Open AccessCommunication in nursing: A learning exercise for teachers and students
Author(s) -
Marian I. Hammond
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
curationis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.408
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 2223-6279
pISSN - 0379-8577
DOI - 10.4102/curationis.v7i3.914
Subject(s) - medical education , psychology , medicine , community health , nursing , public health
In the Department of Community Health, University of the Witwatersrand, self-directed learning materials have been used for fourthyear medical students since January 1983. Student feedback has been very positive and we have seen significant increases in marks when compared with conventional didactic handouts. It is believed that this teaching method has great potential for many other groups of adult learners — nurses among them