title: Northern Ireland and 'The Troubles', outlining an innovative approach to nursing/midwifery student teaching and module evaluation.
abstract: This discussion paper outlines an approach to developing and evaluating an educative programme primarily delivered by lay `citizen trainers' in educating student nurses, and student midwives to the impact of and experience of extended and extensive civil unrest within their communities (`the Troubles' ). This is drawn from experience within the Northern Ireland `Troubles' and all of the citizen trainers were directly affected physically/psychologically. The programme was intended to both educate but primarily to help facilitate student nurses and student midwives to better understanding to experience and context and to more effective care delivery to those affected by/damaged by `the Troubles'. Evaluation of the teaching and learning by the students was significantly positive.
authors.affiliation: The School of Nursing and Midwifery Queen's University, Belfast, UK.
authors.forename: Johanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McMullan
authors.affiliation: The School of Nursing and Midwifery Queen's University, Belfast, UK.
authors.forename: Susan A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Clarke
authors.affiliation: WAVE Trauma Centre, 5 Chichester Park South, Belfast, UK.
authors.forename: Marie Therese
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: O'Hagan
authors.affiliation: The School of Nursing and Midwifery Queen's University, Belfast, UK.
authors.forename: Tony
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: O'Connor
authors.affiliation: The School of Nursing and Midwifery Queen's University, Belfast, UK. Electronic address: j.power@qub.ac.uk.
authors.forename: John J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Power
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D005260:Female; D006791:Hostility; D006801:Humans; D008880:Midwifery / Q000193:education*; D009660:Northern Ireland; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D011247:Pregnancy; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: Citizen trainers; Civil conflict; Nursing; Pedagogy of discomfort