Elsevier

Nurse Education Today

Volume 64, May 2018, Pages 130-131
Nurse Education Today

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Boundaries between professional nursing and midwifery academics and scholarly research activities: Transitioning through communities of practice.

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  • Advancing professional and academic knowledge through communities of practice

  • Funding of nursing and midwifery scholarly activities

  • Timing of scholarly research activities amongst nursing and midwifery academics

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Background

This critical reflection is based on conversations with professional academic colleagues. My experience as a professional academic is discussed, with a focus on how professional academics might benefit from working closely with communities of professionals who have similar aims and objectives in order to develop professional knowledge through scholarly research activities and education. My definition of a professional academic is based on my own experience: someone with a professional

My Experience

I chose to undertake a structured PhD at Lancaster University, and during the first part was required to complete coursework relating to HE research, while the second half of the PhD was focused on working towards producing my thesis. I am one of a cohort of PhD students studying for this structured PhD, and while we have similar academic roles as professional academics, we are drawn from different disciplines. What we have in common is the shared learning and a concern regarding the

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