title: Professional training. Learning the hard way.
abstract: An audit of nursing, midwifery and physiotherapy training commissioned by a consortium of trusts in Sussex showed diverging views on the relevance of courses. Many nursing students wanted more practical experience. Two-thirds of students reported financial hardship and a third were working at the same time as studying.
authors.affiliation: Worthing and Southlands Hospitals Trust.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Randall
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tamkin
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003162:Competency-Based Education; D003625:Data Collection; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005181:Faculty, Nursing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008880:Midwifery / Q000193:education; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities / Q000193:education; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013663:Teaching / Q000592:standards; D006113:United Kingdom