Leading and Facilitating Learning in Practice CPD
Continuing professional development (CPD) in health and social care needs to respond to the requirements of flexible delivery of services, the demand for better monitoring of service quality and support for professional practice development within workplace settings. This module is designed to enable students to understand the importance of CPD and to undertake a leadership role in the facilitation and assessment of learning in a workplace setting. It is also required by the NMC as preparation for sign-off Practice Teachers.
Applicants for this module are required to have completed a mentor preparation programme, eg: NM3272 (Supporting and Assessing Learning in Practice) or the equivalent and have successfully completed a degree programme. Applicants undertaking this module who also wish to qualify as a Practice Teacher must hold the required professional qualification, for example a Specialist Community Public Health or Primary Care nursing qualification, and should have gained at least two years additional experience in their speciality. In addition to the theoretical component, students wishing to become SCPHN/PCN Practice Teachers must complete an additional practice-based component and meet NMC requirements as detailed at the end of this page.
The module assumes that those who attend have existing knowledge and experience of mentoring students in practice. It will enable those who attend to lead the development and implementation of learning in interprofessional practice settings. It will also enable those who attend to facilitate learning for individuals and groups, and to apply strategies for monitoring, measuring and evaluating learning in practice.
Course Information
| Start Date | Start Time | Duration | Cost | Course Code | Apply |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday 29 September 2011 | The module runs for 10 x 3 hour sessions, 30 taught hours. | Contact Admissions (CPD) for full details. | NMM109 | Apply Now |
Tutor Info
Eligibility
The module is suitable for managers, teachers, practitioners
English Requirements
For those students whose first language is not English one of the
following qualifications is also required:
- IELTS: 7
TOEFL (internet-based): 100
What will I learn?
By the end of this module students will gain the following skills:
Knowledge and Understanding
- Critically evaluate research and theory relating to learning in practice and demonstrate application of this when leading programmes of education and learning in practice
- Critically appraise the extent to which you incorporate the findings of research and literature into your practice
- Develop and critically evaluate a strategy for contributing to research knowledge, including the dissemination of research findings to students and mentors in practice.
Values and Attitudes
- Synthesise the principles of personal and professional accountability relating to the facilitation of learning in practice, and apply these principles when leading learning / education programmes in practice
- Have an awareness of the need to promote interprofessional learning and working in everyday practice.
Cognitive/Intellectual
- Critically analyse the principles of adult and work based learning and apply these when leading the development and implementation of learning in practice
- Synthesise the strategies essential for effective leadership and evaluation in practice based learning and education
- Critically evaluate the relevance of interprofessional education in professional practice.
Transferable
- Critically evaluate the strategies for facilitating learning in practice that reflect the dynamic health and social care policy agenda
- Synthesise the principles of effective leadership and apply these principles when developing, managing and evaluating the delivery of education and the facilitation of learning in practice
- Utilise and promote the principles of reflection to underpin and develop practice
- Critically appraise the development of the teacher-learner relationship and outline ways in which to use this relationship to support learning in the practice and academic learning environment.
Subject Specific
- Critically evaluate the contribution of research evidence and the practice context when creating, maintaining and evaluating an evidenced based learning environment.
Teaching and Assessment
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Contact Admissions (CPD & postgraduate)School of Community and Health Sciences
City University London
Health Building
Northampton Square
London
EC1V 0HB
United Kingdom
T: +44 (0)20 7040 5828
E: healthprofessionals@city.ac.uk