Mentor Update 11/12

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Mentor Update Format:

• Professional Update

• Scenario with group work focusing on:• Ethics• Professional • Assessment

• Group work feedback

• Summary

• Questions

Professional Update

Scenario

• Divide into groups• Group 1: To consider the ethical issues• Group 2: The professional issues• Group 3: Assessment issues

– Consider and discuss the following scenario

– Identify 1 person to feedback 3 or 4 key points or observations

You are the mentor allocated Thomas for his placement.

One of the objectives is to manage and coordinate care for 2 or 3 patients / service users. The only concern raised from the previous placement was that he lacks confidence.

It soon becomes apparent Thomas is having some difficulties in managing and coordinating care delivery.

He is easily distracted, disorganised and requires constant prompting. Thomas prefers to engage in ‘hands on’ rather than taking on further responsibilities.

He has had the majority of the skills within his practice assessment document signed off, however on several occasions when asked to provide a rationale for practice he has been unable to demonstrate the level of knowledge you expect.

Ethical issues

• Possible areas to consider in your discussions:

– Patient safety– Truth telling and honesty– Justice and fairness– Non Malificence – Beneficience– Consent– Confidentiality– Duty of Care

Professional issues

• Possible areas to consider in your discussions:

– Codes of Conduct– Professional Standards for Mentorship– Health and Safety legislation– Accountability– Competence / Safety to Practice

Assessment • Possible areas to consider in your

discussions:

– Has the student been given enough time to practise?

– Has the student been given enough learning opportunities?

– Has enough time been spent assessing the student?

– What type of assessment could identify the correct level of ability of the student?

– What and who are available to support your assessment decision?

Group work feedback

Summary• Do our assessments enable us to make such

judgements soundly?

• How do our own personal thoughts and feelings influence our assessment decisions ?

• Would an assessment produce the same or similar results on more than one occasion?

• Would other assessors agree with my interpretations of the student’s performance?

Stuart CC (2007): Assessment, Supervision and Support in Clinical Practice

(2nd Ed). Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, London.

UCS website

• http://www.ucs.ac.uk/practicelearning

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Additional Guidance

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

• East of England Strategic Health Authority (2010): Fitness to Practice Guidelines for Mentors in Practice. E0ESHA, Cambridge

• RCN (2007) Guidance for Mentors of Nursing & Midwifery students. RCN London

• CODP (2009) Standards and Guidance for Mentors. CODP, London

• NMC (2008) Standards to support learning & assessment in practice 2nd Edition. NMC, London