Nurse Education Today
Volume 30, Issue 4 , Pages 365-369 , May 2010

Tutorials for large classes of Common Foundation Program biomedical science students: Successes and challenges

  • Abdul-Kadhum J.A. al-Modhefer

      Affiliations

    • 81 Glenburn Road, Dunmurray, Belfast BT17 9AN, UK
    • Centre for Biomedical Sciences Education, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Science, Queens University Belfast, Whitla Medical Centre, Medical Biology Centre, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7BL, UK
    • Tel.: +44(0) 28 90972138; fax: +44(0) 28 90972174.
    • ,
  • Sean M. Roe

      Affiliations

    • 15 Greer Park Drive, Newtownbreda, Belfast BT8 7YQ, UK
    • Centre for Biomedical Sciences Education, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Science, Queens University Belfast, Whitla Medical Centre, Medical Biology Centre, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7BL, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: 15 Greer Park Drive, Newtownbreda, Belfast BT8 7YQ, UK. Tel.: +44(0) 28 90972640; fax: +44(0) 28 90972174.

,Accepted 19 September 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2009.09.009

Nurse Education Today
Volume 30, Issue 4 , Pages 365-369 , May 2010

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