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School of Nursing & Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin: 8 th Annual Interdisciplinary Research Conference
Transforming Healthcare Through Research, Education & Technology: 7 th – 9 th November 2007
Conference Proceedings
challenging for staff in the clinical area where the focus of practice
teaching must integrate both disciplines.
In order to assess the programme all modules must be assessed in
an integrated manner and the production of these assessments has
been demanding for all involved. In addition, new links were
required and therefore fostered between health service providers
and the University to ensure the security of new practice
placements. This process necessitated much consideration between
all the stakeholders and agreement on an appropriate marketing
strategy for the programme was also sought.
CONCLUSIONS:
The development and implementation of the Integrated Children’s
and General Nursing undergraduate degree programme provoked
many challenges for its nurse lecturers including: the development
of a suitable curricula, the integration of teaching, the integration of
practice teaching and the fostering of open communication between
all stakeholders some of which are new to this education process.
The mechanisms used to overcome these challenges will be
explored in the presentation.
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