Health discipline students face various direct and indirect types of risks and hazards during education in clinical placements

Abstract

Commentary on: Graj E, Sheen J, Dudley A, et al. Adverse health events associated with clinical placement: a systematic review. Nurse Educ Today 2019;76:178–190. doi:10.1016/j.nedt.2019.01.024. The review completed by Graj et al 1 sought to explore the risks and hazards encountered by health discipline students during clinical placements. Primary research completed in this domain has suggested that students commonly face various types of abuse, violence and other health-related occupational hazards during formal training.2 Graj et al 1 sought to synthesise the body of the literature in an effort to better elucidate the various risks faced by health discipline students during education. …