Creative Approaches to Health and Social Care Education

TONY WARNE is Professor in Mental Health Care at the Salford Centre for Nursing, Midwifery and Collaborative Research, University of Salford, UK SUE MCANDREW is Research Fellow (Mental Health) at the School of Health Care, University of Salford, UK.

• Introduction Challenging the Traditions of 'taut' EducationPART I: PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE EDUCATIONProvocation: the Art of Teaching Through Contentious Debate; P.MorrallBack to the Future: Challenging Hard Science Approaches to Care;G.RolfePatiently, Telling the Story; P.Barker & P.Buchanan-BarkerPART II: EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND CREATIVE APPROACHES FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE EDUCATIONEmphasising the 'nurse' in Nurse Practitioner: Challenges for Educational Preparation; T.Wand & B.HappellDeveloping Simulated Scenarios with Simulated Patients to Enhance Acquisition of Therapeutic Helping Skills; S.Samociuk& A.LawtonKnowing Me and Understanding You Through Discoure; M.CroweThe Potential of Literature and Poetry; A.Gallagher& A.McKiePortraying an Abstract Landscape: Using Painting to Develop Self Awareness and Sensitive Practice; S.McAndrew&T.WarneCinematic Health and Social Care: Developing Empathy Connecting with the Screen Experience; G.MorrisAwake and Aware: Thinking Constructively about the World of Transformative Learning; M.McAllisterPART III: EDUCATION BEYOND THE CLASSROOM FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE'Going native' in the Inner City: Learning about Caring by Promoting and Utilising Practice Based Evidence; M.DeaconSpeaking the Unspeakable: Emotional Involvement; D.Freshwater & P.EsterhuizenFacilitating New Worlds? Deaf People's Access to Nurse Education; N.SharplesLost to Transition: Bridging the Gap Supporting Newly Qualified Practitioners; M.Hazelton, R.Rossiter & E.SinclairEnd Note Thoughts in Search of a Thinker; T.Warne & S.McAndrew.