Scholarship of practice for a practice profession

Integrating the scholarship of practice into the nurse academician portfolio

“…An example is an interactive educational design for junior nursing student's hospital experiences that not only enhances critical thinking but also interactive learning [8] and has been adopted by other clinical faculty. The scholarship of application allows advanced practice nurses to reflect about clinical practice, think collectively and strategically about advances for best practice, and put processes into place to promote systemic and optimal change across the care continuum [12] .This type of scholarship also stimulates research questions specific to populations being served [13] . Additionally Starch describes a paradigm shift currently underway that "will fundamentally change the value of practice: the need for universities… to meet the needs of their community" [6] .…”

Evaluation of the Penn Macy Initiative to Advance Academic Nursing Practice

“…Where collaboration exists between clinical and research faculty, academic practice is more likely to result (Brown, 2001;Fagin, 2000;Jones & Van Ort, 2001;Mayhew, 1994). Doctoral education that highlights this point (Burgener, 2001) is likely to make a difference in the future. Where schools serve large but similar populations over time, the opportunity to mount studies with adequate sample size and more rigorous designs is enhanced.…”

The Scholarship of Practice in Applied Disciplines

“…This inductive approach helps alleviate concerns over the relevance and utility of traditional research findings. According to Burgener (),

One obvious benefit from conducting research generated from and for practice is the increased likelihood that the knowledge generated can be used immediately by the practitioner in that situation or practitioners in similar situations, decreasing the existing problem of a lack of research use in practice. If practice‐relevant questions, whatever that practice may be, drive the profession's scholarship efforts, the findings or results from that scholarship should immediately and directly be understandable to and usable by practitioners.

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“…The scholarship of practice within nursing and occupational therapy takes on features distinct from traditional research methods. One of the basic principles of a scholarship of practice is the changed role of the investigator from expert to collaborator and facilitator who engages the target population or sample—the client or patient—in a cooperative partnership relationship and with appropriate sensitivity (Burgener, ; Stringer, ). Questions addressed in the scholarship of practice may arise from clients and patients being served rather than from theories.…”