Archived Case Studies

From 2012-14 we worked with the Higher Education Academy on a project to identify and disseminate curriculum innovations currently in practice across the UK in nursing, midwifery and AHP education. The project’s first year focused on scoping and identifying innovations, using a student journey to provide a framework to which innovation could be mapped. HEIs from across the four nations submitted case studies detailing examples of innovation in teaching and learning that are now available for all to access.

Teaching evaluation in partnership with students

King's College London

We have developed and implemented a student user-group model to provide real time student representation and evaluation of individual courses. A typical user group comprises 5-10% of a cohort and consists of students from a wide range of educational backgrounds. Meeting several times per term, the aim is to identify strengths and weaknesses of […]

In-university clinical education in ultrasound

University of South Wales

The innovation provides clinical education in ultrasound within the university setting in order to ensure students have access to appropriate and effective clinical training. We have commissioned a fully operational ultrasound suite within the university and set up a service arrangement to receive patients from Cwm Taf Health Board requiring ultrasound investigation. Students, under […]

Probst-2INSPIRE project

Sheffield Hallam University

An evidence-based pedagogy for the enhancement of intrapreneurial behaviour and intrapreneurial self efficacy for health sector training. A small interpretive research project was undertaken to develop understanding of the learning experiences and the path to intrapreneurship within the field of radiation oncology. Therapy radiographers (that were identified as intrapreneurs) were interviewed using a Grounded […]

Augmented reality and mobile learning for UG physiotherapy programme

Sheffield Hallam University

The aim of the innovation was to integrate Augmented Reality (AR) with simulation, alongside other mobile learning technologies within a specific module of the Undergraduate Physiotherapy Programme at Sheffield Hallam University in an attempt to improve authenticity, patient interaction and greater transference to clinical practice. Computer generated imagery (CGI) and patient videos were superimposed […]

Using an app project to deliver a work-based learning research skills development package

Sheffield Hallam University

The company MyKnowledgeMap have developed and tested a mobile app to document and record clinical assessments for health practitioners. We have utilised this existing tool to deliver a work-based learning research skills development package; taking students from a research idea to a full written proposal via 6 interactive tasks. Using an intrapreneurial pedagogy as […]

Inter-professional World Café on Mental Health

Swansea University

Inter-professional World café on mental health (May 2012-May 2013) This was a participatory action research project involving 3rd year social work and mental health nursing students, and local service users. Together they created a learning and teaching event about mental health, as one in four people will experience a mental health problem (Mind, 2012). […]

Service user involvement initiative involving children

King's College London

This innovation project set out to include service users in the recruitment and selection of children’s nursing students to the BSC and PGDip programmes with registration as a children’s nurse. Involving service users in pre-registration nursing curricula is a key NMC requirement. Standard 5 1.2 states that programme providers must clearly show how users […]

Virtual community (Stilwell) in 1st year nursing UG programme

University of Cumbria

A virtual community called “Stilwell” (www.stilwelleducation.com), populated by virtual characters each with their own resources such as videos, podcasts, medical notes and diaries which interact and overlap each other over a Stilwell timeline. Stilwell is unique, a narrative pedagogy which allows learners to observe characters experiencing child protection, alcohol and drugs misuse, prostitution, domestic […]

Research-informed Teaching experience (RiTe) in BSc Diagnostic Radiography curriculum

University of Salford

The Research-informed Teaching experience (RiTe) at the University of Salford combines research with teaching within the BSc (Hons) Diagnostic Radiography curriculum. There is a body of literature which supports the idea that by combining these two traditionally separate entities, student learning and engagement with the curriculum is enhanced. However, this approach also provides students […]

Research project on the impact on practice educators of failing a student

University of Staffordshire

Research around the impact of failing a social work student on the practice educators / work based supervisors who make that decision. This led to the establishment of a support project for practice educators based upon the above. In addition we are currently involved in enhancing training (post grad) in this area What prompted […]

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