title: Practice placements: we have the ingredients but do we have a recipe?
authors.affiliation: Bell College of Technology, Dumfries, Scotland.
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Marland
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: McSherry
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000592:standards*; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D011231:Preceptorship; D013338:Students, Nursing