ABSTRACT Online Work Integrated Learning (WIL), where university students complete
authentic work tasks for a remote workplace, is growing in prevalence, especially during the …

Context During transitions, doctors engage in identity work to adapt to changes in multiple
domains. Accompanied by this are dynamic 'liminal'phases. Definitions of liminality denote a …

Context Empathic physician behaviour is associated with improved patient outcomes. One
way to demonstrate empathy is through the use of non‐verbal communication (NVC) …

Introduction: Nurses use physical touch to interact with patients and address their needs.
Human touch benefits social development, stress/anxiety reduction, and rapport building …

Abstract Issue Threshold Concepts are increasingly used and researched within health
professions education. First proposed by Meyer and Land in 2003, they can be defined as …

Background Trauma is an emotional response to distressing events where coping and
subsequent recovery are absent. Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are traumas …

Aim This study aimed to explore nurses' perceptions of touch in their professional practice
and how these perceptions were articulated in discourse, among participants who attended …

Individuals commonly receive touch in treatment settings, but there is limited research on
how they perceive it. The current project sought to address this gap by: 1) developing the …

Before the Covid-19 pandemic changed the healthcare context, touching patients belonged
to the unquestioned daily activities for many healthcare providers. The standard professional …

The purpose of this study was to describe nurses' perceptions about the use of interpersonal
touch in their clinical practice. A qualitative descriptive approach with content analysis …