Increasing student involvement in a trust.

Effective partnership between universities and placement providers is an essential part of high-quality pre-registration nurse education. This article reports on work at one trust to build on working relationships with higher education colleagues; this included the establishment of a student task group to improve practice learning, communication and student involvement at the trust.

Opportunities in preventive oral health care for children in North Carolina.

Tooth decay affects more children than any other chronic infectious disease, yet it is almost entirely preventable. The Oral Health Section of the North Carolina Division of Public Health stresses the importance of prevention and promotes opportunities for citizens to achieve good oral health as part of total health.

Using entrustable professional activities to guide curriculum development in psychiatry training.

Background: Clinical activities that trainees can be trusted to perform with minimal or no supervision have been labelled as Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs). We sought to examine what activities could be entrusted to psychiatry trainees in their first year of specialist training.

Methods: We conducted an online survey of Fellows of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP).