Assessment and learning in post-registration nurse education.
Assessment in nurse education concentrates too much on academic abilities and fails to measure the practical nursing abilities of students. This article argues for a change in emphasis, so that assessment is seen as a part of learning, rather than a series of arbitrary hurdles to be negotiated.
Santy
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University of Bradford, West Yorkshire.
Mackintosh
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D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational