Collegian
Volume 13, Issue 1 , Pages 10-15 , 2006

The role of performance feedback in the self-assessment of competence: A research study with nursing clinicians

    Dr
  • Jennifer Fereday, RGN, RM, Dip.App.Sci(Nsg) BN Med(Mgt) PhD (Children, Youth & Women's Health Service, Adelaide)

      Affiliations

    • University of South Australia
    • ,
  • Eimear Muir-Cochrane, BSc (Hons), RN, RMN, Grad Dip Adult Ed, MNS, PhD (Associate Professor)

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doi: 10.1016/S1322-7696(08)60511-9

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