The Learning Environment…
Abstract
Nurse and midwifery education has experienced dramatic transition during the last decade. The objective of professional educational is the student’s fitness to practice competently upon completion of programme, at the point of registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC 2008 NMC 2009)
It has shifted from apprentice type training where students, clinical nurse/midwife mentors and teachers are employed within the same hospital trust (Leap and Barclay 2002 Beasley 2011), to a Higher Educational Institutional based education programme, where a significant proportion of learning occurs within Hospital Trust’s clinical practice environment supported and assessed by clinical nurse/midwife mentors NMC 2008 NMC 2009)
Grave concerns have been raised regarding some clinical environments within a NHS Hospital Trust where students are placed to experience learning (Francis 2010)
The aim of this project is to identify midwifery student views on the primary influences affecting learning within the clinical learning environment and make recommendations to enhance that learning experience.
