Practically trained (student) caregivers make up the majority of care staff in nursing homes (NHs). To keep up with the fast-changing healthcare environment and ensure a high quality of care, it is important to know how to stimulate continuous work-based learning (WBL) among this group. The purpose of the study was to systematically study the scientific literature published to date on (1) how practically trained caregivers learn in NHs and (2) what facilitates or impedes their learning. The research questions were: 1) How do practically trained caregivers obtain WBL in the NH context? 2) What are the facilitators and barriers of WBL for practically trained caregivers in the NH context?

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Structure data package (see also the file Data Report ScopingReview-1.pdf)

We performed a scoping review, following these five steps:

identifying research questions (onderzoeksvoorstel) identifying relevant studies (searchstring/raw Endnote) study selection (inclusion/exclusion criteria, cleaned Endnote) charting the data (data-extraction forms), and collating, summarizing, and reporting the results (rest of the docs).

This study is part of a PhD dissertation called "Learning and creating together: Bridging the gap between science and practice through education to enhance person-centered nursing home care."

Method: A literature search was conducted in the following databases to search for scientific papers in English: Embase, Medline, Web of Science Core Collection, ERIC, CINAHL, and PsycINFO. We combined the search terms of three categories: (1) population (practically trained caregivers); (2) objective (WBL); and (3) care setting (nursing homes) in order to search in the titles and/or abstracts of potentially relevant papers. Universe: (Future) practically trained caregivers in nursing homes all over the world. Scope: worldwide, language restriction: English.

Data obtained from the included studies using a self-developed data extraction form.