Nurse Education in Practice
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Exchanging expertise, theory and practice at Master’s level healthcare education between Russia and Finland – experiences from an intensive course in St. Petersburg

  • Hanna Hopia

      Affiliations

    • School of Health and Social Studies, JAMK University of Applied Sciences, Keskussairaalantie 21 E, 40620 Jyväskylä, Finland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +358 400 989 446.
    • ,
  • Leena Liimatainen

      Affiliations

    • School of Health and Social Studies, JAMK University of Applied Sciences, Keskussairaalantie 21 E, 40620 Jyväskylä, Finland
    • ,
  • Natalija Victorovna Turkina

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of High Nurse Education, State St. Petersburg Medical Academy, Health Ministry of Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, Russia
    • ,
  • Anton Filenkov

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of High Nurse Education, State St. Petersburg Medical Academy, Health Ministry of Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, Russia

,Accepted 8 May 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2010.05.009

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