title: Rural-hospital-based preceptorship: a multidisciplinary approach.
abstract: In this ethnographic study, undergraduate nursing students' experience of a rural-hospital-based preceptorship was a team effort that involved all members of the hospital staff. Daily and intimate interaction with the interdisciplinary hospital team had a significant impact on these students' ability to develop a professional identity. Indeed, for students to be successful in their preceptorship, nursing faculty members need to develop strategies that help the hospital team support students during a preceptorship.
authors.affiliation: School of Health Sciences, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Monique
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sedgwick
authors.forename: Olive
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yonge
authors.forename: Florence
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Myrick
mesh_terms: D000884:Anthropology, Cultural; D002170:Canada; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004506:Education, Nursing; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D006780:Hospitals, Rural / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011231:Preceptorship / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D012933:Social Identification; D049269:Videoconferencing