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Luann Richardson1, Lenore Resick, Maureen Leonardo
1School of Nursing, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, USA. richardson@duq.edu
Abstract:
Evaluating clinical skills of students in an online distance education program can be challenging because of the diverse location of students. The authors describe a unique and cost-efficient method of using standardized patients to evaluate these skills. The project involved undergraduate students representing standardized patients for graduate advanced practice nurse students.
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