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Background
In the UK, the introduction of the apprenticeship levy in April 2016 and nursing associate role in January 2017 presented new opportunities to further develop the clinical workplace as a learning environment for employees.1 City, University of London, in collaboration with London South Bank University, is leading an 18-month project, funded by Health Education England to explore and address factors in preparing the clinical environment for work-based learning (WBL). The project supports key stakeholders to form a community of practice (COP2) to identify and solve problems, while simultaneously creating guidelines and resources for best practice in local implementation of supervision and WBL. The project connects academics and clinicians through social media, in particular Twitter.3–5
In 2018, we hosted five Twitter chats, curated by academic and clinical staff. Twitter chat topics were chosen following initial consultation with COP members and focused on the following areas (a summary of the questions is available at https://twitter.com/CityJoolz/status/1016342539064967168):
Twitter chat topics
What is WBL and what do we need to effectively deliver it?
Storytelling for WBL (recontextualised learning).
Developing a learning culture.
Cognitive apprenticeships.
Parity of esteem between work-based and traditional learning.
Themes (#WBLChat)
Chat 1
Four themes dominated the initial Twitter …