‘Letting go’: rationale and strategies for student-centred approaches to clinical teaching

To date the clinical practice portion of nursing education has tended to emphasise patient problems related to specific disease processes and the technical interventions needed to deal with those problems. Teacher-centred methods of education that place control of the process and content of learning with the teacher have seemed appropriate. However, the role and function of nursing is changing. Autonomy, independence and decision-making are …