Facilitating learning in the community with lecturer–practitioner posts

The purpose of this paper is to present a case study of the perspectives of their role of a group of community lecturer–practitioners and a community teacher, who referred to themselves as ‘community facilitators’. A qualitative design was used and data were collected by semi-structured interviews. These were transcribed and content analysis was undertaken. All participants provided a liaison role between the college and the community practitioners, prepared students for their clinical experience and assisted in relating theory to practice. The participants described how they managed the role and how they supported each other. Developing small teams of facilitators may provide a bridge between teachers and practitioners and can serve as a basis for further study of the lecturer–practitioner role.