title: First year undergraduate nursing students and nursing mentors: An evaluation of their experience of specialist areas as their hub practice learning environment.
abstract: Specialist environments have traditionally not been considered as practice learning environments for year one nursing students. Through implementation of the hub and spoke model of practice learning this was implemented across one health board and Higher Education Institution in Scotland. Sixty nine students from specialist and 147 from general areas out of a total population of 467 students (46.2%) and thirteen mentors from specialist and 26 from general areas out of a total 577 mentors (6.7%) completed a questionnaire. The findings support this initiative and suggest in some cases student experiences are more positive in specialist environments.
authors.affiliation: Glasgow Caledonian University, Room A511, Govan Mbeki Building, Cowcaddens Road, Glasgow, G4 0BA, UK. Electronic address: Jacqueline.mccallum@gcu.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Jacqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McCallum
authors.affiliation: NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde Acute Services Division, Practice Development, 4th Floor Former Outpatient Dept, Victoria Infirmary, Grange Road, Glasgow, G42 9TY, UK. Electronic address: David.Lamont@ggc.scot.nhs.uk.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lamont
authors.affiliation: NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde Acute Services Division, Flat 4, 34 Shelley Court, Gartnavel General Hospital, GreatWestern Road, Glasgow, G12 0YN, UK. Electronic address: emma-louise.kerr@ggc.scot.nhs.uk.
authors.forename: Emma-Louise
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Kerr
mesh_terms: D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D006801:Humans; D008611:Mentors; D017145:Models, Educational; D012606:Scotland; D013038:Specialization; D013338:Students, Nursing; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Hub and spoke; Mentorship; Practice learning; Specialist environments