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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Clinical placement and case study methodology: a complex affair |
Author: | Donnelly, F. Wiechula, R. |
Citation: | Nurse Education Today, 2012; 32(8):873-877 |
Publisher: | Churchill Livingstone |
Issue Date: | 2012 |
ISSN: | 0260-6917 1532-2793 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Frank Donnelly, Rick Wiechula |
Abstract: | Clinical placement is a valuable component of nursing education, helping students to authenticate, integrate and develop a range of nursing skills and knowledge. The diversity of nursing curricula throughout the world and the many models of clinical placement make this a difficult subject to research using typical qualitative and quantitative research methodologies. The potential for case study methodology to address the complexity of learning in the clinical environment is significant. This paper argues that Complexity Theory provides an interpretive paradigm that articulates well with case study methodology. This paper also provides an example of the development of a theoretical proposition based on pattern matching. Pattern matching is an approach to data analysis that encourages a consideration of predicted patterns with those that are empirically based. |
Keywords: | Case study methodology Complexity theory Clinical placement Pattern matching |
Rights: | © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.nedt.2012.02.010 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2012.02.010 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 4 Nursing publications |
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