Serving two masters: quality teaching and learning versus economic rationalism

The design of a model based on principles of self directed learning assisted one university to deliver a high quality clinical skills programme.

Abstract

Nurse educators face the challenge of competing pressures. Programmes must be developed that more adequately prepare students to meet the demands of a changing and complex health care system. These programmes must reflect excellence in teaching and learning and this needs to be achieved within the constraints of economic rationalism. The design of a model based on principles of self directed learning assisted one university to deliver a high quality clinical skills programme.