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Work‐Based Learning as a means of developing and assessing nursing competence
Author(s) -
Flanagan J.,
Baldwin S.,
Clarke D.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of clinical nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.94
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1365-2702
pISSN - 0962-1067
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2702.2000.00388.x
Subject(s) - competence (human resources) , general partnership , nursing , psychology , nurse education , work (physics) , workplace learning , work based learning , medical education , medicine , business , social psychology , mechanical engineering , finance , engineering
• Work‐Based Learning is the bringing together of self‐knowledge, expertise at work and formal knowledge. It takes a structured and learner‐managed approach to maximizing opportunities for learning and professional development in the workplace. • The development and assessment of nursing competence can be facilitated through Work‐Based Learning, although this may require pedagogic and structural changes within nurse education. • There are a number of conditions which must accompany effective participative learning, and these are discussed in the paper in relation to examples of nursing programmes. • This method of learning and assessment has potential to bridge the gap between theory and practice, and as such it can only be achieved through commitment and partnership between the individual practitioner, clinical services and universities.