The Journal of Practice Teaching and Learning in Health and Social Work* covers all aspects of practice teaching ('field education') in workplace settings in health and social work. It also considers the policy context, and the changing expectations of service users, Government and the public. Material is practically relevant to what practitioners, managers and educators actually do in health, social work and social care. A main theme is the effectiveness of training and education as preparation for work in these fields.

The Journal will interest anyone aiming for excellence in practice teaching and field education:

• Trainers and educators
• Managers
• Policy makers
• Personnel and staff development specialists.

Recent articles
Using the generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbots of Perplexity and ChatGPT as a teaching and learning tool for practice teachers and students within social work
Marguerita McGovern, National University of Ireland, Galway, https://doi.org/10.1921/jpts.v21i3.2223

Using student stand-out moments to reclaim school-based social work placement
Jenny Rafter, Anglia Ruskin University, Barry Fearnley, University of Keele, and Cathryn Jani, Social Work England and University of Warwick. https://doi.org/10.1921/jpts20242270

Using an interprofessional decision-making model to determine the level of collaborative decision-making in a virtual learning environment
Louise Beckinsale, University of Otago, New Zealand, Sonya Morgan, University of Otago,Stephen Duffull, Certara University, New Jersey, USA, Phil Hider, University of Otago, Louise McDermott, University of Otago, Aynsley Peterson, University of Otago, Eileen McKinlay, University of Otago. https://doi.org/10.1921/jpts.v21i3.2254

Author guidelines are available for download below. More information for authors is available through the 'For authors and reviewers' tab above. Authors should submit papers here.

Events
Seminar on Practice Teaching in Ireland, 14th December 2023 This seminar looked the lessons from work reported in two special Issues of the Journal on 'Practice Learning across Ireland' – the largest special we have ever published. The four keynote presentations from the seminar are now available below.

Free webinars on Writing for Publication for the Journal of Practice Teaching in Health and Social Work
A recording is available of the first webinar in our series: Writing for the Journal of Practice Teaching and Learning. This covered all aspects of writing for the Journal. (See below).

A presentation on Reviewing for the Journal, and Notes for Reviewers are available below.

If you would like to review for the Journal, please contact us on enquiries@whitingbirch.net.

(* Previous title The Journal of Practice Teaching in Health and Social Work. Current print ISSN 1759-5150, previous print ISSN 1460-6690)