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This article explores the importance of trust in supporting students' positive experiences in regulated learning environments, such as nursing and midwifery education. It discusses the need for collaboration between academic and practice staff, as well as the role of trust in fostering a culture of autonomy and belongingness. The article also presents a case study from Bournemouth University as an exemplar of how this trust-building approach works in practice.
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Trust at the very root of getting it right for students Andy Philpott and Christine Scholes March 2011 AHEAD at University College Dublin
Regulated Environments Nationally • Nursing and Midwifery Council 2008 • Health Professions Council 2009 • Disability Discrimination Act 2007 • Equality Act 2010 Locally • Education Contract • Learning and Development Agreement • Placement Agreement
The need for support • Where staff and students are well supported, students report positive experience (Storr, Wray, Draper in press) • Collaboration between academic and practice staff important determinant (Wray et al 2005) • University Practice Learning Advisers in Bournemouth University
A trusting relationship • The journey toward autonomous practice calls for a mélange of opportunity, risk and trust (Clouder 2009) • The recipe includes: • Responsibility • Empowerment • Management of risk • Mutual trust
A culture or environment of trust Micro level • Trust between student and mentor, and student and lecturer accepted as good practice (Callaghan et al 2009, Kilkullen 2007, Pearcey & Elliot 2004) • Belongingness (Levett-Jones et al 2006) Macro Level • Competition and competitiveness in the NHS leading to social embeddeness (Ferlie 1994, McKee et al 2008)
Trust • Trust becomes relevant when social interaction is based on uncertainty (Smith 2005) • People who do not trust one another cooperate under a system of formal rules (Fukuyama 2000) • Networks for engagement (Addicott et al 2006)
An exemplar to demonstrate How this approach works at Bournemouth University approach • case study 'Lucy‘ • internal relationships • critical starting point • action planning • wider partnerships
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