Professional identity is a central topic in all courses of professional training and educators must decide what kind of identity they hope their students will develop, as well as think about how they can recruit for, facilitate and assess this development. This unique book explores professional identity in a group of caring professions, looking at definition, assessment, and teaching and learning. Professional Identity in the Caring Professions includes overviews of professional identity in nursing, medicine, social work, teaching, and lecturing, along with a further chapter on identity in emergent professions in healthcare. Additional chapters look at innovative approaches to selection, competency development, professional values, leadership potential and reflection as a key element in professional and interprofessional identity. The book ends with guidance for curriculum development in professional education and training, and the assessment of professional identity. This international collection is essential reading for those who plan, deliver and evaluate programs of professional training, as well as scholars and advanced students researching identity in the caring professions, including medicine, nursing, allied health, social work and teaching.

This practical and authoritative handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the issues and approaches to assuring quality in university teaching. Including contributions from major international figures, the book contains a wealth of ideas and practical advice to help universities commit to quality in teaching and offers insights into how the topics raised can be directly applied. The book initially identifies some of the key issues surrounding the topic, such as the evidence-based identification of teaching quality; the training of university lecturers and faculty; external and internal quality assurance; the tension between professional autonomy and governmental regulation; and the involvement of students in developing quality. It then moves on to present ideas and initiatives to address these problems, tackling the subject through four sections: Assuring Quality - questioning what quality assurance means and how it might be practised; Identifying Quality - examining what knowledge exists at present and how it might be further researched; Developing Quality - investigating the development of staff through teacher training and appraisal; Case Studies of Quality Assurance - reviewing six case studies of quality assurance in a range of contrasting subjects including the professional subjects of Medicine, Nursing and Teacher Training which are also addressed systemically in the first section. Full of practical advice, Handbook of Quality Assurance for University Teaching is an invaluable and unique resource for Faculty, Subject Leaders, University Administrators and Quality Assessors.

This practical and authoritative handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the issues and approaches to assuring quality in university teaching. Including contributions from major international figures, the book contains a wealth of ideas and practical advice to help universities commit to quality in teaching and offers insights into how the topics raised can be directly applied. The book initially identifies some of the key issues surrounding the topic, such as the evidence-based identification of teaching quality; the training of university lecturers and faculty; external and internal quality assurance; the tension between professional autonomy and governmental regulation; and the involvement of students in developing quality. It then moves on to present ideas and initiatives to address these problems, tackling the subject through four sections: Assuring Quality - questioning what quality assurance means and how it might be practised; Identifying Quality - examining what knowledge exists at present and how it might be further researched; Developing Quality - investigating the development of staff through teacher training and appraisal; Case Studies of Quality Assurance - reviewing six case studies of quality assurance in a range of contrasting subjects including the professional subjects of Medicine, Nursing and Teacher Training which are also addressed systemically in the first section. Full of practical advice, Handbook of Quality Assurance for University Teaching is an invaluable and unique resource for Faculty, Subject Leaders, University Administrators and Quality Assessors.

This book describes an evaluation of the clinical facilitators who supervise trainee nurses on clinical placement. This is work at the interface between higher education and employment. The literature on university-community collaboration is reviewed to establish the context. The evaluation looked at outcomes, process and stakeholder perspectives. Outcome measures proved difficult to identify. The process was explored through in-depth interviews with the twelve clinical facilitators. This established a two dimensional model of clinical facilitation. The views of stakeholders were sought using interviews and focus groups and a questionnaire for each group. This established the perceived utility of supervisory teaching methods; the relative value of the persons encountered by students and the extent to which the clinical facilitators had met their objectives. Clinical facilitators were ranked second most useful on placement behind the designated assessor mentor but ahead of the university link tutor. The most favored method was demonstration of a skill by an expert. The evaluation concluded with twelve recommendations for future practice.