1. Evaluating the use of reflective cafés in Specialist Community Practitioner and Specialist Community Public Health Nurse programmes.
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Boyle, Caroline, Logan, Sarah, and Lavery, Joanna
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PROFESSIONAL practice , *TEACHING methods , *SOCIAL support , *INTERNET , *PROFESSIONAL employee training , *PUBLIC health nurses , *PLEASURE , *CURRICULUM , *NURSING education , *QUESTIONNAIRES , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *HEALTH , *NURSING students , *STUDENT attitudes , *COMMUNITY health nursing , *REFLECTION (Philosophy) , *EMAIL , *VIDEO recording , *PSYCHOLOGICAL resilience - Abstract
Background: Specialist Community Practitioner (SCP) and Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) students are required to evidence their competency by the use of reflective practice as part of the NMC proficiencies. A reflective café trilogy comprising of three reflective teaching sessions was developed and introduced into a university programme to support and encourage alternative methods for deeper reflection within this student group. Aim: It was important for educators to evaluate if a reflective café met the student's needs and understand the usefulness of a 'reflective café' as a technique to support the process of reflecting on practice. Methods: Evaluation was undertaken using an online questionnaire. Findings: Students evaluated if the reflective café was useful for their own development and identified that the number of sessions met their developmental needs. Conclusion: The potential to develop alternative methods to reflect was recognised and the team plan to develop other reflective processes to support students in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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