title: The use of focus groups in a study of attitudes to student nurse assessment.
abstract: This paper describes the use of focus groups in the first phase of a study to investigate the attitudes of teachers and clinical assessors to the assessment of student nurses. It offers a description of the methodology, with an analysis of its strengths and weaknesses.
authors.affiliation: North Yorkshire College of Health Studies, England.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Lankshear
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D017144:Focus Groups / Q000379:methods*; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research / Q000379:methods*; D013338:Students, Nursing