Pre-registration education: learning communities.

Full Abstract

Changes in nurse education in the UK and the introduction of a new pre-registration nursing programme have led to developments in education methods. This article describes the creation of learning communities at Thames Valley University as a means of adapting to the new curriculum.

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Author information

Author/s: Thomas, Gail (G); Crooke, Lois (L); Curtis, Peter (P);

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987) (Nurs Stand), published in England. (Language: eng)

Reference: -2002 Jun 5-11; vol 16 (issue 38) : pp 38-40

Dates: Created 2002/06/24; Completed 2002/08/20; Revised 2004/11/17;

PMID: 12077954, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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Curriculum
Education, Nursing - methods; trends
Great Britain
Humans

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