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Mentor Update

Mentor Update. August 2014. Maintain Mentor Status. NMC Standards to Support Learning and Assessment In Practice (2008 ) ‘Initiate and respond to practice development to ensure safe and effective care is achieved and an effective learning environment is maintained’

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Mentor Update

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  1. Mentor Update August 2014

  2. Maintain Mentor Status NMC Standards to Support Learning and Assessment In Practice (2008) ‘Initiate and respond to practice development to ensure safe and effective care is achieved and an effective learning environment is maintained’ • Attend an annual Mentor Update • Mentor a minimum of 2 students every 3 years • Complete a review every 3 years with your manager, to appraise your performance as a mentor – triennial review

  3. Mentor Update –NMC requirement • Discuss major changes in nurse education affecting students in practice placement. • Explore complex or challenging situations involving students in practice through scenarios • Demonstrate how mentors can fulfil their role set by the NMC by keeping up to date between annual updates through the website www.york.ac.uk/healthsciences/practice-ed-support

  4. www.york.ac.uk/healthsciences/practice-ed-support • Information for students to prepare them for practice • Dates for mentor updates and sign off mentor workshops • Mentor Preparation Programme overview, dates and application pack • Practice Education newsletters • Explanation of the Education Audit Process • E-portfolio information including PebblePad Learning and Support Team contact details • Contact details for practice education support team • Useful links to the NMC, RCN, RCM and Healthcare Professional Council websites.

  5. This area on the website is for students and mentors in practice placement

  6. ‘Preparing for practice’ section gives the information to help understand the allocations process, sickness & absence reporting, travel, accommodation and the common questions students ask about their practice placement

  7. Mentor tab has information becoming a mentor and practicing as a mentor Newsletters

  8. How do I maintain my registration? This section of the website has information on: • NMC Standards to support learning and assessment in practice • Nursing and midwife mentors FAQ’s • Dates for Mentor updates • Sign off mentor workshops

  9. Base and spoke handbook

  10. Base and Spoke Period of introduction to base area (at least four weeks) to include tripartite meetings in PE1,2 & 5 and identification of potential spokes SPOKE SPOKE Combination of attendance at base placement (at least 50%) and spoke experiences. SPOKE SPOKE SPOKE SPOKE Period of consolidation within base area ( at least 2 weeks) , consolidating learning, addressing any outcomes not achieved and identifying areas for development and growth

  11. Quality in Practice - Ensuring our placements are safe and suitable learning environments Link to Healthcare Placements website Link to ‘escalating concerns’ policy and flow chart

  12. Is this practice placement suitable for students? NMC quality assurance framework (2013) requires that each practice placement has an educational audit that will support an effective practice learning culture • Confirms the required levels of supervision and mentorship • Planned experience supports the intended learning outcomes set by the NMC

  13. Educational Audit • Regional Education audit tool (REAT) • Every practice placement • Every 2 years or earlier when adverse incidents impact on safe and effective learning • Carried out in partnership with LEM, link lecturer + Practice Learning Facilitator(PLF) and Practice Placement Facilitator (PPF) • Highlights areas for potential concern • Improves the contact and partnership between education and practice learning

  14. Outcome of Educational Audit • Agree on the maximum capacity for all learners for the placement • Confirms that resources are available to support learners to achieve their learning outcomes • Records action plans, ongoing monitoring, follow up outcomes and deadlines. Recorded on the PPQA website www.healthcareplacements.

  15. How important is feedback from your students? • Mentors must discuss and encourage the student to evaluate the practice experience at final interview • Students feedback about their learning experience in practice on the Healthcare Placements website. • A hyperlink is built into each Practice Experience workbook in PebblePad to make it easy to find

  16. PebblePad New PebblePad webpage, jam packed full of information and advise www.york.ac.uk/healthsciences/practice-ed-support Click on ‘PebblePad (e-portfolio)’ • Section for mentors • Section for students • PebblePad training sessions • PebblePad newsletters

  17. What’s new in PebblePad? • Combined ‘practice experience’ workbook and ‘NMC Outcomes and Performance Criteria’ workbook • Merge the ‘Final Interview’ and ‘Statement of Achievement’ • Electronic identifier – after each entry the name, date and time of the entry will be added • Changes to the electronic link between the mentor and student

  18. Support for PebblePad Users PebblePad Learning and Support team Fiona Powling, Jonathan Ayto and Danielle Simpson E-mail dohs-practiceeducationsupport@york.ac.uk Phone 01904 (32)1540 Visit University of York, Seebohm Rowntree building office ATB/025 on the ground floor

  19. Where is the sign off evidence? • Practice Experience 1 to 4 in paper CAP version and Practice Experience 5 and 6 on PebblePad • EU directives (Adult Field of Practice ONLY), paper version for PE1 to PE4 then in ‘mandatory training’ workbook in PebblePad for PE5 & 6 • Elective Practice Experience – some on paper and some on PebblePad (dependant on the location of Elective)

  20. Final step from student to NMC register – Sign Off Mentor Sign off mentor must review ALL past practice experience documentation, including: • EU directives (Adult field of practice students ONLY) • Medicines Management calculations are complete and correct • Elective Practice Experience Statement of Achievement to progress to the NMC register is completed AFTER Elective Practice Experience

  21. Who can help? Practice Education Support Team • Based at the University of York, Department of Health Sciences • Support for mentors and students in practice placement • Allocations of students to practice placements • Mentor Preparation Programme Website-www.york.ac.uk/healthsciences/practice-ed-support E-mail - dohs-practiceeducationsupport@york.ac.uk.

  22. NMC Standards to Support Learning and Assessment In Practice (2008) NMC requirements are that mentors are competent in the following 8 domains • Establishing effective working relationships • Facilitation of learning • Assessment and accountability • Evaluation of learning • Creating an environment for learning • Context of practice • Evidence based practice • Leadership

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