All Outputs (28)

Facilitating conversations about race: staff views on the importance of accountability and trust in a student-led project (2024)
Journal Article
Hamshire, C., & Forsyth, R. (2024). Facilitating conversations about race: staff views on the importance of accountability and trust in a student-led project. International Journal for Academic Development, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/1360144x.2024.2349929

Significant conversations provide a private and safe space for teachers to develop their thinking about teaching and learning. These conversations are important to academic development but may be limited by their privacy, although Roxå & Mårtensson n... Read More about Facilitating conversations about race: staff views on the importance of accountability and trust in a student-led project.

Taking a long view towards quality improvement: an intentional approach to solving wicked problems and improving student experience (2024)
Journal Article
Hamshire, C., Barrett, N., & Forsyth, R. (2024). Taking a long view towards quality improvement: an intentional approach to solving wicked problems and improving student experience. Quality in Higher Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/13538322.2024.2307063

Quality enhancement projects in universities frequently rely on short term, fragmented studies implemented in response to snapshot data linked to student feedback. Such projects may not address the complex interplay across stakeholder groups and do n... Read More about Taking a long view towards quality improvement: an intentional approach to solving wicked problems and improving student experience.

Supporting physiotherapy learners in practice settings: a mixed methods evaluation of experiences of physiotherapy educators (2023)
Journal Article
O’Connor, D. A., Baird, T., Jack, K., Wilkinson, R. G., Chambers, A., Hamshire, C., …Wilkinson, R. G. (in press). Supporting physiotherapy learners in practice settings: a mixed methods evaluation of experiences of physiotherapy educators. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/09593985.2023.2219313

Practice-based education is an essential component of pre-registration physiotherapy programs, and there is a need for a contemporary review of practice-based educational experiences. The aim of this study was to explore physiotherapy practice educat... Read More about Supporting physiotherapy learners in practice settings: a mixed methods evaluation of experiences of physiotherapy educators.

Student partnership to achieve cultural change (2022)
Journal Article
Gamote, S., Edmead, L., Stewart, B., Patrick, T., Hamshire, C., & Forsyth, R. (2022). Student partnership to achieve cultural change. International Journal for Students as Partners, 6(1), 99-108. https://doi.org/10.15173/ijsap.v6i1.4837

This case study offers reflections on a student-led collaboration between the university and its student representative body (the Students’ Union) and outlines the successes and challenges of partnership to address institutional cultural change. The... Read More about Student partnership to achieve cultural change.

PLATO: a practice development approach to reconsidering student learning partnerships (2021)
Journal Article
Hamshire, C., & Jack, K. (in press). PLATO: a practice development approach to reconsidering student learning partnerships. #Journal not on list, 11(2), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.19043/ipdj.112.008

Background: This article explores the use of a practice development approach to support nursing students’ engagement in learning partnerships in clinical practice settings. Aim: To reflect, using the model proposed by Rolfe and colleagues (2001),... Read More about PLATO: a practice development approach to reconsidering student learning partnerships.

“Feel the fear and do it anyway” … nursing students’ experiences of confronting poor practice (2021)
Journal Article
Jack, K., Levett-Jones, T., Ylonen, A., Ion, R., Pich, J., Fulton, R., & Hamshire, C. (2021). “Feel the fear and do it anyway” … nursing students’ experiences of confronting poor practice. Nurse Education in Practice, 56, 103196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2021.103196

Aim The two aims of this study were, first, to explore nursing students’ experiences and perspectives of reporting poor care and second, examine the process by which they raised concerns. Background The nursing literature is replete with studies... Read More about “Feel the fear and do it anyway” … nursing students’ experiences of confronting poor practice.

Birley Place: a virtual community for the delivery of health and social care education (2021)
Journal Article
Wright, D. J., Greene, L., Jack, K., Hannan, E., & Hamshire, C. (2021). Birley Place: a virtual community for the delivery of health and social care education. #Journal not on list, 7(6), 627-630. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjstel-2020-000849

Virtual simulation can provide high-quality learning experiences through innovative and engaging activities while also overcoming some of the constraints associated with physical simulation. We developed a virtual community, called Birley Place,... Read More about Birley Place: a virtual community for the delivery of health and social care education.

