Practice Supervisor, Practice Assessor and Practice Educator Training
Practice Supervisor
This course is for any practitioner wishing to support NMC registrant learners within the practice learning environment. You are not required to be an NMC registrant yourself (HCPC registered staff can act as a practice supervisor supporting nursing students) but will support learners by providing learning opportunities, supervision and will liaise with their practice assessor for assessment.
Practice Assessor
This course is for any practitioner wishing to oversee the assessment of NMC registrant learners. The role involves observing learners in the practice learning environment, curating feedback from Practice supervisors and liaising with Academic Assessors from the learners Higher Education Provider.
Practice Educator
This course is for HCPC registrants wishing to support and assess HCPC learners within the practice learning environment. Educators must be registered on the same part of the HCPC register as those of the learners they are assessing.
To access these courses, visit our online learning platform and create an account by clicking 'Sign Up' (top right). Once you've created your account visit the course catalogue and click 'Enrol Now' on a course. You will then be able to access that course from 'My Dashboard'. Please also see the Practice Supervisor, Practice Assessor, Practice Educator Online Training Resources.
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PARE and PebblePad Training
See below for the upcoming dates for PARE and PebblePad training. To book, simply click on the date you are interested in.
Introduction to PebblePad
PARE Training
HCPC Practice Educator Update
A short video refresher series available to those who have completed the HCPC Practice Educator Course and wish to update their knowledge and refresh their skills. Select and view at least one of the available presentations below:
Paperwork and Procedure Presentation
Practice Educator Update - Paperwork and Procedure Presentation (PDF)
All documents referred to in this presentation can be found in the Profession Specific pages.
Supporting Students with Additional Learning Needs
Common Placement Assessment Form
Practice Educator Update - Supporting Students with Additional Learning Needs (PDF)
Case Studies (PDF)
Case Study Strategies (PDF)
After watching at least one of these presentations, please fill in the short form linked below so that your update completion can be recorded. There's also a short evaluation so that you can provide feedback on the presentation:
Practice Educator Update Completion Form
Resources
A number of key articles, books and web-based learning resources are listed in this document. They are aimed to develop a greater understanding of student practice education.
Health and Care Professions Council - http://www.hcpc-uk.org/
Rasing a Concern about an HCPC Education Provider: As well as approving and monitoring approved programmes, the HCPC also listens to concerns that anyone might have about them. Anyone can raise a concern about an approved programme of study. The HCPC normally expect someone to have completed an education provider's informal and formal internal complaints processes before raising a concern with them. For further information: Concerns about an Approved Programme (web link)
Royal College of Occupational Therapists - http://www.cot.co.uk/
Chartered Society of Physiotherapy - http://www.csp.org.uk/
Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists - www.rcslt.org
The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education - http://www.qaa.ac.uk/en
Quality Improvement and Performance Framework - https://www.hee.nhs.uk/our-work/quality
Care Quality Commission - http://www.cqc.org.uk/
Francis Report - Francis Report Executive Summary
NHS Constitution - NHS Constitution
Health Education England - http://hee.nhs.uk/
Health Education East of England - https://heeoe.hee.nhs.uk/
Department of Health - https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health