Liz Aston

Contact

• workRoom SD2987 D Floor, Queen's Medical Centre
  Queen's Medical Centre
  Nottingham
  NG7 2UH
  UK
• work0115 82 30976
• fax0115 8 231 211
• liz.aston@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

I qualified as a nurse in 1975 and worked in a variety of acute and rehabilitation settings before working as a clinical teacher and subsequently joining the University of Nottingham as a lecturer and then as an associate professor.

Expertise Summary

My expertise is focused on practice learning including mentor support, student support and the teaching of clinical skills. I also chair the national Practice Learning Partnership Group which meets three times a year in London.

Teaching Summary

Teaching on the Diploma/BSc in nursing.

Staff training re educational audit

Much of my teaching is in clinical practice with service partners to update on education issues pertaining to practice learning

Recent Publications

• ALISON KELLEY, LIZ ASTON, 2011. An evaluation using champions to enhance interprofessional learning in the practice setting Nurse Education in practice. 11(1), 36-40
• LIZ ASTON, PAULA HALLAM, 2011. Successful mentoring in nursing 1. Learning matters.
• LIZ ASTON, JILL WAKEFIELD, RACHEL MCGOWN, 2010. The student nurse guide to decision making in practice OU press.
• LIZ ASTON, ALEX MOLASSIOTIS, 2004. Practice learning teams: a partnership approach to supporting student's clinical learning Nurse education in Practice. 4(2), 143-149

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Leader of practice learning for the Division of Nursing and the Practice Learning Committee for the division. Ensuring that the NMC requirements for practice learning are met and continue to develop practice learning expertise in the school.

• ALISON KELLEY, LIZ ASTON, 2011. An evaluation using champions to enhance interprofessional learning in the practice setting Nurse Education in practice. 11(1), 36-40
• LIZ ASTON, PAULA HALLAM, 2011. Successful mentoring in nursing 1. Learning matters.
• LIZ ASTON, JILL WAKEFIELD, RACHEL MCGOWN, 2010. The student nurse guide to decision making in practice OU press.
• LIZ ASTON, ALEX MOLASSIOTIS, 2004. Practice learning teams: a partnership approach to supporting student's clinical learning Nurse education in Practice. 4(2), 143-149
• ASTON, LIZ and MOLASSIOTIS, ALEXANDER, 2003. Supervising and supporting student nurses in clinical placements: the peer support initiative. Nurse Education Today. 23(3), 202-10
• 2003. Porviding educator support for practice learning. In: SALLY GLEN, PAM PARKER, ed., Supporting learning in nursing practice; a guide for practitioners 1. Palgrave, MacMillan. 126-146
• 2003. Supervising and supporting student nurses in clinical placements; the peer support system Nurse education Today. 23(3), 202-210
• ASTON, L., MALLIK, M., DAY, C. and FRASER, D., 2000. An exploration into the role of the teacher/lecturer in practice: findings from a case study in adult nursing Nurse Education Today. VOL 20(PART 3), 178-188
• LIZ ASTON, MAGGIE MALLIK, 2000. An exploration of the role of the teacher/lecturer in practice:findings from a case study approach Nurse education Today. 20(3), 178-188
• FRASER,D.M., MALLIK,M.A., COOPER,M.A., ASTON,L.S., NARAYANASAMY,A. and HALL,C.A, 1997. The Role of the Teacher / Lecturer in Practice: Results of a Collaborative Case Study Investigation in Midwifery and all Fields of Nursing. In: Advancing Research Conference Proceedings. 6