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Author |
Darbyshire, P. |
Title |
'Never mind the quality, feel the width': The nonsense of 'quality', 'excellence', and 'audit' in education, health and research |
Type |
Journal Article |
Year |
2008 |
Publication |
Collegian: Journal of the Royal College of Nursing Australia |
Abbreviated Journal |
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Volume |
15 |
Issue |
1 |
Pages |
35-41 |
Keywords |
Accountability; Quality assurance; Organisational change; Nursing research; Nursing; Education |
Abstract |
The author contends that health care and education have been colonised by 'The Audit Society' and managerialism. It is argued that under the benign guise of 'improving quality' and 'ensuring value for money' a more Orwellian purpose operates. Academics had to be transformed into a workforce of 'docile bodies', willing to scrutinise and survey themselves and their 'performance' as outcome deliverers and disciples of the new 'Qualispeak'. This paper critiques the current obsession with audit and performativity, and the constant and often pointless 'change' that is held to be so self-evidently 'a good thing' and identifies policy discussion as a linguistic wasteland. |
Call Number |
NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
967 |
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Author |
Bogossian, F.; Cooper, S.; Kelly, M.; Levett-Jones, T.; McKenna, L.; Slark, J.; Seaton, P. |
Title |
Best practice in clinical simulation education -- are we there yet? A cross-sectional survey of simulation in Australian and New Zealand pre-registration nursing education |
Type |
Journal Article |
Year |
2018 |
Publication |
Collegian |
Abbreviated Journal |
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Volume |
25 |
Issue |
3 |
Pages |
327-334 |
Keywords |
Simulation education; Nursing students; Clinical simulation; Surveys |
Abstract |
Describes the current use of simulation in tertiary nursing education programmes leading to nurse registration, in Australia and NZ. Determines whether investments in simulation have improved uptake, quality and diversity of simulation experiences. Conducts a cross-sectional electronic survey distributed to lead nursing academics in nursing registration programmes in both countries. |
Call Number |
NZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1786 |
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