Mentor Update 20078

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Mentor Update 2007/8
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Update format

• Aims and objectives for this update
• Suffolk College and NMC standard changes
• Discussion points
• Questions and answer session

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Update Aim

• To familiarise mentors to current changes both
  within Suffolk College and NMC standards
• To facilitate critical debate on the key issues
  encountered when supporting student learning in
  practice

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Update Objectives

• At the end of the session you will be able to
• Explain the new NMC standards to support learning
  and assessment in practice
• Analyse the role of mentor in supporting
  learning in practice
• Propose strategies to assist learners in practice

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Changes within Suffolk College

• Higher Education and Further Education split
• Higher Education moves to University Campus
  Suffolk (UCS)
• Further Education provided by Suffolk New College
• Affiliated to both the University of East Anglia
  and University of Essex
• Development of education quarter
• in Ipswich centring on the water front

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NMC Standards to support learning and assessment
in practice (2006)

• Published in October 2006
• Provides a 4 stage development framework for all
  roles within nursing education
• Stage 1 All registrants (Associate mentor)
• Stage 2 Mentor
• Stage 3 Practice Teacher
• Stage 4 Teacher (lecturer)

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New developments

• Placement providers now responsible for
  maintaining mentor register
• Mentors MUST attend annual mentor updates to stay
  current on the mentor register
• Placement providers must review mentors, sign off
  mentors and practice teachers mentorship practice
  every 3 years (triennial review)

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• Normally should not have more than 3 students,
  from any discipline, at any one time
• When giving direct care you must supervise your
  student (direct or indirect) for a minimum of 40
  of the students time
• In addition, sign off mentors during the final
  placement, must have 1 hour per week protected
  time to meet with their student
• Introduction of student passports

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Triennial Review Requirements

• You must have mentored a minimum of 2 students in
  3 years (Practice Teachers, 1 student)
• Must have attended an annual update
• Had the opportunity to meet other mentors to
  discuss issues of accountability, assessment and
  challenges of judging competence (incorporated in
  to annual updates)
• Must map provide evidence of your ongoing
  development in your role against the current NMC
  standards
• Have met all the requirements to remain on the
  local register as a mentor, sign off mentor or
  practice teacher

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Recurrent Issues

• Grading student competence
• Supporting under-achieving students
• Supporting students with difficulties
• Enhancing quality of mentorship

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Discussion Points(Workshop Activities)

• Divide into four groups and review your given
  scenario
• Debate the issues within your group remember to
  consider mentor accountability, reliability,
  validity and objectivity of assessment etc
• Nominate a spokesperson to feedback to the whole
  group

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Helpful Resources

• Suffolk College mentor website provides guidance
  on grading, completing the PA document and much,
  much more!
• (http//healthweb.suffolk.ac.uk) this website is
  no longer available. Go instead to www.ucs.ac.uk
  find the faculty of health, wellbeing and science
  pages and clink on the link to Health Partners
• Clinical Practice Facilitators
• Link Lecturers list available on website
• NMC (2006) Standards to support learning and
  assessment in practice. NMC, London.