Project Title

Research Focus

Funder & Dates

Department for the Economy (DfE)

Principal Investigator or Primary Supervisor (if PhD project)

Dr Daniel P Kerr

Co-Investigators or additional supervisors

Dr Iseult M Wilson, Dr Cathal Breen, Prof Stephen McClean

Research Fellow(s) or PhD Student

Andrea Jones

Name & Institution of Collaborators

Ulster University

Name of External Partner Organisations

Description of Project:

Aim; Methods; Expected Outcomes

The aim of the study is to investigate methods by which student learning and support may be enhanced during practice placement. The study’s objectives are: • To identify appropriate technologies that may be used to increase student engagement with learning opportunities and with each other during clinical practice placement (thus fostering the sense of peer support); • To investigate the use of the technologies and/ or development of resources (identified via the initial objective) to capture and share individual learning experiences in different placement locations amongst class cohorts; • To explore how the lecturer may use such technologies/ resources as an efficient method of gauging student engagement during practice placement and provide support as required.

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