mentor update 10/11 university campus suffolk. triennial reviews the majority of mentors/sign off...
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Triennial Reviews
• The majority of mentors/sign off mentors at must have had their first TR by September 2010
• This will be done by your line manager alongside your annual appraisal
• Documentation for some Trusts are available on Intranet
• You must provide evidence that demonstrates how you meet the NMC mentor requirements to remain on the local mentor register
• Once completed your mentor register record will be updated
ODP Mentor Requirements-
• Stage 1: Associate mentor – can confirm learner’s aims and objectives. Must be counter signed by a Mentor.
• Stage 2: Mentor – assesses achievement of learning objectives & signs off competencies
• Stage 3: Practice Educator / Lecturer – Manages a network of mentors / supervising mentors.
• 6 months post registration experience
• Must have met section 4.1 of CODP Mentor standards.
• To attend update every 2 years
• Hold a mentor qualification at degree level.
• Updates every 2 years• Evidence of development every
2 years
• Mentor qualification must be at same of higher level than learners.
• Must meet all sections of CODP standards.
ODP GradingBeginner (B)
• The student has no experience of the presenting clinical situation and operate by closely following rules laid down by others.
• They perform a series of tasks without understanding, or referring to, the context in which they are working.
Developing Learner (DL)
• The student demonstrates a degree of flexibility in their practice• Interprets the rules to meet the needs of the situation, maintaining the
safety of the patient, others and themselves. • They are able to relate to the current situation, based on prior learning.
Competent (C)
• The student is consciously aware of the long-term effects of their actions. • They are able to plan the most satisfactory outcome of a situation and
take the necessary actions in order to meet the required aims. • In order to successfully achieve this conscious, abstract and analytical
contemplation of the situation is required.
Nursing 2009 Curriculum
• Started September 2009
• 2 semesters per year
• Diploma and Degree-Adult and Childrens Nursing
• Intakes September and February-Adult Dip. And Degree
• No Home Wards
• Less weeks without students on placement!
• Community experience in each year
• Credits awarded for practice each year
• Practice assessed differently in each year-skills, reflections, OSCE, Portfolio
• Grading of practice in 3rd yr-sample tri-partite meetings
Practice Assessment-Nursing 2009 curriculum
• Yr 1-Skills assessment and 4 reflective accounts
• Yr 2-Skills Assessment and OSCE
• Yr 3-Skills Assessment, graded proficiencies and Portfolio
• Skills within the Practice Assessment document signed off by mentor
• Reflections, OSCEs and portfolio graded by academic staff with practice input
• 3rd yr only: NMC Four domains of practice graded by Sign off Mentor
• Sign off Mentors award N,C,B,A
Practice Assessment – Midwifery 2009 curriculum
• Yr 1-Skills assessment and 2000 word reflection on the woman’s story
• Yr 2-Skills Assessment and OSCE
• Yr 3-Skills Assessment, graded proficiencies and Portfolio
• Skills within the Practice Assessment document signed off by mentor
(Internalisation for ALL years)
• Reflections, OSCEs and portfolio graded by academic staff with practice input
• In each year: each student has a tripartite assessment to award a % grade focused on NMC 4 domains of practice (student, mentor, tutor)
Sign off Mentor Revisions
• Three supervised ‘signing off’ has been reviewed
• NMC is suggesting supervisions 1 & 2 can be replaced by:
– OSCEs– Role Play– Simulation– Use of interactive electronic resources
• For the final supervision all sign off mentors must be supervised signing off proficiency of a student undertaking a NMC approved programme
Service Improvement• Improvement in practice is embedded in the NHS as
part of the modernisation and quality agenda.• Pre-reg Nursing Students from 2009 are required to
undertake a project in their third year to identify and plan a service improvement
• Your role is to support them in practice throughout this.
• You may be familiar with such initiatives as part of local project work, service innovation and productive ward.
• The next few slides are intended to remind you of the process and help you to guide your student
• Please contact your CPF, PEF or University in the usual way if you have any questions
Process mapping …
Identify opportunities to improve
Select a process
Analyse the current situation
Map the process
Overview of Improvement
– Success is defined as improving how we safely meet the needs of our patients
– Focus on processes, not blaming others
– Success depends on gathering and using data and information to identify changes and to learn from testing them out
– Using rapid small changes engages staff and creates continuous improvement
– Success requires collaboration and innovation from team members working together
– Combining professional knowledge with improvement knowledge is very powerful for providing safer and better care
NMC Pre-reg Nursing Review
• Consultation with HEIs, mentors, key stakeholders
• Standards of education are mandatory and are supported in law
• Divided into 2 parts
– Standards of education
– Standards of competence
• 10 Key standards
– Safeguarding the public– Equality and diversity– Selection, admission,
progression and completion
– Support of students and educators
– Structure, design and delivery of programmes
– Practice learning opportunities
– Outcomes– Assessment– Resources– Quality Assurance
Proposed Standards of Competence
• Four Domains
– professional values – communication and
interpersonal skills – nursing practice and
decision making – leadership,
management and team working
• Introduces generic competencies all students must achieve and field specific competencies
• Essential Skills Clusters remain and includes numerical assessments in practice
Group Activity
• Over to you:
– Choose a scenario– Discuss the main issues as a group – List the actions you would follow
– Identify a spokesperson to feedback
Useful Resources
• UCS Link Lecturers / Personal tutors / Programme Leader
• Allocations Office tel: (01473 338475)
• Clinical Practice Facilitators & Practice Education Facilitators• UCS Mentor Newsletter – published Jan and July and available on the
Trust intranet
• UCS dedicated placement/mentor website – http://www.ucs.ac.uk click on Schools and Centres, following ‘Supporting students in practice’ link
• www.practicebasedlearning.org.uk
• RCN (2007) Guidance for Mentors of Nursing & Midwifery students. RCN London
• AODP (2009) Standards and Guidance for Mentors. AODP, London
• NMC (2008) Standards to support learning & assessment in practice 2nd Edition. NMC, London