In the near future, due to the economic crisis, it is highly likely that the healthcare system will undergo massive workforce reduction paralleled by the increasing number of workers aged over 55 years.

Gambin & Hogarth (2016) and Mangan &Trendle (2017) all identified that higher levels of prior educational attainment were influential and beneficial in the successful completion of apprenticeships.

Experiential learning– a systematic review and revision of Kolb’s model. Kolb’s experiential learning cycle is perhaps the most scholarly influential and cited model regarding experiential learning theory. However, a key

Qualitative methods are widely used in learning and teaching research and scholarship. While the epistemologies
and theoretical assumptions can be unfamiliar and sometimes challenging to those from, for example, science and engineering backgrounds, there is wide
appreciation of the value of these methods

There are multiple definitions and understandings of the case study. According to Bromley (1990), it is a “systematic inquiry into an event or a set of related events which aims to describe and explain the phenomenon of interest”.

The majority of students enrolled in graduate programs representing schools and colleges of education are required to take one or more courses in qualitative research.