Bridging Higher Education and Employment

ISBN-13: 9783639147841 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 320 str.

Elaine Hogard

Opis

This book describes an evaluation of the clinicalfacilitators who supervise trainee nurses on clinical placement. Thisis work at the interface between higher education and employment. The literature on university-community collaboration is reviewed toestablish the context. The evaluation looked at outcomes, process and stakeholder perspectives. Outcome measures proveddifficult to identify. The process was explored through in-depthinterviews with the twelve clinical facilitators. This established atwo dimensional model of clinical facilitation. The views ofstakeholders were sought using interviews and focus groups and a questionnairefor each group. This established the perceived utility of supervisory teaching methods; the relative value of the personsencountered by students and the extent to which the clinical facilitators hadmet their objectives. Clinical facilitators were ranked secondmost useful on placement behind the designated assessor mentor butahead of the university link tutor. The most favored method wasdemonstration of a skill by an expert. The evaluation concludedwith twelve recommendations for future practice.

O autorze

Elaine Hogard is Professor of Evaluation Research at the
University of Chester. She
works at the interface between higher education and the
community in completing
contract evaluations of social programs. Her current interests
include approaches to
evaluation, practitioner research, communication audits, and
identity change.