Getting ready for your first
placement!
Module 92523
Helen Sissons
Jeremy Jolley
www.komion.co.uk
http://www.healthcareplacements.co.
uk/
Submission dates
• Week beginning 19th May
• Monday
What evidence does your cap need to
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placement orientation
Interviews with your mentor– minimum of 3 – initial, interim and final
Action planning as part of each interview
Assessment of professional attitude
Semester 2 placement 1: completed form in CAP that you have worked at
least once with a health professional who is not a nurse
Semester 3 placement 2: completed form in CAP that have worked at least
twice with a health professional who is not a nurse
Mentor verification of hours you have completed
Mentor verification of the learning outcomes you have completed
Try also to have feedback on the form in the CAP from users/carers at least
once but remember it is your mentor who fills this in NOT the user / carer.
If work with more health professionals or have feedback from more
user/carers can download the forms to use
So which health professionals could you
work with who is not a nurse?
Downloadable extra copies on
information bunker (psgl site)
• Interprofessional learning logs
• Supportive evidence from user/carers filled in
by mentor
www.komion.co.uk/psgl
Working with your mentor
• What do you think your mentor will expect
from you?
• What do you expect from your mentor?
• Extra support – do you know how to contact
the PLF for your area?
How to make a good first impression
on your mentor
• student nurse Ian Walker tips (2012):
• Be Punctual. - allow yourself time to arrive and get changed and store
your bag and still be a bit early! Why does this matter
• Ask questions. : if you don’t know something ask and don’t pretend to
know something if you don’t.
• Be pro active. – every day ask what is expected of you and offer your skills
– don’t wait to be asked
• Show interest. “there is nothing worse than a student that looks bored
while on placement”. Find out all about your placement before you go –
and keep reading up!
• Say thankyou. ”Remember, your mentor is only human, she/he was in your
shoes once” .
• Get to know your patients. - why is this important?
Practice learning outcomes
• 80% of the module marks come from this
pass/fail document
• For this module you must complete:
• All the activities in the shaded boxes
• A minimum of 15 activities in the un-shaded
box
• Are there any of the learning outcomes that
you are not sure what it means or how you
can achieve them?
Occupational Health Advice
September 2013 cohort
January 2014
Role of the student
•students are obliged to inform the placement if they are not well enough to
be on duty this should be before the shift is due to start or as soon as
possible thereafter
•students must report any accidents or incidents i.e.· needle stick injuries, falls,
back injuries to the named mentor / person in charge immediately they
occur or as soon as possible thereafter
•students must follow the advice offered at the time which may be to either;
•go home and rest
•make an appointment to see their own GP
•go to placement occupational health department for assessment and/or advice
•students must inform the placement (i.e. named mentor) and programme
administrator (Andrea Randerson) when they are intending to return to
placement
•when asked students must provide the necessary fit note/doctor’s letter to
confirm they are fit to return to practice
Escalating concerns
• See the document on practice concerns
• http://www.komion.co.uk/psgl/practice_Y1S2.
html
Reflective essay assignment
• Part Two Pass/ fail 20%
• 1000-1500 word reflective account of a critical
incident which occurred whilst on the placement
that fulfils the learning outcome:
• 3.1 Demonstrate that they respect diversity and
individual preferences and value differences,
regardless of their own personal views;
• How do you think you will be able to achieve
this?
The reflective essay
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Ensure confidentiality so anonymous throughout
Evidence based
Always use professional academic sources
Make sure you don’t go over the word count
Use referencing guidance for referencing
Try to integrate your references in the sentences not at
the end of sentences
• If you use quotes follow the golden rules
• Make sure you clearly address the outcome specific for
this module
• Each module will have a different outcome
• Both parts of the assessment must achieve a
pass in order to pass the module
• Compensation and condonement do not apply
to this module as it is a compulsory
component of the programme