An evaluation of management placements for nursing students in UK general practice

Walsh, Nicki; Mason, Rachael

doi:10.7748/phc.2018.1443

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“…Our participants perceived that by making students aware of this extended scope role through clinical education, it may aspire them to work towards becoming an MSK FCP in the future. A study (Walsh & Mason, ) of the experience of pre‐registration general practice nursing placements, found that it gave nursing students an insight into the general practice nursing role and encouraged them to consider it as a potential career.…”

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Challenges and Learning Opportunities of Pre‐Registration Physiotherapy Placements in First Contact Settings: The Perspectives of Musculoskeletal First Contact Physiotherapists

Bassett

Jackson

2020

Musculoskeletal Care

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Objectives:As musculoskeletal first contact physiotherapy is rolled out into primary healthcare in Britain, this could offer up new practice-based educational opportunities for pre-registration physiotherapy students. Thus, the present study sought to explore the perceived challenges and learning opportunities of pre-registration physiotherapy placements in musculoskeletal first contact physiotherapy settings from first contact physiotherapists' perspectives.Methods: Using a qualitative strategy, 15 musculoskeletal first contact physiotherapists from different geographical locations in Britain, participated in telephone mediated semi-structured interviews. Participants were self-selected through a Chartered Society of Physiotherapy fortnightly bulletin and online forum for first contact physiotherapists, or recruited via snowball sampling. Interview transcripts were analysed according to framework analysis -and the findings were member-checked by proxy.Results: Three core themes emerged: operational challenges, challenges for preregistration physiotherapy students and learning opportunities for pre-registration physiotherapy students. Operational challenges included: ensuring sufficient support from first contact physiotherapy practice educators; financial cost implications of placements, and; lack of capacity within the existing first contact physiotherapy workforce to provide placements. Challenges for physiotherapy students involved: time pressures and stressors of a first contact physiotherapy placement; identifying red flags, and; complexity of patient presentations. Identified learning opportunities for physiotherapy students were: experience of a specialised physiotherapy role in a primary healthcare setting; bringing awareness of first contact physiotherapy as a potential career pathway, and; experience multidisciplinary team working in primary care. Conclusions:By seeking the perspectives of first contact physiotherapists, this study provides the first step for the development of placements in an emerging practice area.

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