Reflection: A Casualty of Modularisation?

A cross-sectional survey of 54 nursing lecturers and 244 students using modularized curriculum and analysis of curriculum documentation indicated that only 3 of 13 modules refer explicitly to reflective practice. Students identified lectures and group work as strategies for learning reflection; lect...

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Published in:Nurse education today 2003, Vol.23 (1), p.11-18
Main Authors: Cadman, Kate, Clack, Elaine, Lethbridge, Zena, Millward, Jennifer, Morris, Jenny, Redwood, Rachel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitude of Health Personnel
Clinical Competence - standards
Cross-Sectional Studies
Curriculum - standards
Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate - methods
Educational Strategies
Faculty, Nursing
Female
Foreign Countries
Higher Education
Humans
Learning Modules
Male
Models, Educational
Modularization
Nursing
Nursing Education
Nursing Education Research
Nursing Process
Reflective Practice
Students, Nursing - psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Teaching - methods
Thinking
United Kingdom
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Summary:A cross-sectional survey of 54 nursing lecturers and 244 students using modularized curriculum and analysis of curriculum documentation indicated that only 3 of 13 modules refer explicitly to reflective practice. Students identified lectures and group work as strategies for learning reflection; lecturers cited tutorials, groups, and cases. Most lecturers were unclear about the place of reflection in the curriculum. (Contains 22 references.) (SK)
ISSN:0260-6917
DOI:10.1016/S0260-6917(02)00158-2