# Do Jointly Appointed Nursing and Midwifery Clinical Academics Provide Benefits to Patients, Individual Joint Appointees, Academic Institutions and Health and Social Care Organisations? A Scoping Literature Review

## TL;DR

This review explores how joint nursing and midwifery academic roles benefit patients, professionals, and organizations through improved care and research.

## Contribution

The study identifies potential benefits of joint nursing and midwifery clinical academic roles through a scoping review of literature.

## Key findings

- Joint appointments may improve care guidelines and patient outcomes through shared decision-making.
- These roles enhance professional growth, motivation, and job satisfaction for individuals.
- They foster clinical–academic partnerships and advance research in nursing and midwifery.

## Abstract

This review aimed to assess the evidence of benefit from Nurses and Midwives' Clinical Academic (NMCA) appointments and establish the value of their contribution to the key stakeholders: patients, the individual joint appointees, academic institutions and health and social care organisations.

Jointly appointed clinical academic posts for nurses and midwives are rare, making up less than 0.1% of the workforce in the UK.

A scoping review.

Conducted following the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) Methodology for Scoping Reviews.

ProQuest, SCOPUS, MEDLINE Ovid, CINAHL Ultimate and British Library EThOS were searched for English‐language publications from January 2013 to December 2023.

Thirteen papers met the inclusion criteria. Key themes were the introduction of effective care guidelines and interventions, shared decision‐making in care and research, individual professional growth and development, motivation and job satisfaction, improved clinical–academic partnerships and research advancement.

There is emerging evidence of significant benefits from clinical academic posts in nursing and midwifery; studies have generally been qualitative, focusing less on quantitative approaches.

This study demonstrates potential benefits to both the nursing/midwifery profession and patients, particularly regarding the generation of new knowledge and provision of quality care.