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Working and Learning across Professional Boundaries
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Brooks, Val; Thistlethwaite, Jill – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2012
This paper focuses on a context where interdisciplinarity intersects with interprofessionality: the work of children's services professionals who address the needs of children identified as vulnerable. It draws on evidence and perspectives from two disciplines--educational studies and health care--to consider the issues and challenges posed by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interdisciplinary Approach, Social Services, Children
Factors that Promote High Post-16 Participation of Some Minority Ethnic Groups in England: A Systematic Review of the UK-Based Literature
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See, Beng Huat; Torgerson, Carole; Gorard, Stephen; Ainsworth, Hannah; Low, Graham; Wright, Kath – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2011
The aim of the article is to identify those factors that drive the high participation in immediate post-16 and higher education of some minority ethnic groups in the UK. What could we learn from these examples to encourage higher aspirations more generally? The article reports a summary of a formal and systematic review of 1678 studies dated 1997…
Descriptors: Family Characteristics, Foreign Countries, Minority Groups, Literature Reviews
"It's Just a Clash of Cultures": Emotional Talk within Medical Students' Narratives of Professionalism Dilemmas
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Monrouxe, Lynn V.; Rees, Charlotte E. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2012
Recent investigations into the UK National Health Service revealed doctors' failures to act with compassion and professionalism towards patients. The British media asked questions about what happens to students during their learning that influences such behaviour as doctors. We listened to 200 medical students' narratives of professionalism…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interviews, Discourse Analysis, Content Analysis
From Novice to Expert: An Investigation into the Professional Development of Rehabilitation Workers through a Study of Practice in Technical Rehabilitation Interventions
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Dodgson, Andrew; McCall, Steve – British Journal of Visual Impairment, 2009
Using the five-stage model of skill acquisition originally proposed by Dreyfus and Dreyfus (1986), this study investigates the professional development of Rehabilitation Workers (RWs) in the UK through analysis of their practice in training people with a vision impairment in the area of orientation and mobility. From interviews with RWs a clearer…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Rehabilitation, Skill Development, Foreign Countries
Nursing and Medication Education: Concept Analysis Research for Curriculum and Practice Development. Researching Professional Education Research Report Series.
Latter, Sue; Yerrell, Paul; Rycroft-Malone, Jo; Shaw, David – 2000
The knowledge needed by nurses to educate patients and their caregivers on medication use was examined to provide policymakers, practitioners, and others with the information needed to plan nursing education programs in England. The study focused on the following topics: the contributions of nurses to medication education; their preparation for…
Descriptors: Caregiver Training, Case Studies, Clinical Teaching (Health Professions), Competence