Critical Incident Techniques and Reflection in Nursing and Health Professions Education: Systematic Narrative Review

Alison Steven1, Gemma Wilson, Hannele Turunen

  • 1Author Affiliations: Professor of Research in Nursing and Health Professions Education (Dr Steven) and Vice Chancellors Fellow (Dr Wilson), Department of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, Northumbria University, United Kingdom; Professor of Nursing (Dr Turunen) and PhD Student (Ms Azimirad), Department of Nursing Science, University of Eastern Finland, Finland; Associate Professors (Drs Vizcaya-Moreno and Pérez-Cañaveras), Nursing Department, University of Alicante, Spain; Postdoctoral Researcher (Dr Kakurel), Copenhagen Centre for Health Technology, Denmark; Professor of Innovation & Software (Dr Porras), Department of Innovation & Software, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland; Senior Lecturer (Dr Tella) and Lecturer (Ms Sara-Aho), Faculty of Health Care and Social Services, Saimaa University of Applied Sciences, Finland; Professor of Nursing (Ms Sasso) and Lecturer, (Dr Aleo), Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Italy; Associate Professors (Drs Myhre and Ringstad), Østfold University College, Norway; and Senior Lecturer (Ms Scott) and Professor of Nursing (Dr Pearson), Department of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, Northumbria University, United Kingdom.

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|January 24, 2020
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