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Practice development: realising active learning for sustainable change.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19697981     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
This paper explores the concept of practice development in the context of professional development and strategies for facilitating learning in practice. In this paper we present the background to the methodology of emancipatory and transformational practice development. Key concepts underpinning a contemporary definition of practice development are unravelled and nine principles for effective practice development proposed. An example of a large-scale national practice development programme with older people residential settings in the Republic of Ireland is presented to illustrate the processes in action. The findings of the first year of the programme are offered and these findings demonstrate the ways in which practice development systematically uncovers the deeply embedded characteristics of practice cultures -- characteristics that often inhibit effective person-centred practice to be realised.
Authors:
Brendan McCormack; Jan Dewing; Liz Breslin; Ann Coyne-Nevin; Kate Kennedy; Mary Manning; Lorna Peelo-Kilroe; Catherine Tobin
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Contemporary nurse : a journal for the Australian nursing profession     Volume:  32     ISSN:  1037-6178     ISO Abbreviation:  Contemp Nurse     Publication Date:    2009 Apr-Jun
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-08-24     Completed Date:  2009-11-30     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9211867     Medline TA:  Contemp Nurse     Country:  Australia    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  92-104     Citation Subset:  N    
Affiliation:
School of Nursing, University of Ulster, Jordanstown, Northern Ireland.
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Descriptor/Qualifier:
Education, Nursing
Learning*

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