Practice development: Realising active learning for sustainable change
Brendan McCormack
Nursing Research, School of Nursing, University of Ulster, Jordanstown, Northern Ireland
Jan Dewing
Honorary Research Fellow, University of Ulster; University of Wollongong, Wollongong NSW
Liz Breslin
Nursing / Midwifery Planning and Development Unit (HSE North West), Donegal, Republic of Ireland
Ann Coyne-Nevin
St Patrick's Hospital / Nursing / Midwifery Planning and Development Unit (HSE South East), Waterford, Republic of Ireland
Kate Kennedy
Nursing and Midwifery Planning and Development Unit (HSE South), Cork, Republic of Ireland
Mary Manning
Older Persons Services, Nursing / Midwifery Planning and Development Unit (HSE Mid-Leinster), Offaly, Republic of Ireland
lorna Peelo-Kilroe
Older Persons Services, Nursing / Midwifery Planning and Development Unit (HSE West), Limerick, Republic of Ireland
Catherine Tobin
Centre for Nursing and Midwifery Education / Nursing / Midwifery Planning and Development Unit (HSE North East), Ardee, Republic of Ireland
PP: 92 - 104
Abstract
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.
Keywords
practice development, active learning, evaluation, change, facilitation
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