'We don't sing the chorus when the folksinger's here': the learning society and health care

Authors
Citation
T. Schuller, 'We don't sing the chorus when the folksinger's here': the learning society and health care, NURS EDUC T, 20(3), 2000, pp. 227-232
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Public Health & Health Care Science
Journal title
NURSE EDUCATION TODAY
ISSN journal
02606917 → ACNP
Volume
20
Issue
3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
227 - 232
Database
ISI
SICI code
0260-6917(200004)20:3<227:'DSTCW>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
This paper reports on a study carried out as part of the Economic and Socia l Research Council's (ESRC's) Learning Society research programme. The stud y focused on continuing education and training (CET) in Scotland and covere d four sectors, of which one was health care. The paper reports on qualitat ive evidence gathered from focus groups and individual interviews. it deals with three key issues: initial education and the implications for continui ng education and training; markets, investment and the returns to GET; and cultural factors. The paper concludes with some key implications. (C) 2000 Harcourt Publishers Ltd.