This book describes an evaluation of the clinical
facilitators who
supervise trainee nurses on clinical placement. This
is work at the
interface
between higher education and employment. The
literature on
university-community collaboration is reviewed to
establish the
context. The evaluation looked at outcomes, process and
stakeholder perspectives. Outcome measures proved
difficult to
identify. The process was explored through in-depth
interviews with
the twelve clinical facilitators. This established a
two dimensional
model of clinical facilitation. The views of
stakeholders were...

Professional identity is a central topic in all courses of professional training and educators must decide what kind of identity they hope their students will develop, as well as think about how they can recruit for, facilitate and assess this development.