Supporting students in professional socialisation: Guidelines for professional nurses and educators

Professional socialization: students becoming nurses.

Usually colleges are evaluated by the quality of the knowledge and technical training offered to the students. Little attention is given to the acquisition of the values, behaviors and attitudes necessary to assume their professional role. This exploratory study aims to increase understanding of the professional socialization process that occurs at nursing schools and the results obtained throu...

Evaluating supplemental professional nurses.

Iranian Nurses Professional Socialization

Background: Professional socialization of nurses defines a process in which novice practitioners are trained to develop the attitude and skills to become professional practitioners. This study was conducted to assess the level of professional socialization among clinical nurses. Methods: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study. A total of 600 nurses from Tehran and Shahrekord teaching hosp...

Supporting continuing professional development.

Continuing professional development (CPD), also known as continuing medical education, has been around since the earliest days of institutionalized medical instruction. After graduation from medical schools, physicians continued to learn by meeting with their peers. Hospital-based grand rounds, case discussions, and meetings to discuss published medical papers made up the bulk of the continuing...

The formation of professional identity in medical students: considerations for educators.

CONTEXT Medical education is about more than acquiring an appropriate level of knowledge and developing relevant skills. To practice medicine students need to develop a professional identity--ways of being and relating in professional contexts. OBJECTIVES This article conceptualises the processes underlying the formation and maintenance of medical students' professional identity drawing on co...