PLATO: A Practice Education Tool to Support Learning and Professional Development

Jack, Kirsten and Hamshire, Claire ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8585-2207 (2019) PLATO: A Practice Education Tool to Support Learning and Professional Development. Nurse Education in Practice, 37. pp. 141-145. ISSN 1471-5953

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Abstract

It is important that nursing students are adequately supported during their clinical practice placements in order to promote effective learning and reduce student attrition. Educators have an important role and this paper offers an interactive tool, ‘PLATO’, (The Practice Learning and Teaching Orientations Tool) to support them to meaningfully engage with learners in the practice setting. To enable such engagement, four personal orientations are presented, (role model, advocate, legitimiser and respecter) which enable educators to explore their role, across both local and wider contexts. PLATO recognises the multiple and varied influences on practice education and supports educators to develop their practice in a positive way.