Work-based learning : A different approach

Neville, L; Owens, DD; Rutherford, JM; Rosen, LC

Abstract

This article outlines a range of work-based learning opportunities
which are suitable for healthcare assistants, healthcare support
workers and assistant practitioners.
Innovation and imagination, plus a sound evidence base, are the
foundations for work-based learning opportunities based in the
School of Nursing at the University of Salford. Student choice and
flexibility combined with a rigorous learning experience are the
guiding principles.
The process of learning focuses on ‘real life’ work-related issues
that make a difference to clients and service provision. This is
achieved through partnership and negotiation between the student,
their employer and the university and acts as the medium for the
valuing and changing of practice. As one student on the course
suggested ‘it’s good to able to concentrate on what I’m actually
doing…I can make what I am doing meaningful within my work’
(student comment, module evaluation, 2006).

Citation

Neville, L., Owens, D., Rutherford, J., & Rosen, L. (2008). Work-based learning : A different approach. British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, 2(1), 34-36. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjha.2008.2.1.28015

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2008
• Deposit Date: Jul 2, 2015
• Journal: British Journal of Healthcare Assistants
• Print ISSN: 1753-1586
• Electronic ISSN: 2052-4420
• Publisher: MA Healthcare
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 2
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 34-36
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.12968/bjha.2008.2.1.28015
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org.salford.idm.oclc.org/10.12968/bjha.2008.2.1.28015
• Related Public URLs: http://www.magonlinelibrary.com.salford.idm.oclc.org/journal/bjha