Resources and further reading

Supporting the Underachieving Student: A guide for mentors (NHS Borders & Lothian): Figure 1 Template for Action Plan.

Higgens M M (2017) Conflicting and competing roles and expectations: the conundrum of failing social work students on placement. European Research Institute for Social Work 17(1) pp.38-46.

Hunt L A, McGee P, Gutteridge R, Hughes M (2016a) Failing securely: The processes and support which underpin English nurse mentors’ assessment decisions regarding under-performing students. Nurse Education Today 39 pp.79-86.

Nixon L J, Gladding S P, Duffy B L (2016) Describing failure in a clinical clerkship: implications for identification, assessment and remediation for struggling learners. Journal of General Internal Medicine 31(10) pp.172-179.

Willgens A M, Sharf R (2015) Failure in clinical education: using mindfulness as a conceptual framework to explore the lived experiences of 8 physical therapists. Journal of Physical Therapy Education 29(1) pp.70-80.