Dedicated Education Units: 2. An Evaluation
Kay Edgecombe
School of Nursing, Flinders University of South Australia, SA
Karen Wotton
PhD Candidate; Senior Lecturer, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide SA
Judith Gonda
Lecturer, School of Nursing, Flinders University of South Australia, SA
Peter Mason
Clinical Nurse Consultant, Flinders Medical Centre, VIC; Senior Lecturer, Nursing, Northern Territory University, NT
PP: 172
Abstract
This paper reports on an evaluation of a new concept in clinical nurse education: the Dedicated Education Unit (DEU). Developed by the School of Nursing, The Flinders University of South Australia, the DEU aims to optimise undergraduate student learning through enhancement of the clinical learning environment and collaboration between clinicians, academics and students. Three DEUs involving 91 students were evaluated, using primarily summative methods to elicit positive and negative attributes of the DEUs. Outcomes indicated that the DEU is a highly appropriate clinical placement model. (Part one of this paper explained the rationale for the DEU and its key features).
Keywords
collaboration, clinical teaching, clinical learning, peer teaching, evaluation
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