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Multi - Professional Practice Environment Profile Quality Standards to Monitor the Learning Environment for Student Practice Placements Developed by West Midlands South Strategic Health Authority - Workforce Development Directorate. LEARNING ENVIRONMENT PROFILE.
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Multi - Professional Practice Environment Profile Quality Standards to Monitor the Learning Environment for Student Practice Placements Developed by West Midlands South Strategic Health Authority - Workforce Development Directorate
LEARNING ENVIRONMENT PROFILE • Is part of the Strategic Review for all clinical placements across West Midlands South • Is a generic multi professional profile which will be used to monitor all practice placement areas • Has been driven by the SHA & approved by the Post Graduate Dean for West Midlands &Head of New Workforce Institute
BACKGROUND • The aim is to focus on the quality of the learning environment for collective professional groups placed in any one practice area • Is an integral part of the quality monitoring process within the National Contract with DOH • Will highlight existing & potential inter professional learning opportunities
PROCESS • Will be a 2 yearly process • Year 1: Self evaluation by practice area staff completing full tool with action plans • Year 2: Self evaluation of exception reporting: Good practice, areas of concern, & progress from previous year action plan • Will be sampled by external staff, based on strengths & weaknesses from previous year • Process Completed electronically where IT access is available. Paper copies will be available for areas without IT access
PLACEMENT INFORMATION • The first few pages of the document ask for details of the Practice area, the range of students placed in Practice area, Staff profiles, & available learning opportunities • The document also asks for additional information regarding practice area capacity for student placements • The standards follow the placement information section as demonstrated below
PLACEMENT DETAILS Names of Reviewer/Review Team Name of Academic Link: Practice Educator: Practice Facilitator: Clinical Educator: Name of Academic Institutions/College Placing Students: University: College of Further Education: Other: Work Patterns, e.g. length of shift patterns: am: pm: Night:
LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES List the Learning Opportunities available during a practice placement experience:-
COMPLIANCE • A traffic light system will monitor compliance against standards • Any standard that does not achieve full compliance should have an action point against it • Full compliance = Green • Partial compliance = Amber • Non compliance = Red • There may be occasions where the standard is not applicable in some practice areas & should be completed as N/A
ACTION PLANS • Any standards that achieve Amber or Red will require an action plan in order to progress to full compliance / Green • It is the responsibility of Practice staff to implement & monitor the action plan • PFs will be available for support if required
BENCHMARKING • The purpose of benchmarking is to highlight any common themes or trends emerging in practice that may require attention from within the organisation or external organisations • Benchmarking will provide the opportunity to share best practice & also learn from each other • All red areas & 10% of all green areas will be externally sampled for validity & authenticity of the process & learning environment evidence
REPORTING PROCESS • The reporting process is a change to the existing reporting mechanism,& will improve information about practice areas, as well as provide information about all practice placements • Non completion of profiles will eventually be reported to Trust Leads • PF’s will report progress to Strategic Placement Leads &Trust Leads
REPORTING PROCESS Profile reports & progress reported to: • Strategic Placement Groups • Strategic Partnership Groups • Partnership Boards • Boards of study • Coventry & Warwickshire, Hereford & Worcester Boards • SHA Business & Commissioning group • SHA Project Board • SHA Board
ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS & SUPPORT • The documents below will be available on the websites • The LEP process will consist of a 2 yearly cycle: • Phase 2: Year 2: Exception Report document • Phase 1: Year 1: Full Self Evaluation document • Frequently Asked Questions ( Guidelines) to support the completion process • A Completed sample document will be accessible on the website to assist practice areas when completing the profile document • Practice areas will be required to collate a portfolio of evidence to support compliance against each standard, or provide information about where the evidence can be located • Academic staff links, Practice facilitators & Practice Educators will be available to provide support when required. If in doubt contact one of the above members of staff to assist you
PORTFOLIO OF EVIDENCE • It is necessary to develop a folder which clearly identifies which standard the evidence relates to • For any standard where the evidence is too large to include, eg: health & safety policy, you should insert information about where the evidence can be located • Examples of evidence may include, induction package, philosophy, minutes of meetings. (See sample document on website.)
EXCEPTION REPORTING • Phase 2, Year 2 • The purpose of exception reporting is to monitor progress against each standard from the previous year action plans, highlight areas of concern & aspects of good practice • To ensure that students can be supported in practice, any changes to staff ratios, mentor numbers, changing services, changing student numbers of all professional groups placed in the practice area should be recorded
COMPLETION PROCESS Year 1 • Placement office/ PF triggers profile programme • Complete document, collate a portfolio of evidence to support each standard, complete the action plan • Electronically Return I copy to Practice Facilitator. If no IT access, return paper copy via post • Electronically return 1 copy to placement office. If no available IT access, return paper copy via post • Retain 1 copy in practice area
COMPLETION PROCESS Year 2 • Placement office/ PF triggers profile programme • Complete exception report document & action plan electronically • Retain 1 copy in practice area • Electronically return 1 copy to practice facilitator. If no available IT access, return paper copy by post • Electronically return 1 copy to placement office. If no available IT access, return paper copy by post