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The notion of ‘doubt’ in assessment of students undertaking work integrated learning
Deegan, Rebeiro and Burton (2013) examine the complex of factors that impact on the quality of decisions used to assess judgement of competence of students by clinical supervisors. These authors discuss the range of factors that contribute to the difficulties associated with assessment of clinical competence during work integrated learning (WIL) or professional experience. They […]
Clinical facilitator learning and development needs
Andrews and Ford (2013) undertook a study with the aim to explore the why nurses became clinical facilitators, their experiences and enabled insight into how the role could be supported through professional development in the future. Reasons for conducting the study included the acknowledgement that some nurses were poorly prepared or under qualified to perform […]