title: In defense of clinical conferences in clinical nursing education.
abstract: Clinical conferencing has been a consistent feature of clinical education, but the current clinical education environment poses many challenges to its continuance. The paper raises concern regarding the current state of clinical conferencing as part of clinical practice education in nursing. This topic is of great concern, but has there is little direction for clinical educators. The paper reviews the literature on conferencing and recommends avenues for future research.
authors.affiliation: Seattle University College of Nursing, 901 12th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122, USA. Electronic address: tvezeau@seattleu.edu.
authors.forename: Toni M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Vezeau
mesh_terms: D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D006801:Humans; D013338:Students, Nursing; D056164:Teaching Rounds
keywords: Baccalaureate education; Clinical conference; Clinical education; Clinical students; Learning environment; Nursing