Paliadelis, Penelope S

Stupans, Ieva

Parker, Vicki T

Piper, Donella

Gillan, Pauline

Lea, Jacqueline

Jarrott, Helenmary

Wilson, Rhonda L

Hudson, Judith

Fagan, Anthea

2015

Clinical placement learning experiences are integral to all health and medical curricula as a means of integrating theory into practice and preparing graduates to deliver safe, high quality care to health consumers. A growing challenge for education providers is to access sufficient clinical placements with experienced supervisors who are skilled at maximising learning opportunities for students. This paper reports on the development and evaluation of an innovative online learning program aimed at enhancing student and clinical supervisors' preparedness for effective workplace-based learning. The evidence-based learning program used 'story-telling' as the learning framework. The stories, which were supported by a range of resources, aimed to engage the learners in understanding student and supervisor responsibilities, as well as the expectations and competencies needed to support effective learning in the clinical environment. Evaluation of this program by the learners and stakeholders clearly indicated that they felt authentically 'connected' with the characters in the stories and developed insights that suggested effective learning had occurred.

Collegian, 22(4), p. 397-403

1876-7575

1322-7696

https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/18217

en

Elsevier BV

The development and evaluation of online stories to enhance clinical learning experiences across health professions in rural Australia

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