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Stand Alone Module

Mentorship in Professional Practice

30 Credits

Duration:

One Semester

Start Dates:

February and September (your start date depends on which group you are put in)

Attendance:

Tuesdays on 13 Mar, 20 Mar, 27 Mar, 24 Apr, 22 May, 29 May, 5 Jun

Venue:

Uxbridge Campus or agreed on-site locations

Cost:

Available on request

Key Contact:

Sharon Aldridge-Bent

Tel:

01494 603 171

Email:

ask@bucks.ac.uk

Is this course suitable for me?

The programme is intended for professionals with a responsibility for supporting and managing learning in varied health and social care settings.

Overview

This programme will enable you to evaluate the application of knowledge and skills in supporting students in clinical practice. It will enable you to take responsibility for a learner in professional practice and, with support, facilitate their learning, promote the development of learning and practice skills and assess practice learning outcomes. It will enable you to develop a critical understanding of the effectiveness of practice teaching in a professional and inter-professional context.

Content

The programme will address the following NMC domains:

1. Effective relationships
2. Facilitating learning
3. Assessment
4. Environment of Learning
5. Health Care Policy context
6. Application of evidence base to practice
7. Leadership

What will I learn?

On successful completion of the programme, you will be able to:

1. Develop and evaluate the effectiveness of working relationships with learners in professional practice, help them to integrate academic and practice elements in their learning and support them in the transition from college based learning to practice based learning.
2. In partnership with learners facilitate effective programmes of learning in an inter-professional context that will include assessment of individual needs and the promotion of student responsibility for their own development making the most of the teaching and learning opportunities available.
3. Facilitate and evaluate the effectiveness of assessment strategies in formatively and summatively assessing the outcomes of learning, provide appropriate feedback, recognise and address weaknesses in learning and be accountable for confirming professional competence.
4. Provide leadership and support for learners and peers, prioritising work to maximise the effectiveness of learning including, where appropriate, inter-professional learning activities
5. Actively contribute to the development of practice and the learning environment through evidenced based principles that will enhance the learning experience in practice

This module can also be used towards a ‘Top Up’ Degree by enrolling on the BSc (Hons) Health Care Practice. In order to complete this degree you can automatically transfer these credits on enrolment within a two year period, otherwise application through the CATS Committee with apply.

Knowledge and skills framework (KSF)

This programme will address elements of the following KSF’s dimensions:

Communication; Personal and people development; Health, safety and security; Service improvement; Quality, equality and diversity; Health and well being (1-8)

Teaching and learning

Module one: Principles of Practice Learning (15 Credits)
Essay and presentation skills report

Module Two: Mentorship in Practice (15 Credits)

Each mentor will complete a portfolio of experience based on a learning contract with a student in clinical practice. The portfolio will include a reflective analysis of the effectiveness of the learning contract.

Entry requirements

If you are a registered Nurse, Midwife or Health Visitor you must have at least six months’ post qualification experience and currently be registered with the NMC. Appropriately qualified professionals in the health or social care environment will also be considered. In all instances, we’ll be looking for 120 credits at Level 4, 5 or 6, dependent on the level of study.

How to make an application

Please contact the Enquiries Team on 01494 603 171 or email ask@bucks.ac.uk

We hope to have a fully on-line application system shortly, but in the meantime, to apply for a course, please download and print these forms, completing them fully and posting back to the address below.

• Course_Enquiry_Letter (70.4 KB)
• Application_form (58.1 KB)
• Notes_for_Guidance (51.6 KB)
• Fee_Authoristaion_Form (61.1 KB)
• Academic_Reference_Form (50.6 KB)
• Clinical_Reference_Form (57.2 KB)

If you are unable to view the forms, please click here to download a free version of adobe reader.

Alternatively, if you call us on 01494 603 171 or email ask@bucks.ac.uk we can post you a hard copy application pack.

Students funded by the NHS or other employer

If the cost of your course is being funded by your employer, please contact your education lead or manager for guidance as to how they would prefer you to make an application.