Mentoring in Practice

Module Overview

This module prepares clinicians to develop the skills and knowledge to assess the total performance of pre-registration students including skills, attitudes and behaviours. It will also enable clinicians, in an autonomous manner, to organise and co-ordinate student learning activities in practice. The use of relevant work based learning under the supervision of a qualified mentor provides the opportunity to critically reflect on the educational experience.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this learning, and this module, you will be able to:

1. Demonstrate an in-depth knowledge and understanding of the role of the mentor and the skills involved in either a health and/or social care setting.

2. Evaluate the learning environment and resources within work place settings and plan, implement and evaluate an educational experience that effectively uses appropriate strategies to optimise teaching, learning and assessing.

Assessment description:

Portfolio
- Please note that all assessments must be attempted in order to be eligible for a pass grade.
- You must ensure that you maintain confidentiality of patients, colleagues and students at all times, by ensuring all evidence is anonymous. However, identification and confirmation of your supervising mentor is required.

- Each of these activities may be used for your NMC revalidation application (UK nurses only)

Assessment Component:

1. Assessment & accountability
Discussion board post
Read current literature on aspects of student clinical assessment, make at least one post on the subject & reply to at least one other post.

The purpose of the assessment is to help you to understand the principles & practice of assessment.
Detailed guidance
- Evidence of reading the articles
- Relevance to the topic.
- Relation of points to personal experience.
- Discussion at a critical level, not just recitation of facts from the article.
- Discuss at least one point you like/agree with, and at least one point you dislike/disagree with, and why.

2. Establishing effective working relationships

Write a referenced reflective account of your experience in assessing a student's learning needs & helping the student to settle into the new work

The purpose of the assessment is to assess your understanding of the principles establishing relationships with your students.
Detailed guidance

- Explain how you structured your initial interview with your student.
- Describe how you supported the student during her/his settling in period
- Discuss how you assisted the student to work with non-nursing professionals in your clinical area.

3. Facilitation of learning
1. With reference to one of your student's prescribed learning outcomes describe how you helped your student to achieve it, which did not involve formal teaching.
2. Write a referenced reflective account of a teaching session you have given.
3. The Learning activity feedback sheet(completed by the supervising mentor) should be appended to your reflective account

4. Creating an environment for learning

Using the template provided below, undertake a learning opportunities review for your own clinical area.

5. Evaluation of learning

In relation to the previous (learning environment) assessment, write an evaluation of your student's learning and assessment experiences - proposing aspects for change resulting from such evaluation.

The purpose of this assessment is to give you the chance to display your skills of critical thinking & synthesis.
Detailed guidance
- Explain how you became aware of your student's experiences.
- Discuss your interpretation of the student's account.
- Describe any changes that may need to be made.
- Note that the NMC use of the term `evaluation of learning' refers to the students' learning experiences. It does not mean assessment of their competence.

6. Context of practice

Write an evaluation relating to how you enabled your student to develop interprofessional working skills in your own workplace

7. Evidence-based practice

Discussion board - Share your experiences with other mentor students on how you helped your student to appreciate the importance of evidence based practice. Make at least one post on the subject & reply to at least one other post

The purpose of this assessment is to demonstrate how you help your students to value & use valid evidence to support their practice.
Detailed guidance
The following points are given for your original postings to the Discussion Board and your replies to others postings.
Detailed guidance
- Evidence of reading the articles
- Relevance to the topic.
- Relation of points to personal experience.
- Discussion at a critical level, not just recitation of facts from the article.
- Discuss at least one point you like/agree with, and at least one point you dislike/disagree with, and why.

8. Leadership
Describe a situation in which you have used your leadership skills to enhance the learning experience of your student(s)

The purpose of this assessment is to demonstrate how you have applied leadership skills in accordance with the NMC competence & outcomes for a mentor.
Detailed guidance
- Differentiate the concept of leadership from the concept of management.
- Identify your own leadership style from a range of styles.
- Describe a situation in which you played a leading role in improving the student learning experience
- Ordiscuss what you would doif you had the necessary authority or status.
- You could refer to your work in assessment 5 -Evaluation of learning & use that as a basis for discussion.

9. Summary
Write a referenced summary of your achievement of the 8 indicative competences of the module, showing how they combine to enhance the development of students.

Attachment:- Assessment.rar