02 March 2020 02 Mar 2020

The increased numbers of older students undertaking midwifery education (Carolan, 2011) adds an interesting dimension to the issue of bullying on clinical placement With research on bullying still heavily focussed upon teenagers, this study examines the role of age in altering the bullying experience Regardless of age, the risk of bullying is thought to be closely related to power differentials (Hodson et al, 2006), with age a potential avenue of power leverage