Accident and emergency as a clinical learning environment

Ward, R.

Abstract

This paper suggests that Accident & Emergency (A&E) can be a suitable learning environment with benefits for students, trained staff and the speciality of A&E nursing. Features of a suitable clinical learning environment are identified and a process which can be followed for educational audit set out. The unique opportunities for learning, suitable for both pre- and post-registration students, that are available in A&E are identified, and suggestions made as to how these might fit into the curriculum. © 1993.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 1993
• Journal: Accident and Emergency Nursing
• Print ISSN: 0965-2302
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 1
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 92-97
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0965-2302%2893%2990055-5
• Keywords: accident and emergency departments, A & E, clinical learning
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1109179
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0965-2302(93)90055-5