Smith, Sarah, Miller, Paul K.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5611-1354
, Mills, S. and Law, E.
(2024)
Changing the landscape of physiotherapy practice education: students experiences of a rotational placement pilot initiative in England.
Physiotherapy, 123
(S1).
e43-e44.
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Abstract
Purpose: Not least as a consequence of the NHS staffing shortages exposed by the Covid-19 pandemic, UK higher education institutions (HEIs) have been charged with increasing the numbers of allied healthcare professionals trained across-the-board. In physiotherapy, enlarging core student numbers within universities themselves has proven considerably less challenging than finding sufficient practice placements for these students during their degrees. Finding creative solutions to this problem - and evidencing their efficacy in terms consistency, quality and student experience - has, thus, become a key priority in contemporary physiotherapy education. This paper addresses one prospective solution: the use of ‘placement rotation’. Therein, students complete several rotations in different clinical areas within a single trust as one ostensibly ongoing placement, with a single induction and a consistent group of peers and educators. Rotational placements have been a routine feature of nurse training for some time, with robust research underscoring their value, but remain largely untested in physiotherapy. Focusing on a three-rotation pilot initiative run by the authors’ HEI and a single NHS trust in northwest England, findings qualitatively address the nuances of student experiences.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Journal / Publication Title: | Physiotherapy |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 0031-9406 |
| Departments: | Institute of Health > Psychology and Psychological Therapies Centre for Research in Health and Society (CRIHS) |
| Additional Information: | CSP2023: abstract 277. |
| Depositing User: | Insight Administrator |
| SWORD Depositor: | Insight Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Jun 2024 16:03 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jun 2024 16:41 |
| URI: | https://insight.cumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/7752 |
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