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Preceptorship Practice In Healthcare Institutions In Ghana: A Situational Analysis, Ivy E. Sackey
Preceptorship Practice In Healthcare Institutions In Ghana: A Situational Analysis, Ivy E. Sackey
Antioch University Dissertations & Theses
Preceptors play a vital role in supporting nursing/midwifery students and new employees’ transition and assimilation into their new role. Furthermore, with the increasing focus on educating more qualified nurses and midwives to meet health-related United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, there is a need for a more standardized and coordinated approach to preceptorship training. As former Head of the Nursing/Midwifery Training Institution in Ghana, I observed first-hand that the system of preceptorship needs improvements. Published literature on preceptorship has shown that the practice plays a vital role in healthcare delivery. However, most of the existing literature preceptorship is from developed countries, …