Sammanfattning
There are currently nine educational institutions in Norway that educate more than 250 public health nurses a year. During the study period, students have ten weeks of practice at public health centers and at school health services. There are major challenges in obtaining enough internships, and these conditions have triggered a need to look at new practice models. The purpose of this study was to test a model with collaborative learning between two students at the same practice place with the same supervisor (the tandem model), see the opportunities and challenges this entails and how it impacts learning outcomes. To answer the problem, qualitative research interviews were conducted. Eleven students participated from six public health centers. They were interviewed for the first time after four weeks of a training period and the second time after they had finished the training period. This information was summarized in a transverse analysis. A systematic text condensation, categorization and thematization were performed. Five thematic areas that seemed to both enhance and inhibit learning were identified; safety, professional discussions, cooperation, respite/downtime and assessment/feedback. The tandem model requires good contact between the students, a broad collegial fellowship that will help ensure mass training, and time for professional discussions and individual feedback. This study provides some good arguments for the internship to welcome students in pairs, and to put together a fellow plan for work with the follow-up of two supervisors. This could provide some additional internships, while creating good opportunities for development for both students and supervisors.