Pre-professional identity is a complex phenomenon spanning awareness of and connection
with the skills, qualities, behaviours, values and standards of a student's chosen profession …

Background Professionalism of health care practitioners is central to safe and ethical health
care, and forms part of the trust that the public places in health care practitioners. Lapses in …

There is an increasing focus on the student as the nexus of integrating classroom and
workplace learning. In the university context students are learners and in the workplace …

Introduction: Reports on the development of professional identity and socialisation in the
healthcare professions are mainly from medicine and nursing, although the body of work …

Clinical education is foundational to health professional training. However, it is also a time of
increased stress for students. A student's perception of stressors and their capacity to …

Background: The transition from physiotherapy student to new graduate poses many
challenges. In other health disciplines concerns have been raised about new graduate …

Much rhetoric around the construct of a work-ready graduate has focused on the technical
abilities of students to fulfill the expectations of the future workplace. Efforts have been made …

Work-integrated learning programmes help students acquire professional acumen and
provide opportunities for them to experiment with new aspects of self and identity. Twelve …

Becoming a nurse requires development of professional capabilities, specifically
socialisation into the profession and developing a professional identity (PI). A search of the …

With this paper, we explore early placement experiences and their pedagogical potential,
including ways of keeping students enrolled and persisting with their studies. Few university …