All Speech and Language Therapy training sessions are jointly run by City, University of London (CUoL) and University College London (UCL).
Practice Educator (PE) Training
Please note that all practice educators should complete a Practice Educators training day before taking students on placement. This training is to support new practice educators in developing the skills and knowledge required to educate student speech and language therapists on placement.
Please read an overview of the training session.
Pre-requisites:
- Must have practised for over a year.
- Band 5/6. Must have passed competencies skills. If Band 5 and have not completed all competencies skills, then Band 6 can be the lead supervisor taking on students on placement and Band 5 can be a supporting PE.
- Must have or can complete practice educator training in the last three years prior to taking on students for placements. (PE training is valid for 3 years).
Practice Educator Training days for 2021-22
Training dates for 2021-22 are currently planned online via Zoom. These sessions will satisfy the requirements for PE supervision and are appropriate for individuals requiring initial PE training or update training.
Please note that bookings for the training days can only be made via links below. These will be 3.5 hour interactive virtual sessions.
If you have any questions please contact clinicalplacements@city.ac.uk.
Practice Educator Webcast Training
If you require refresher training, we encourage you to book on to one of the above sessions that are led by a UCL & City representative. Alternatively, there is a webcast training video that will satisfy the requirements to supervise a student.
It can be completed in your own time and will take approximately 30 minutes to complete.
It's important we have on record that you completed the webcast video PE training. Once you have completed it please can you ensure to complete the short webform.
Placements Coordinators Network meetings
We welcome SLT Placement Coordinators to join us for a networking event. At this meeting you can expect to:
- receive updates about the universities’ clinical placements programmes
- receive a summary of students’ feedback on placements
- provide the universities with feedback about service-specific issues
- discuss and problem-solve placements issues with SLT colleagues from other services.
These meetings are held twice a year:
- Tuesday 24th May 2022: 10.00 - 12.00 (followed by APEW), may be held as a live meeting at UCL or virtually (to be confirmed).
For booking or enquiries please contact: katie.kay@ucl.ac.uk
Annual Practice Educator Workshop
All practice educators are invited to the Annual Practice Educators’ Workshop (APEW). The APEW provides an opportunity for practice educators to share good and innovative practice with their peers.
- Tuesday 24th May 2022, 13.00-16.30 (if held as a live event at UCL) or 13.00-15.00 if held virtually.
For booking or enquiries please contact: katie.kay@ucl.ac.uk
Practice Educator training at your workplace
We are also able to come to your place of work to provide either initial or advanced practice educator training sessions for a whole team. We request that there be a minimum of 20 participants for us to do this. Please contact us if you would like us to run a session at your place of work.