User involvement in clinical governance
Aims This study aimed to identify how di ierent trusts in England were utilising lay involvement through their clinical governance committees. Method It considered the perspectives of both the trust and the lay members. Twenty-three clinical governance chairs and lay participants returned a questionnaire. Results This study found that the lay participants were far from representative of the local population in terms of socio-demographics and special interests, and highlighted dee ciencies in their recruitment and training. Conclusions The conclusions point to successful approaches that could be applied by trusts.
AbstractA qualitative exploratory design was used for this study to evaluate role-play simulation as an active learning strategy. The context for the role-play was bullying in nursing practice. Following a simulation, 333 students from five college campuses of three universities completed a reflecti