Supporting Practice Learning Mentorship

Overview

This module aims to:-

• To explore educational provision across a range of learning environments to enable the student to critically evaluate their own contribution to learning, teaching and assessment and effect change as appropriate within their practice environment.
• To facilitate the practice educator to develop the intellectual capacity to apply enquiring, reflective, critical and innovative approaches to learning, teaching and assessing in the practice environment.
• To enable practitioners to make informed judgments about the performance of self and others.
   

Content and Modules

What will I study?

Self development
‘Looking after yourself’ – setting the boundaries
Clinical supervision
Developing networks of support
Peer review
Theories of performance management
Attributes of the professional practitioners

Curriculum
The responsive curriculum
Discrimination, rights and equal opportunities
Ethical issues of user involvement

Learning, teaching and assessing
Learning theories for adult and professional learners
Interprofessional learning and teaching strategies
Theories of motivation
Innovative teaching in practice – planning, implementing and facilitating
Feedback – diagnostic and developmental
Team assessment – roles and responsibilities
Assessment of interprofessional learners
Professional judgement – accountability and responsibility
Practice assessment – taking into account other views; using service users

Quality enhancement
External and internal drivers including interprofessional education
Methods of evaluation

How will I be assessed?

The assessment for this module consists of two components:-

• A 2000 word critical incident analysis related to the assessment of a pre-registration or post-registration learner in practice
  Weighting 50%
• A 2000 word critical evaluation of the student’s own practice environment.
  Weighting 50%

If you are already registered on a diploma or degree programme it is advisable to inform your course leader that you will be undertaking this module. This will enable your course leader to undertake the vital task of tracking your academic journey.

Further Information