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The current debate in nurse education of the role of self directed learning appears to be alive and well. On the one hand advocates of this learning approach talk of nurses who have experienced a growth in confidence, have become more responsible and now view learning as life long. However, others state that SDL can cause a great deal of distress in some trainee nurses and believe that how and what nurses learn is jepodised by such a laissez-faire approach to learning. My belief is that we need to take the emotion out of the debate and take a more rationale view. Like anything, SDL is not an ‘all or nothing’ state of being; at times we can all demonstrate the skills and attributes of SDL but we can also, particularly in new and unfamiliar situations, become dependent on others and lack the knowledge and skills to find out for ourselves. The article by Tracy Levett-Jones offers a balanced view of the role of SDL in nurse education.
As nurse education practitioners what do you think are the benefits and challenges of SDL?
