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User stories

In this section, you will find user stories from Nurses, Midwives, Allied Health Professions, Healthcare Support Workers, Advanced Practitioners, Health care students, educators, and managers on how they have used the Framework to support their own development, or development of others. 


Using the Pillars of Practice

You can look on the Turas page to see Beverly Wilson and Mirrassa Ramage discuss how they used the Pillars of Practice to support their career development.  

Developing within the 4 Pillars of Practice | Turas | Learn (nhs.scot)

Educator example

Dougie Lauchlan Senior Lecturer, Department of Physiotherapy & Paramedicine, Glasgow Caledonian University describes how he has used the Framework to support the AHP Masters programme. 

Using the framework in academic programme of study for AHPs

Dougie McLaughlan, Senior Lecturer, Department of Physiotherapy & Paramedicine, Glasgow Caledonian University


Advanced practice examples

Claire Tarr, Advanced Speech and Language Therapist, NHS Grampian offers an advanced practitioner’s perspective on using the Framework.

Eiliane White, Clinical Academic Nurse Consultant for Older People, NHS Tayside and University of Dundee describes how she uses the Framework to structure development within the 4 pillars.  

Advanced Practitioner's perspective of using the framework to help you focus on your learning and development

Claire Tarr, Advanced Speech and Language Therapist, NHS Grampian


How the framework and DNAT tools help structure development within the 4 pillars of practice

Eiliane White, Clinical Academic Nurse Consultant for Older People, NHS Tayside and University of Dundee


Allied Health Profession example

Phil Ackerman, Consultant MSK Physiotherapist, NHS Lothian describes how he has used the Framework in his team.

Excellence in training, education and development for MSK physiotherapists

Phil Ackerman, Consultant MSK Physiotherapist, NHS Lothian 


Healthcare Support Worker example

Gemma Walker, Associate Practice Educator, NHS Tayside describes how she uses the Framework.

Healthcare Support Worker perspective of using the framework and four pillars of practice in learning and development

Gemma Walker, Associate Practice Educator, NHS Tayside