Facilitating learning in the community with lecturer-practitioner posts

The purpose of this paper is to present a case study of the perspectives of their role of a group of community lecturer-practitioners and a community teacher, who referred to themselves as 'community facilitators'. A qualitat ive design was used and data were collected by semi-structured interviews. These were transcribed and content analysis was undertaken. All participant s provided a liaison role between the college and the community practitione rs, prepared students for their clinical experience and assisted in relatin g theory to practice. The participants described how they managed the role and how they supported each other. Developing small teams of facilitators m ay provide a bridge between teachers and practitioners and can serve as a b asis for further study of the lecturer-practitioner role.