Bridging the gap between knowledge and practice: attending conferences as a healthcare assistant
Emily Bentley is a band 3 healthcare assistant who works in a haematology unit. In this comment piece, she discusses her experience of attending two conferences, key takeaways that she could apply to her clinical practice, and the importance of enabling support workers to access more learning opportunities.
Authors
- Emily Sawyer Bentley
Institutions
- The Christie NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- British Journal of Healthcare Assistants
- Published
- 2026-01-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.12968/bjha.2025.0027
- Primary Topic
- Nursing Roles and Practices
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00