Presenting qualitative data through the co-construction of a model.

Research skills are developed in pre-registration midwifery curricula to enhance student midwives' appreciation and appropriate application of evidence within their midwifery practice. A spontaneous, innovative session was facilitated based on student experiences of non-midwifery placements, which helped demonstrate how qualitative data are analysed and can then be presented. By listening to each other's varied experiences, the students were able to relate their research knowledge to date with their collective 'empirical data' to enhance their understanding of presenting qualitative research. The paper reports on the learning process. It is an evaluation of the session, with student permission for publication gained; it is not research.