1. PARTNERSHIP: COMMUNICATION AND CLINICAL SKILLS Emeritus Professor Jennifer Boore OBE, FRCN Dr Carol Hall, Chair of Education Forum

2. PARTNERS IN EDUCATION Academics Students and Graduates Senior Nurses (Nurse Managers and Educational Facilitators) Clinicians (Nurses and others) Patients, Clients and Carers (Service Users) Private and Voluntary Organisations Statutory Organisations

3. POWER AND ENGAGEMENT In Education: – power distributed according to contribution and degree of control of the different partners – varies within different aspects of the enterprise – standards met if all partners contribute their expertise and resources. – all partners have power to make or break quality of the programme

4. PROMOTING ENGAGEMENT Help all partners accept importance of their contribution and become fully engaged All partners contribute to philosophy / values and beliefs underpinning programme Share full information about developments in curriculum Help everyone to understand contribution to the whole

5. COSTS AND BENEFITS OF PARTNERSHIP El Ansari Paradox (community health project) to get commitment to project, – balance between benefits and costs had to be positive – ratio of benefits to costs of 1.6 perceived as favourable.

6. BENEFITS Being part of a new initiative Meting others with similar interests Recognition and respect from others Recognition and thanks to individuals and organisations Influence nursing curriculum Professional development for clinicians and nurse managers involved in practice education

7. BENEFITS (cont) Shape values of future employees. Enhance care of those with particular conditions Help students understand real life experiences Students suitably prepared for clinical placement Takes account of placement availability Graduates adequately prepared for role as RN

8. COSTS Financial cost of attending meetings Time away from own work Organisation does not get public recognition for work in the partnership Too many similar organisations involved, no sense of being special or unique. Individuals’ skills and time not well used

9. Examples of partnership activities

10. The Lilliput Theatre Company Professional theatre company of adults with learning difficulties Present series of educational sketches which highlight discrimination that many adults with learning disabilities face today. Focus for discussion about inclusion and equality issues with students of all fields of practice