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Discover the benefits of the NHS Education for Scotland (NES) Effective Practitioner initiative, a national resource for Nurses, Midwives, and Allied Health Professionals. Explore learning activities, tools, and resources available on the website to support work-based learning. Access freely available resources, download templates, record your learning, and stay up to date with constantly updated information and multimedia content. No login required, access 24/7 from any device. For additional support, contact the initiative team.
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Effective Practitioner: Getting Started… www.effectivepractitioner.nes.scot.nhs.uk
Session Aim • This session will provide an overview of the NHS Education for Scotland (NES) Effective Practitioner initiative.
Learning Outcomes • Demonstrate an awareness of the NES Effective Practitioner initiative • Recognise the value of accessing the Effective Practitioner initiative to support work-based learning • Demonstrate an increased awareness of tools and resources available on the Effective Practitioner website
What is Effective Practitioner? • Effective Practitioner is a national initiative providing work based learning resources and support for Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals. It is for Practitioners and Senior Practitioners across NHS Scotland who provide direct care. The resources are housed on the Effective Practitioner website.
Key Benefits • The Effective Practitioner initiative: • Provides resources for work-based learning – it is not an online programme • There is no log in • You can access it 24 hours a day 365 days of the year – even from your smart phone • It will save you time by directing you to resources making it easier to keep up to date • You can download copies of all of the activities and templates designed to aid reflection & record learning, complete them individually or as a team
Practitioner, Supporting Your Staff, Learning & Development and Resources There are 4 Sections: Practitioners, Supporting Your Staff, Learning & Development and Resources
Quick Links: these provide easy links to key areas of the website such as Work-based Learning and Knowledge and Skills framework (KSF)
There are 4 sections: • Clinical Practice • Evidence-based Practice • Learning, Teaching & Supervision • Leadership & Management
Learning Activities: • Each activity only takes a short time • There are a series of work-based learning activities and resources across a number of interlinked priority areas. • Each of the activities is linked to relevant KSF dimensions.
You can use Effective Practitioner to search quickly for up to date resources. It will automatically search the website first for content. Link directly to The Knowledge Network Search quickly for resources from the home page using this tool bar
Show results from either Effective Practitioner or The Knowledge Network
Access to Resources • Most of the resources in Effective Practitioner are freely available without needing a password, but some of the evidence base held on The Knowledge Network requires you to have an Athens username and password. • If you have not already done so you can request this on The Knowledge Network or contact your local librarian for this.
Recording your learning, you can use one of the templates to record your learning this can be used for KSF review, for maintaining professional registration or as part of CPD Download or print forms to record your learning
Keep up to date • Effective Practitioner is constantly being updated. New information, learning activities and resources are being added on a regular basis. • Thereis an increasingrange of multimedia such as podcasts / digital stories to support learning so please keep having a look every so often to see what is new. The resource can also be accessed from a smart phone.
Help and Training • Effective Practitioner is a self directed resource. However, if you or your team feel you would like some additional support please contact: