Educating professionals practice learning in health and social care /

• Other Authors: Doel, Mark., Shardlow, Steven, 1952-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Farnham, UK : Ashgate, c2009.
• Subjects: Medical education.; Social work education.; Education, Professional > methods.; Health Care Sector.; Community Health Services.; Internship, Nonmedical > methods.; Learning.; Social Work.; Community health services.; Education, Professional.; Internship, Nonmedical.; MEDICAL > Education & Training.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: ebrary; View fulltext via EzAccess; MyiLibrary

Educating Professionals offers a comprehensively written account of the recent organizational and conceptual changes in UK practice education. Using case examples, the authors focus on student learning in practice settings: how this is organized, what methods are used and how their abilities are ass...

Table of Contents:

• Health and social care: a complex context for professional education / Steven M. Shardlow and Mark Doel
• The community as a site for learning practice / Mark Doel and Steven M. Shardlow
• The community mental health nurse / John Keady and Rachel Thompson
• The doctor / Deborah G. Murdoch-Eaton and Trudie E. Roberts
• The health visitor / Fran Jones
• The midwife / Val Collington
• The nurse / Jenny Spouse
• The occupational therapist / Sandra M. Rowan and Auldeen Alsop
• The physiotherapist / Barbara Richardson and Beryl Gillespie
• The social worker / Joyce Lishman
• The speech and language therapist / Shelagh Brumfit and Cheryl Gray
• Interprofessional practice education and learning / Kate Leonard and Jenny Weinstein.