ,
  • Charlotte Silén

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Teaching and Learning, Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, Karolinska Institute, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden

,Accepted 15 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2009.11.018

Nurse Education in Practice
Volume 10, Issue 5 , Pages 268-273 , September 2010

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