The recent development of a market economy in higher education has resulted in the need to tailor the product to the customers, namely students, employers and commissioning bodies. Distance learning is an opportunity for nurse educators and institutions to address marketing initiatives and develop a learning environment in order to enhance continuing professional development. It provides option...

Whereas Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) are a frequently applied professional learning tool in education, their use is often limited to an application among (a) teachers and (b) within-schools. This article contributes the nascent research evidence on PLC usage for principal learning. As outcomes align with PLCs’ phased development, this grasps processes that unfold, catalyst states em...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this project was to identify core topics of health care ethics that could be taught through an inter-professional approach to undergraduate education. DESIGN Five nominal group technique workshops. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS Teaching staff from different professional disciplines in our university (nursing branches, occupational therapy and physiotherapy). RESULTS Seven...