Managing Professional Development Using Action Learning: Case Study, Nursing in the UK

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  • Sheila Stark
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A Primary Care Group in the North West of England commissioned the facilitation of action learning sets from a local University. The aim of the sets was to support primary and community nurse practitioners whowere in different disciplines (e. g. district nursing, health visiting, general practice nursing, community psychiatric nursing etc.) to work more collaboratively with colleagues on projects in either staff development, or service improvement. This paper discusses the work of two action learning sets. One set introduced clinical benchmarking, which is a  government sponsored initiative aimed at improving the quality of care and services provided. This group undertook the benchmarking process in relation to record keeping. The second group examined the current status of clinical supervision amongst primary and community care nurses and developed a strategy to take this aspect of professional development forward in a more effective way. This paper examines the development of both of these action learning sets. In addition, it will examine some of the issues and benefits that arose with taking an action learning approach to nursing development, and the usefulness of this approach for other health care practitioners.

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تاریخ انتشار 2004