The health and social care professions all rely on the use of practice placements for a
substantial element of their pre‐qualifying professional education, and these practice‐based …

This article presents the results of Phase one of a three-year project aiming to enhance the
role of practice educators, ie practitioners who supervise students on practice placements …

This report presents the findings and deliverables from the Task and Finish Group on Health
Visitor Practice Education established by Health Education England in February 2014. Its …

Professional development, sometimes referred to as continuous professional development
(CPD), is the systematic maintenance, improvement and broadening of the knowledge, skills …

When health professionals graduate and start to practise, the last thing on the minds of most
is tackling any further academic training outside their own field. Instead, their focus will be on …

Healthcare education is a discipline in its own right, and while each profession has its own
distinctive body of clinical knowledge, in educational terms there is much that all professions …

Educating Professionals offers a comprehensively written account of the recent
organizational and conceptual changes in UK practice education. Using case examples, the …

The title of this book raises for us the following two questions: What do we mean by
education? and: In what better ways might teachers, as thoughtful educators, support …

Learning in clinical workplace settings is integral to shaping the professional development
and skill sets of future health practitioners. However, clinical workplace environments are …

Background Health professionals with the level of competency necessary to provide high-
quality patient education are central to meeting patients' needs. However, research on how …