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<h1 class="ep_tm_pagetitle">Making Connections in Aged Care: The Report of the Residential Aged Care Preceptor Research Project</h1>
<p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><span class="person_name">Robinson, Andrew</span> and <span class="person_name">Cubit, Katrina</span> and <span class="person_name">Francis, Bronwin</span> and <span class="person_name">Bull, Rosalind</span> and <span class="person_name">Crack, Julie</span> and <span class="person_name">Webber, Yvonne</span> (2002) <xhtml:em>Making Connections in Aged Care: The Report of the Residential Aged Care Preceptor Research Project.</xhtml:em> Project Report. University of Tasmania, Launceston.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"></p><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><tr><td valign="top" style="text-align:center"><a onmouseover="EPJS_ShowPreview( event, 'doc_preview_1852' );" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/1444/1/Making_Connections_Aged_Care_Preceptor_Report.pdf" onmouseout="EPJS_HidePreview( event, 'doc_preview_1852' );"><img alt="[img]" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png" class="ep_doc_icon" border="0" /></a><div class="ep_preview" id="doc_preview_1852"><table><tr><td><img alt="" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/1444/thumbnails/1/preview.png" class="ep_preview_image" border="0" /><div class="ep_preview_title">Preview</div></td></tr></table></div></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/1444/1/Making_Connections_Aged_Care_Preceptor_Report.pdf"><span class="ep_document_citation">PDF</span></a> - Requires a PDF viewer<br />493Kb</td></tr></table><div class="not_ep_block"><h2>Abstract</h2><p style="padding-bottom: 16px; text-align: left; margin: 1em auto 0em auto">A report of the 2002 Tasmanian pilot project 'Making Connections In Aged Care', funded by two aged care providers and a UTas teaching development grant. In this study we trialled an intervention strategy to support students to have a quality clinical placement in aged care, utilising a fourth generation evaluation method (Guba and Lincoln 1989). The two stage project involved a group of undergraduate nursing students (N=26) and their aged care nurse preceptors (N=13) in a series of parallel focus group discussions, with a feedback loop between the student and preceptor groups. The project was a great success. Students interest in working in the aged care sector improved markedly from 36% on entry to 92% at completion of a 3 week placement. The project produced a range of recommendations central to supporting students and providing a quality clinical placement. These recommendations focused on Registered Nurse preceptors having ongoing support to develop their role and gain an understanding of the complexities involved in acting as a preceptor to undergraduate students; the importance of continuity between students and their preceptors and the opportunity for student groups and preceptors groups to meet separately on a regular basis, to share their experiences and collaborate to facilitate learning in practice. </p></div><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" cellpadding="3" class="not_ep_block" border="0"><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Item Type:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Report (Project Report)</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Keywords:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Aged care, preceptorship, student nurses, residential aged care, nursing homes</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Subjects:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/320000.html">320000 Medical and Health Sciences</a><br /><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/321106.html">320000 Medical and Health Sciences > 321100 Nursing > 321106 Aged Care Nursing</a><br /><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/321100.html">320000 Medical and Health Sciences > 321100 Nursing</a></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ID Code:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">1444</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited By:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><span class="ep_name_citation"><span class="person_name">A/Prof Andrew L Robinson</span></span></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited On:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">24 Sep 2007</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Last Modified:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">09 Jan 2008 02:30</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ePrint Statistics:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a target="ePrintStats" href="/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint;id=1444;">View statistics for this ePrint</a></td></tr></table><p align="right">Repository Staff Only: <a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/users/home?screen=EPrint::View&eprintid=1444">item control page</a></p>
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