Interplay between leadership and patient safety in dentistry: a dental hospital-based cross-sectional study.

Objectives: The study aimed to study the association of leadership practices and patient safety culture in a dental hospital.

Design: Hospital-based, cross-sectional study SETTING: Riphah Dental Hospital (RDH), Islamabad, Pakistan.

Participants: All dentists working at RDH were invited to participate.

Mentoring student nurses in Uganda: A phenomenological study of mentors' perceptions of their own knowledge and skills.

This paper will report on the findings of a qualitative research study exploring mentorship in a rural hospital in Uganda. It explored how mentors perceived their roles and their own knowledge and skills in mentoring nurse students. Participants were confident in their ability to teach clinical skills, but they identified gaps in relation to the application of theory to these skills and they the need to update their own knowledge and to act more on their own initiative.

Mentors' perceptions and experiences of supporting student nurses in practice.

This paper reports on a funded project that explored the perceptions and experiences of mentors regarding student nurse support in practice. The study employed a mixed-method approach, using questionnaires and focus groups with mentors from one acute Trust and one community Trust. The findings highlighted the multifaceted nature of student learning in practice, with mentors reporting that clinical skills, adjustment to the placement and integrating into the team were the aspects students needed most support with.

Students' and lecturers' perceptions of support in a UK pre-registration midwifery programme.

This paper reports on a study that explored the perceptions of students and lecturers regarding support within a pre-registration midwifery programme in one Higher Education Institution in England. A mixed method design was used: questionnaires were completed by first year and third year students and lecturers, complemented by focus groups with each of the three sets of participants. The findings showed that there are multi-focal challenges for student midwives in undertaking their programme of study.

Listening to stories: valuing knowledge from patient experience.

This paper reports on a research project which explored students' perceptions of learning from listening to patient stories. There is a plethora of literature to support the value of learning from service users within professional education programmes and a growing body of literature suggesting that storytelling is an effective learning and teaching strategy. However, little evidence focuses on the process of learning from patients' stories during practice placements and this study was designed to address this knowledge gap.