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In Australia, there is a tendency for Tertiary Education providers to develop professional development for clinical teachers, rather than with them. Consequently, the intended target groups may not participate because the activities are not meaningful nor relevant. This top down leadership style may also reinforce division. The participatory, dialogical and critical aspects of Action Research (AR) provide a useful alternative. In 2019, a group of clinical facilitators in Queensland formed a community of practice (CoP) to reflect on and discuss individual and group learning needs, and produce a plan for their professional development that would be owned and wanted. The CoP met four times in 2018–2019. Each meeting was three hours. Critical questions guided their conversations. Clinical teacher's tensions and impacts on their work with nursing students were explored. During this process collective decision making led to the development of a suite of professional development activities. This presentation will introduce the design of the CoP and share the innovative professional development activities implemented by participants. Participants in this research project continue to work o

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Author

Colleen Ryan; Margaret McAllister

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Published

2023

Language

EN

Field

Engineering (Physical Sciences)