A feasibility intervention to expand placement capacity via the establishment of an integrated care placement experience for UoB Nursing Associate apprentices and Social Work Students
- Nasreen Ali(PI),
- Yannis Pappas(CoI),
- Erica Cook(CoI),
- Kirstie Allen(PhD Student),
- Charlotte Wake(PhD Student)
Project: Research
Project status
Not started
Description
The goal of the University of Bedfordshire's (UoB) "Integrated Placement Experience" (IPE) program is to create a learning environment that integrates social work. The project places Nursing Associate apprentices into integrated care settings to explore their learning and experiences of integrated care. The project will also evaluate the operational processes required to create and sustain these placements.
Layman's description
The Integrated Placement Experience, or IPE project, looked at whether students from different health and social care courses could learn together in real integrated care settings. The project focused on Nursing Associate apprentices and Social Work students from the University of Bedfordshire, giving them the opportunity to experience how different professionals work together to support people’s health, care and wellbeing.
The project aimed to increase the number and range of placement opportunities available to students, while also helping them understand how integrated health and social care works in practice. It explored what students and apprentices learned during these placements, what support staff needed to supervise different student groups, and how service users experienced receiving care from students in integrated settings.
This project has now been completed, and the placement has become part of the University’s normal placement offer. The findings will help the University and local partners develop more placement opportunities, strengthen the future health and social care workforce, and support services that are more joined-up, inclusive and centred around the needs of patients and service users.
The project aimed to increase the number and range of placement opportunities available to students, while also helping them understand how integrated health and social care works in practice. It explored what students and apprentices learned during these placements, what support staff needed to supervise different student groups, and how service users experienced receiving care from students in integrated settings.
This project has now been completed, and the placement has become part of the University’s normal placement offer. The findings will help the University and local partners develop more placement opportunities, strengthen the future health and social care workforce, and support services that are more joined-up, inclusive and centred around the needs of patients and service users.
Project Information
Project Type
ResearchProject Managed By
Status
Not startedKey Findings
This project is complete and the placement setting is now fully integrated into the normal placement circuit for courses at the University. The report is complete and an executive summary is being prepared. 1 publication is ready for submission and the 2 other submissions are currently being drafted.
Sustainable Development Goals
SDG 4 Quality Education