We aren’t all winners
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https://doi.org/10.1921/jpts.v11i3.276Keywords:
Failure to fail, service users and carers, students, mentorsAbstract
The paper will discuss from a service user/carer perspective the possible implications and ramifications that ‘failing to fail’ students has on service users and carers. We will start by briefly contextualising the issue drawing on the work of Rutkowski (2007), Dudek et al. (2005), Duffy (2003) and Cleland et al. (2008) and other authors who have contributed to the topic. We expand the debate from the service user and carer perspective examining likely causes and determinants and then move on to discussing the possible impact of this practice on those who are cared for.
This paper will provide debate and discussion from a unique perspective being written by those who have lived experience of care delivered by students and qualified practitioners from the nursing and social work professions.
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2013-05-28
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Malihi-Shoja, L., Catherall, D., Titherington, J., Mallen, E., & Hough, G. (2013). We aren’t all winners. The Journal of Practice Teaching and Learning, 11(3), 8-16. https://doi.org/10.1921/jpts.v11i3.276
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