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Mentoring, Learning and Assessment in Clinical Practice

A Guide for Nurses, Midwives and Other Health Professionals

This is a ‘how to do it’, practice-centred book, providing workable educational strategies to assist busy practitioners supervise and support the learning and assessment of le… Leer más

Descripción

This is a ‘how to do it’, practice-centred book, providing workable educational strategies to assist busy practitioners supervise and support the learning and assessment of learners during clinical placements, to achieve valid and reliable assessments. All strategies are underpinned by a solid theoretical and evidence base. The complexity and challenges of mentoring, learning and assessing in the clinical setting are specifically addressed.

Puntos claves

    • Particular focus on the management of the non-achieving and failing student, with reference to extensive, recent work on mentoring, learning and assessment of clinical practice
      • Critical exploration of professional accountability and associated legal ramifications surrounding learning and assessment of clinical practice
      • Detailed consideration of how to use a model for learning from experience as a framework to facilitate experience-based learning
      • Extensive reference to the legislation, standards and guidelines on pre-registration health care education published by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
      • Additional material on the monitoring and assessment of professional conduct and behaviours

        Índice

        The purposes and nature of assessment and clinical assessment
        Responsibility and accountability surrounding clinical assessment
        What do we assess? How do we assess?
        Conducting defensible and fair assessments
        Assessment as a process to support learning
        Monitoring progress, managing feedback and making assessment decisions
        The clinical environment as a setting for learning and professional development
        Learning through clinical practice: unearthing meaning from experience

        Reseñas

        ‘Easy to read and understand and covers all aspects of assessment, supervision and support in clinical practice … this is a keeper.’ --Practising Nurse

        ‘This is a very useful and informative book to use when undertaking your mentorship course, lots of information and written clearly.’ -PEP nurse

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        Sobre el autor

        CS

        Ci Ci Stuart

        Afiliaciones y experiencia
        Nursing/Midwifery Lecturer, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Sheffield, UK