Being able to supervise and assess in the workplace are core skills needed by those supporting learners. In the context of this development, this free course, Practice supervision and assessment in nursing, has been designed to support practitioners working with students in workplace settings across nursing provision. Core to these resources are the requirements of the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) – the nursing regulator – to work in different ways to support learners. The principles discussed, however, would apply as best practice to any working environment where employees are seeking to develop themselves under the supervision of others.Interested in taking your learning further? You might find it helpful to explore the Open University's Nursing and Healthcare courses and qualifications.
Overview
Syllabus
- Introduction
- Learning outcomes
- 1 Knowledge, skills and behaviours of effective supervision
- 1 Knowledge, skills and behaviours of effective supervision
- 1.1 Practice Supervisors
- 1.2 Practice Assessor
- 2 Encouraging practice and learning
- 2 Encouraging practice and learning
- 2.1 The learning environment
- 2.2 NMC Standards for Student Supervision and Assessment (SSSA) (2018)
- Implementation and delivery
- 2.3 Supervision or assessment
- 2.4 Preparing for the role of Practice Supervisor and Practice Assessor
- The Academic Assessor
- Comparing the roles
- Being a role model
- 3 Effective assessment of students
- 3 Effective assessment of students
- 3.1 The purpose of assessment
- 3.2 Understanding the assessment process
- 3.3 Understanding your role, responsibilities and accountability
- 3.4 The strategies utilised for assessment in clinical practice
- 3.5 Outcome/objective setting, assessing learning needs, reviewing and assessment of progress
- 3.6 Conducting a meaningful assessment
- 3.7 Assessment decisions
- 4 Giving effective feedback
- 4 Giving effective feedback
- 4.1 Setting the expectations
- 4.2 Giving effective feedback
- 4.3 Delivery of feedback
- 4.4 Models of feedback
- 5 The underperforming student
- 5 The underperforming student
- 5.1 Concerns with a student’s performance
- 5.2 Identifying and managing a failing student
- 5.3 Failing to fail
- 5.4 Deciding to fail the student
- Conclusion
- References
- Acknowledgements
