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1Department of Health Sciences, University West, Trollhättan, Sweden; and Department of Health Sciences in Åalesund, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway.
Abstract:
Contradictions between theory and practice are well known in nursing. To this end, this article discusses a learning strategy that might facilitate the capture of the dialectic between theory and practice, equally valid components of a nurse's competence, giving the 2 forms of knowledge equal relevance. Using a virtual platform (ie, the "third room") decreases the power order between different forms of knowledge. Nurses, students, and teachers all contribute to a seminar using nonhierarchical structures and concepts to capture the knowledge that enables to learn the praxis of nursing.
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