An educational initiative to support the development of communities of practice in older people’s care home settings (2021)
Journal Article
Jack, K., Jones, L., & Hamshire, C. (2021). An educational initiative to support the development of communities of practice in older people’s care home settings. #Journal not on list, 11(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.19043/ipdj.111.007

Background: It is predicted that care home provision for older people will need to increase significantly over the next 30 years, requiring a skilled workforce that expands to meet this growing need. Innovative practice development strategies are req... Read More about An educational initiative to support the development of communities of practice in older people’s care home settings.

Shape-shifting and pushing against the odds: staff perceptions of the experiences of first generation students in South Africa and the UK (2021)
Journal Article
Forsyth, R., Hamshire, C., Fontaine-Rainen, D., & Soldaat, L. (2022). Shape-shifting and pushing against the odds: staff perceptions of the experiences of first generation students in South Africa and the UK. Australian Educational Researcher, 49(2), 307-321. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13384-021-00438-8

The principles of diversity and inclusion are valued across the higher education sector, but the ways in which these principles are translated into pedagogic practice are not always evident. Students who are first in their family to attend university... Read More about Shape-shifting and pushing against the odds: staff perceptions of the experiences of first generation students in South Africa and the UK.

‘She would wash the patients as if she was scrubbing a dirty plate in the sink’: Exploring nursing students experiences of care delivery (2020)
Journal Article
Jack, K., Levett-Jones, T., Ion, R., Pich, J., Fulton, R., Ylonen, A. M., & Hamshire, C. (2020). ‘She would wash the patients as if she was scrubbing a dirty plate in the sink’: Exploring nursing students experiences of care delivery. Nurse Education Today, 90, 104444. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2020.104444

Background While much is known about nursing students' clinical placement experiences in general, less has been reported about their specific encounters with poor care delivery. A few small-scale qualitative studies have been undertaken, which sugge... Read More about ‘She would wash the patients as if she was scrubbing a dirty plate in the sink’: Exploring nursing students experiences of care delivery.

Developing inter-cultural competencies without travelling (2020)
Journal Article
Forsyth, R., Hamshire, C., O'Connor, D., Barlund, E., & Hyrkkanen, U. (2020). Developing inter-cultural competencies without travelling. #Journal not on list, 3(1),

Healthcare professionals work with increasingly diverse groups of colleagues and patients in their practice, and it is essential that they develop intercultural competence. International experiences in healthcare curricula can help in this developmen... Read More about Developing inter-cultural competencies without travelling.

The wicked problem of healthcare student attrition (2019)
Journal Article
Hamshire, C., Jack, K., Forsyth, R., Langan, A. M., & Harris, W. E. (2019). The wicked problem of healthcare student attrition. Nursing Inquiry, e12294. https://doi.org/10.1111/nin.12294

The early withdrawal of students from healthcare education programmes, particularly nursing, is an international concern and, despite considerable investment, retention rates have remained stagnant. Here, a regional study of healthcare student retent... Read More about The wicked problem of healthcare student attrition.

PLATO: A practice education tool to support learning and professional development (2019)
Journal Article
Jack, K., & Hamshire, C. (2019). PLATO: A practice education tool to support learning and professional development. Nurse Education in Practice, 37, 141-145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2019.04.008

It is important that nursing students are adequately supported during their clinical practice placements in order to promote effective learning and reduce student attrition. Educators have an important role and this paper offers an interactive tool,... Read More about PLATO: A practice education tool to support learning and professional development.

