A paper from the HEA Annual Conference 2006.
One of the most important and costly quality monitoring mechanisms in nursing and midwifery is educational audit of clinical placements. It is vital that the system should be transparent effective and have beneficial outcomes for students in practice. This initiative aimed to reduce the costs of audit improve the rigour of the process and most importantly demonstrate clear benefits that lead to improvements in the student learning experience. Working in partnership with eight Trusts and Primary Care Trusts a new process was devised and implemented which quickly led to an enhanced clinical learning experience. It enabled trusts to identify where to focus resources and efforts for pre-registration education.
