title: Academic credit and professional experience.
abstract: Accreditation of experiential learning is being promoted as a legitimate cost-effective method of short-cutting professional degree courses for qualified practitioners. While there are benefits in giving academic recognition for learning gained from experience, there is a danger that the pressure of market forces may devalue the status of nursing degrees.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Welsh
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004506:Education, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008389:Marketing of Health Services