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Abstract
Background:
Educational institutions are tasked with developing health care professional students into autonomous practitioners, confident to practice upon graduation. We initiated links with industry to develop a venous leg day for podiatry students, combining simulation and theory sessions with a public venous assessment day , where application of knowledge could be put to practical use.
Aim:
Explore the experiences of students participating in the education- industry initiative and the difference this may make to their skills.
Methods:
Qualitative focus group interview study of 4 individuals who had participated within venous leg training and the venous leg day to explore their experiences of this learning experience. Template analysis, a form of thematic analysis was used to structure the analysis.
Results:
Analysis identified three key themes: real world = real benefit, foundations for future learning and professionalism and the positive benefits of academia and industry collaboration. Students perceived the industry-educational collaboration as being of benefit to their learning, enabling application of knowledge to real world situations.
Conclusion:
Findings reveal the enhancement of learning when integrating educationalists and industry experts. Students reported the benefits of the collegiate working and were able to gain confidence in understanding the importance of compression hosiery, and in being able to feed this forward into additional clinical work.
Educational institutions are tasked with developing health care professional students into autonomous practitioners, confident to practice upon graduation. We initiated links with industry to develop a venous leg day for podiatry students, combining simulation and theory sessions with a public venous assessment day , where application of knowledge could be put to practical use.
Aim:
Explore the experiences of students participating in the education- industry initiative and the difference this may make to their skills.
Methods:
Qualitative focus group interview study of 4 individuals who had participated within venous leg training and the venous leg day to explore their experiences of this learning experience. Template analysis, a form of thematic analysis was used to structure the analysis.
Results:
Analysis identified three key themes: real world = real benefit, foundations for future learning and professionalism and the positive benefits of academia and industry collaboration. Students perceived the industry-educational collaboration as being of benefit to their learning, enabling application of knowledge to real world situations.
Conclusion:
Findings reveal the enhancement of learning when integrating educationalists and industry experts. Students reported the benefits of the collegiate working and were able to gain confidence in understanding the importance of compression hosiery, and in being able to feed this forward into additional clinical work.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 72-77 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Wounds UK |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 2 Jul 2025 |
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Co-Investigator on MRC IAA Grant awarded research project.
Natasha Levy (Participant)
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