Learning to become a person-centred healthcare professional:A mixed-methods study

 International policy and regulatory bodies are increasingly profiling the need for the future healthcare workforce to practice in a person-centred way. Despite this, the explicit embedding of person-centred principles in Healthcare curricula has been slow to progress. This mixed-methods study examined Pre-Registration Nursing students’ understandings and perceptions of person-centred practice, and factors that influenced their learning. The findings demonstrate that although students rated their person-centred practice positively from the end of the first year, certain aspects consistently challenged them throughout their course. Factors that influenced students’ learning informed the development of a conceptual model on learning to become a person-centred healthcare professional.