Educationalists need to think outside the box to facilitate students to learn key information
essential for professional practice. The use of mind maps incorporated into an assessment …

Abstract The Nursing and Midwifery Council's (2008a) Standards to Support Learning and
Assessment in Practice have been strengthened, with an expectation that mentors develop …

Assessment has long been recognised as the single most influential factor in shaping what
and how students in higher education choose to learn and the quality of learning outcomes …

This qualitative study explores the usefulness and acceptance attributed by students and
faculty members to an Objective Structured Clinical Evaluation (OSCE) administered to …

The transition from student to working nurse has long been recognized as challenging. This
paper presents the findings of research into the opportunities and limitations encountered by …

A key area for consideration is determining how optimal conditions for learning can be
created. Higher education in nursing aims to prepare students to develop their capabilities to …

OBJECTIVE: to identify the essential competencies required of a midwife at the point of
registration. DESIGN: qualitative, descriptive, extended case study and depth interviews …

Understanding knowledge use in everyday nursing practice is important to the improvement
of educational preparation and quality in health care. This paper reports registered nurses' …

This research was undertaken to understand the influence of registered nurses on nursing
students' learning in the clinical environment to inform strategies to enable registered nurses …

The purpose of this paper is to present the findings that emerged from a qualitative study
which explored nurse educators' experiences and perspectives of assessing students' …