A case for using both direct and indirect benchmarking to compare university performance metrics (2018)
Journal Article
Harris, W., Langan, A., Barrett, N., Jack, K., Wibberley, C., & Hamshire, C. (2018). A case for using both direct and indirect benchmarking to compare university performance metrics. Studies in Higher Education, 44(12), 2281-2292. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2018.1490893

Benchmarking is used in higher education as a means to improve and compare performance. Comparative metric benchmarks may take two forms, based on direct standardization (DS) or indirect standardization (IS). DS can be used to measure variation in pe... Read More about A case for using both direct and indirect benchmarking to compare university performance metrics.

Fitting in with the team: Facilitative mentors in physiotherapy student placements (2017)
Journal Article
Hamshire, C., & Wibberley, C. (2017). Fitting in with the team: Facilitative mentors in physiotherapy student placements. Teaching and Learning Inquiry, 5(2), https://doi.org/10.20343/teachlearninqu.5.2.7

Clinical placements are central to physiotherapy students’ education, providing an environment in which students can apply learning they have been introduced to in academic settings. However placement learning has been identified as fraught with prob... Read More about Fitting in with the team: Facilitative mentors in physiotherapy student placements.

“My mentor didn't speak to me for the first four weeks” : perceived unfairness experienced by nursing students in clinical practice settings (2017)
Journal Article
Jack, K., Hamshire, C., Harris, W., Langan, M., Barrett, N., & Wibberley, C. (2018). “My mentor didn't speak to me for the first four weeks” : perceived unfairness experienced by nursing students in clinical practice settings. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 27(5-6), 929-938. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.14015

Aims and objectives To explore the perceived unfairness experienced by student nurses during their undergraduate clinical placements. Background It is important that student nurses feel supported by practice staff during their clinical plac... Read More about “My mentor didn't speak to me for the first four weeks” : perceived unfairness experienced by nursing students in clinical practice settings.

The potential of student narratives to enhance quality in higher education (2017)
Journal Article
Hamshire, C., Forsyth, R., Bell, A., Benton, M., Kelly-Laubscher, R., Paxton, M., & Wolfgramm-Foliaki, E. (2017). The potential of student narratives to enhance quality in higher education. Quality in Higher Education, 23(1), 50-64. https://doi.org/10.1080/13538322.2017.1294407

-University policies are increasingly developed with reference to students’ learning experiences, with a focus on the concept of the ‘student voice’. Yet the ‘student voice’ is difficult to define and emphasis is often placed on numerical performance... Read More about The potential of student narratives to enhance quality in higher education.

The influence of role models in undergraduate nurse education (2017)
Journal Article
Jack, K., Hamshire, C., & Chambers, A. (2017). The influence of role models in undergraduate nurse education. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 26(23-24), 4707-4715. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.13822

Aims and Objectives To explore the concept of role modelling in undergraduate nurse education and its effect on the personal and professional development of student nurses. Background Effective educative strategies are important for student nurs... Read More about The influence of role models in undergraduate nurse education.

Students' perceptions of their learning experiences: A repeat regional survey of healthcare students (2017)
Journal Article
Hamshire, C., Barrett, N., Langan, M., Harris, E., & Wibberley, C. (2017). Students' perceptions of their learning experiences: A repeat regional survey of healthcare students. Nurse Education Today, 49, 168-173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2016.11.019

Background Student experience is an international concern and recent research has focused on initiatives to improve students' learning experiences and ultimately reduce attrition levels. Objective To determine similarities and differences betwee... Read More about Students' perceptions of their learning experiences: A repeat regional survey of healthcare students.

Benchmarking factor selection and sensitivity: a case study with nursing courses (2016)
Journal Article
Langan, A. M., Harris, W. E., Barrett, N., Hamshire, C., & Wibberley, C. (2018). Benchmarking factor selection and sensitivity: a case study with nursing courses. Studies in Higher Education, 43(9), 1586-1596. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2016.1266613

There is an increasing requirement in higher education (HE) worldwide to deliver excellence. Benchmarking is widely used for this purpose, but methodological approaches to the creation of benchmark metrics vary greatly. Approaches require selection o... Read More about Benchmarking factor selection and sensitivity: a case study with nursing courses.