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Partners in Research: Developing a Model for Undergraduate Faculty-Student Collaboration

  • Amy Reitmaier Koehler EMAIL logo , Linda Reveling Smith , Susan Davies and Deborah Mangan-Danckwart
Published/Copyright: October 9, 2015

Abstract

Maintaining scholarship while delivering an undergraduate nursing program is a challenge for nursing faculty. In this paper, we describe an approach that involves undergraduate nursing students in a program of faculty research, which evaluates new approaches to teaching and learning. Students work with faculty to develop a research proposal, identifying specific questions and exploring relevant literature. Projects may include original data collection with faculty supervision, or secondary analysis of existing datasets. Foci have included partnership learning between nursing students and older adults, models of sustainability for a traveling health clinic, and experiences of aging. Findings and recommendations feed into the broader faculty research agenda, provide a foundation for subsequent projects, and inform further development of educational programs. Students have presented at local and national conferences and developed papers for publication based on this joint work. We describe the benefits and challenges of these partnerships, drawing upon student and faculty reflections.

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Published Online: 2015-10-9
Published in Print: 2015-1-1

©2015 by De Gruyter

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