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Volume Contents Editorial — Striking the balance — A nurse teacher's Peter Birchenall Might history repeat itself? John Fletcher Project 2000 Student wastage: A case study David N Braithwaite, Margaret Elzubeir and Sheila Stark Mentorship in nursing and midwifery education: Issues for research Christopher Maggs One step along the way: the introduction of supernumerary status for RGN students in Foresterhill College, Aberdee Jane A Ormerod and Fiona A Murphy The views of students and teachers on the use of ¢ learning and assessment tool in midwifery educat Mary Mitchell Evaluation of a community staff preparation strategy for the teaching, assessing and mentorship of Project 2000 diploma students Annette M Jinks and Roger H Williams The management of individual performance planning and review: Some limitations on rationality Malcolm Richardson Preceptorship and post-registration nurse education Linda M Burke The telephone interview as a data collection meth Philip Burnard BOOK REVIEWS BOOKS RECEIVED CONFERENCE DIARY FORTHCOMING ISSUES Editorial — Reflection: art, science or pseudo-science Robert Newell Reflective practice in nursing: issues and implications for nurse education Chris R James and Brenda A Clarke Beyond reflection: practical wisdom and the pract William Lauder An evaluation of post-registration students experien education Janet Hargreaves Matching instructional preference and teaching styles of the literature Stephen J Cavanagh and Douglas A Coffin Searching for meaning: a method of analysing intervie transcripts with a personal computer Philip Burnard Issues of accountability in the assessment of practice Catherine Harding and Maria Greig Career guidance provision for student nurses: views of health authority personnel Louise Marsland Nursing ethics Steve Edwards Matrix learning: an innovative development in large group experiential teaching and learning Peter Goble ‘Letting go’: rationale and strategies for student-centred approaches to clinical teaching Elizabeth M Rideout CORRESPONDENCE BOOK REVIEWS BOOKS RECEIVED CONFERENCE DIARY FORTHCOMING ISSUES Editorial —-T he external examiner Peter Birchenall Professional development in midwifery: findings from a longitudinal study of midwives’ careers Sarah Robinson Teaching and learning clinical skills, Part 1 - Development of a multidisciplinary skills centre Susan J Studdy, Margaret J Nicol and Andrea Fox-Hiley Teaching and learning clinical skills, Part 2- Development of a teaching model and schedule of skills development Susan J Studdy, Margaret J Nicol and Andrea Fox-Hiley Teacher self-evaluation: an assessment using Delamont’s ‘beyond Flanders’ field’ technique Linda M Burke Everyday ethics and nurse/midwifery education S M Scheilling and E Drury An objective selection system to identify the qualities for a career in nursing Graeme L Buckingham and Anna Mayock Providing student systems in Project 2000 nurse education programmes - the personal tutor role of nurse teachers Robyn Phillips Listening to students: course evaluation as action research Gary Rolfe Using a database program to handle qualitative data Philip Burnard Portfolios and Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning (APEL) make credits ... or problems? Peter J Murray A shortened common foundation programme for graduates — the students’ experience of student-centred learning Melanie A Jasper The potential negative impact of current orthodoxy on nursing education Brenda J Jacono and John J Jacono BOOK REVIEWS CONFERENCE DIARY FORTHCOMING ISSUES NOTICES Editorial - Open learning — passing educational fancy or key player in flexible educational provision? Elisabeth Clark Open learning: the state of the art in nursing and midwifery Elisabeth Clark and Kate Robinson Clinical credibility and the role of the nurse teacher Tonks N Fawcett and Anne McQueen Assessment of clinical practice and the role of the nurse teacher Collette Clifford Curriculum evaluation —- a new approach Chris Sconce and John Howard Holism: the teacher is the method Brenda J Jacono and John J Jacono Issues in the application of self-assessment for the Diploma of Higher Education/Registered Nurse Mental Health Course Anita J Green The use of peer evaluation in promoting nursing faculty teaching effectiveness: a review oft he literature Barbara Brown and Catherine Ward-Griffin The status of students undertaking the basic nursing course Grace T Mashaba The effects of graduate nurse education on clinical practice and career paths: a pilot study Dianne Pelletier, Christine Duffield, Robyn Gallagher, Linda Soars, Judith Donoghue and Anne Adams Bibliographic instruction for student nurses: a programme outline Alistair S Duff The trigger film in nurse education Melanie A Jasper Student nurse appraisal of placement (SNAP): an attempt to provide objective measures of learning environment based on qualitative and quantitative evaluations Gerald A Farrell and Lindsey Coombes The use of a curriculum model in an Accident and Emergency Department Derek Nelson CURRENT ISSUES The development of workbased learning: a pilot study at Barnet Healthcare NHS Trust Steve Collins and Dan Taubman BOOK REVIEWS FORTHCOMING ISSUES APOLOGY Editorial - Academic standards in nursing Lorraine N Smith Examination of student learning about dimensions of health and lIness using Stewart's conceptual framework for primary health care Wendy Sword, Charlotte Noesgaard and Basanti Majumdar The Clinical Learning Spiral: a model to develop reflective practitioners Lynette Stockhausen Students’ evaluation of the process of conducting a patient assessment Moira Attree, Denise Button and Hannah Cooke Designing an integrated curriculum with a common core for an inter-disciplinary course in community nursing Elizabeth Howkins Australian nursing — moving forward? Competencies and the nursing profession Fran A Sutton and Paul A Arbon Nurse teachers in higher education — without clinical competence, do they have a future? lan Cave Sculpting with people — an educational experience John Fowler and Paul Rigby Nurse education and the impact of professionalisation Michael Purdy BOOK REVIEWS CORRESPONDENCE FORTHCOMING ISSUES Editorial —- The direction of educational leadership Peter Birchenall Should nurses be studying bioscience? A discussion paper Sue Jordan A comparison between the roles of part-time and full-time «iinical tutors: is there a difference? Patricia L Williams A survey of the teaching and learning of biological sciences on undergraduate nursing courses Heather J Wharrad, Nick Allcock and Mary Chapple Teaching social and behavioural sciences: have we delivered — have they got it? Janet Rhodes Meeting the learning needs of post-myocardial infarction patients Theresa Mirka Clinical staff and the new student nurse: anticipating change Lindsey D Watson and Alice M Kiger BOOK REVIEWS FORTHCOMING ISSUES ERRATUM SUBJECT INDEX AUTHOR INDEX