Clinical Learning and Teaching Innovations in Nursing :Dedicated Education UnitsBuilding a Better Future / edited by Kay Edgecombe,Margaret Bowden

Foreword/Preface -- Introduction -- SECTION I -- 1.Dedicated Education Unit: the concept -- 2. The DedicatedEducation Unit as a community of practice -- 3. SECTION II: STORYLINES I: DEUs IN PRACTICE -- 3. An โ{128}{152}ideawhose time had comeโ{128}{153}: The Flinders UniversitySchool of Nursing DEU โ{128}{148} an historicalperspective -- 4. The Canberra DEU -- 5. An Americanexperience: transition to the DEU Clinical Education Model-- 6. Dedicated Education Units: Christchurch PolytechnicInstitute of Technology and Canterbury District HealthBoard (CPIT/CDHB), New Zealand -- 7. Dedicated EducationalUnit (DEU) โ{128}{147} A Scandinavian Model -- 8. Tellingit like it is - Various authors writing about personalexperience of DEUs -- SECTION III -- 9. Fromconceptualisation to future expansion: keys to successfulDEU implementation and sustainability -- Conclusion. ย This book provides an in-depth insight into the DedicatedEducation Units (DEU) clinical learning strategy. It showshow DEUs work and explains the concept, philosophy,principles, practical implementation and first-handexperiences of this ground-breaking, global work-integrated learning strategy. It presents the benefits ofDEUs and offers insight into how DEUs can provide realoptions for solving the increasingly complex dilemma ofproviding more students with more experiences of hands-onpractice while reducing costs and ensuring greater numbersof work ready graduates. The book serves as a referencefor nurse student education and is particularly salientfor those setting up a DEU. It can be used as aspringboard for work-integrated learning innovations forall practice-based disciplines. Dedicated Education Units(DEU) provide a flexible clinical learning strategy with afocus on founding principles and adaptation to differentclinical contexts rather than a concrete model forclinical learning. DEUs are essentially clinicalenvironments in which students develop a sense of securityto explore learning opportunities, knowing there arepeople present who will ensure they do not makeintractable errors; people who will guide and support themto achieve optimal learning. Whilst developed initiallyfor nurse education, DEUs can be adapted to otherprofessional learning settings. ย

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