title: The role of the nurse lecturer in the supervision of students' essays, projects and assignments: results of an all Wales questionnaire survey.
abstract: This study explores the role of the lecturer in nursing and midwifery education in the supervision of students' essays, projects and assignments. Three methods were used within the study; semi-structured interviews, questionnaires and focus groups. The results from the semi-structured interviews were used to develop a questionnaire which was distributed to the population of lecturers in nursing and midwifery education (n=285) within Wales. This article reports some of the key findings of the questionnaire survey. Lecturers report a directive style of supervision with a considerable amount of time being invested in the supervision process. The production of guidelines for good supervision practice is recommended as a way of providing consistent and fair supervision for students.
authors.affiliation: School of Care Sciences, University of Glamorgan, Pontypridid. imansell@glam.ac.uk
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mansell
authors.forename: Glynis
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bennett
authors.forename: Colin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Torrance
authors.forename: Gavin
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fairbairn
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D005181:Faculty, Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D008611:Mentors; D008875:Middle Aged; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D009734:Nursing Faculty Practice; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014852:Wales