module specification

Students will complete the pan London electronic Practice Assessment Document (ePAD) which is designed to support and guide them towards successfully achieving the criteria set out in the Future nurse: Standards of proficiency for registered nurses, and the Standards framework for education and training (NMC 2018). The ePAD makes up a significant part of the overall assessment of clinical practice and will be processed through formal University systems.

Continuous assessment is an integral aspect of assessment in practice and students will be expected to show evidence of consistent achievement. Students should engage positively in all learning opportunities, take responsibility for their own learning and know how to access support. Students will work with and receive written feedback from a range of staff including Practice Supervisors and Practice Assessors and are required to reflect on their own learning.

Students are responsible for raising concerns with a nominated person in the practice setting in a timely manner. They should also alert staff to any reasonable adjustments that may be required to support their learning.

Students should ensure that they are familiar with the university assessment and submission processes and contact the relevant academic member of staff (Course leader or link learning facilitator), or refer to the University  pages (https://student.londonmet.ac.uk).

The Ongoing Achievement Record (OAR) is integrated within the ePAD and is a summary document that records your achievements in each placement, providing comprehensive record of your professional development and performance in practice.

Students are responsible for the upkeep of their ePAD. Practice Supervisors, Practice Assessors and academic assessors have independent access to the ePAD to review progress. 

The ePAD should not contain any patient/service user/carer identifiable information. Contents must not be disclosed to any unauthorised person or removed, photocopied or used outside the placement or university. People must be offered the opportunity to give and if required withdraw their informed consent to student participation in their care and staff in practice will provide guidance as required.

Before approaching any patient/service user/carer for feedback students must discuss with your Practice Supervisor/Practice Assessor who will facilitate consent.

In Practice 1     
Students will:
1. Complete and reflect on their achievement of the part one care assessments as set out in the ePAD
2. Be assessed as proficient in the skills outlined in part one and the crossover part one and two ePAD
3. Apply the NMC code to their practice: demonstrating professional values in all dealings with patients, service users, carers and colleagues 
4. Identify Personal learning outcomes and develop plans to meet these under the supervision of a practice assessor
5. Make a record of, and have validated all practice placement hours, contributing to an overall programme requirement of 2300 hours.
    

Please note:
Students will be allocated placements with our practice learning partner organisations by the practice placements team. 

Students are responsible for contacting placements in advance to gain their off-duty and identify instructions for day one of the placement 

The suitability of placements will be assessed jointly by link learning facilitators and practice partners using the pan London Practice Learning Group (PLPLG) Practice Learning Environment Approval documentation.

All placements must meet health and safety requirements and demonstrate sufficient learning opportunities and personnel working in practice assessor and practice supervisor roles to support the requirements of the number of students allocated, and the level at which they are performing.

Those studying on a Student Visa will only be able to complete a work placement if it meets UKVI monitoring requirements including: approval of the placement dates and hours by the Placement Officer prior to starting the placement, submission of weekly timesheets for the hours undertaken, signed by their line manager/supervisor and continued engagement with the Placement Officer as well as the International Student Support and Compliance Team.

Course entry requirements
Enhanced DBS clearance
Occupational Health Screening

Mandatory induction for nursing practice – Basic life support, manual handling, information governance, first aid, orientation in clinical practice.
Suitable work based learning activities, including simulation of skills in the context of clinical scenarios. Appropriate articulation of their abilities.     
Demonstration of confident self-presentation and self-assessment techniques for personal and professional development and resilience.
Professionalism, ethics and inclusive work based practice, being a critical employee, being an inclusive team worker, Health and Safety in the workplace, setting personal goals.
Critical self-reflection on personal and professional development, application of academic knowledge and personal skills development to the work based learning environment.
Future career action planning following the work based experience, reflecting and preparing for the next steps of their development to achieve career goals through study and additional experience.

Practice 1 is a work-based module and additional lectures are not anticipated beyond organisational and placement area induction.

In this set of practice placements students will be expected to

    
1. Demonstrate proficiency in delivering safe, person-centred care under the guidance of their practice supervisor and assessor in both simulated and clinical practice
2. Develop and utilise appropriate skills in the delivery of person-centred care in commonly encountered situations, with some guidance from their practice supervisor and assessor
3. Demonstrate positive engagement with own learning and display appropriate professional values in delivering person-centred care
4. Present a completed and validated electronic Practice Assessment Document and ongoing record of achievement as required by the Nursing and Midwifery Council, including assessment of and reflection on patient care, recording of practice hours worked, medications management and assessment of professional values

The pan London Practice Learning Group ePAD is the formal documentation used to assess practice learning. The ePAD is an online platform that enables students, together with practice assessors and supervisors, to demonstrate and record achievement of all required professional values and proficiencies required in either simulation or clinical practice.

The ePAD can be accessed via an internet browser, usually on a PC or laptop. It is accompanied by a mobile app enabling students, working with your practice assessors and supervisors, to complete forms on a mobile device. This is particularly useful where there is limited access to a PC or laptop in the placement area, or where there is poor Wi-Fi or data connection as the app can be used offline if needed. Students will be given full training on the used and management of their ePAD.

The completed ePAD will be jointly assessed by your Practice Assessor and Academic Assessor at the university and will be subject to external validation. Assessments and practice hours may only be signed off by professional members of staff within the practice organisation or by nominated practice assessors in university based simulated placements.

Students will complete all elements of the part one ePAD over the course of the first year of study (level 4), This equates to the first part of the course.

Summative assessment

1. Students will successfully complete all components of the ePAD over the course of the first  year,  or part 1 of the course and ensure that the ongoing record of achievement (OAR) is completed in each practice/ simulated practice placement as a record of the tripartite assessment of the student. Students may not progress to the next part if they are not in good standing with their current ePAD (Pass/Fail).

2. Students will demonstrate that they have achieved the requisite number of practice hours for this part of the programme.

Available at:

https://rl.talis.com/3/londonmet/lists/2FB33279-E3D3-5A2B-5AE6-497B3EB0A093.html?lang=en