title: Managing student transitions into primary care.
abstract: In response to its specific recruitment needs, Walsall teaching primary care trust has implemented a new final placement programme for community nursing students that focuses on providing students with hands-on experience in the community setting. This article presents the results of an evaluation of the programme. Outcomes of the programme are discussed and analysis is drawn from all key participants. This has been the first stage of a career pathway for 80% of these students, who are now successfully employed as community staff nurses within the PCT.
authors.affiliation: Walsall Teaching Primary Care Trust and University of Wolverhampton.
authors.forename: Bridget
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Doley
authors.forename: Sally
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Roberts
mesh_terms: D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D011320:Primary Health Care; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011637:Public Health Nursing; D013338:Students, Nursing; D006113:United Kingdom; D000078329:Workforce