DiCenso Alba, Housden Laura, Heale Roberta, Carter Nancy, Canitz Brenda, MacDonald-Rencz Sandra, Buckley Christine Rieck
School of Nursing and Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Policy Polit Nurs Pract. 2012 Nov;13(4):224-33. doi: 10.1177/1527154413484067. Epub 2013 May 1.
Health services research benefits from the active engagement of researchers and policy makers from generation through to application of research-based knowledge. One approach to help graduate students learn about the policy world is through participation in a policy practicum. This is an opportunity to work for a defined period of time in a setting where policy decisions are made. This article focuses on the integration of the policy practicum into graduate nursing education for advanced practice nurses. Ten graduate students and two postdoctoral fellows who had recently completed their practicums and three policy makers who had recently supervised students in provincial, federal, and international practicum projects were invited to submit a narrative about the experience. Based on qualitative analysis of the narratives, this article outlines objectives of the practicum, the policy practicum journey, student learning, and finally, the benefits and challenges of the experience.
卫生服务研究受益于研究人员和政策制定者从研究知识的产生到应用的积极参与。帮助研究生了解政策领域的一种方法是通过参与政策实习。这是一个在做出政策决策的环境中工作一段特定时间的机会。本文重点关注将政策实习融入高级实践护士的研究生护理教育。邀请了十名最近完成实习的研究生和博士后研究员，以及三名最近在省级、联邦和国际实习项目中指导学生的政策制定者，提交关于这段经历的叙述。基于对这些叙述的定性分析，本文概述了实习的目标、政策实习历程、学生学习情况，最后阐述了这段经历的益处和挑战。
