Practice Learning Resources

PRACTICE LEARNING for student educators 

OHFT Libraries Resource Guide  

4th edition (2019)

Research, evidence, databases

 All NHS staff are entitled to register for an NHS OpenAthens account at https://openathens.nice.org.uk/  which provides access to NHS funded information resources including e journals and articles on many healthcare topics via NICE Journals and Databases:  https://www.nice.org.uk/about/what-we-do/evidence-services/journals-and-databases Databases include: BNI, CINAHL, MEDLINE, Social Care Online *See below for suggested search strategies.

*Search Strategies 

“Clinical Educator*” OR “Practice Educator*” OR “Practice Assessor*” OR “Student Educator*” OR Mentor* OR “Clinical Supervision” OR “Practice learning” OR “Pre-registration education” OR “Pre registration education” OR “Reflective Practice” OR “Student Placement*” OR “Practice Placement*” OR “Clinical Placement*” OR /STUDENT(maj)
AND
“Social Work*” OR “Social Care” (OR “Occupational Therap* OR Physio* OR “Speech and Language Therap*” OR Nurs* OR Dietician* OR Podiatr* OR Paramedic* etc. ) Only search for one profession at a time.

Limits: 2013-2018, 2018-2018 for Nursing.

Notes: This is a broad topic area. To manage the broad number of results, conduct a major MeSH search for ‘student’ to refine the results down (rather than a keyword search). General terms such as ‘education’, ‘learn*’ etc. were omitted from the search as these terms were too broad.

Organisations; Professional and regulatory bodies

British Association of Occupational Therapists/College of Occupational Therapists  www.cot.co.uk/

British Association of Social Workers https://www.basw.co.uk

Centre For The Advancement Of Interprofessional Education (CAIPE)   www.caipe.org.uk

Chartered Society of Physiotherapists https://www.csp.org.uk

European Interprofessional Practice and Education Network (EIPEN)   www.eipen.eu

Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)  https://www.hpc-uk.org/

Higher Education Academy  https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/health-and-social-care

 Institute of Health Visiting   https://www.ihv.org.uk/

Leeds University School of Healthcare https://www.practiceplacements.leeds.ac.uk/pages/useful_links/useful_links.htm

Nursing and Midwifery Council  https://www.nmc-uk.org/Educators/

Oxford Health – Learning and Development – Practice Learning (log in to OTR  then select the button: Practice Learning and Preceptorship https://learn.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk/mod/page/view.php?id=12

Royal College of Nursing  https://www.rcn.org.uk/ For the Education Forum, go to:  https://www.rcn.org.uk/development/communities/rcn_forum_communities/education

Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists https://www.rcslt.org/

Social Care Institute of Excellence (SCIE)  https://www.scie.org.uk/

Selection of books available in print or electronic format 

To borrow any items (including those located at other libraries) contact us via: library.enquiries@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk  .  View a full list of books via the library catalogue at: SWIMS. E books: available with your NHS OpenAthens account.

 

Clinical supervision made easy: a creative and relational approach for the helping professions. Van Ooijen, Els. (2013; 2nd ed.)

Coaching and mentoring: theory and practice. Bob Garvey, Paul Stokes, David Megginson. – 3rd ed (2018)

Coaching and mentoring at work: developing effective practice. Mary Connor and Julia Pokora. – 3rd ed (2017)

 Coaching for health: why it works and how to do it. Jenny Rogers and Arti Maini. (2016)

The complete handbook of coaching. Ed. by Elaine Cox, Tatiana Bachkirova, David A Clutterbuck. – 3rd ed (2018)

 Enabling learning in nursing and midwifery practice: a guide for mentors. eds. Sue West, Tim Clark, Melanie Jasper (2007)

 Everyone needs a mentor. David Clutterbuck. – 5th ed (2014)

Fundamentals of clinical supervision. Bernard, Janine M. (2014; 5th inter. ed.)

 Handbook for practice learning in social work and social care: knowledge and theory. Lishman, Joyce.      (3rd ed) (2015)

 Mastering mentorship: a practical guide for mentors of nursing, health and social care students. Julie Bailey-McHale and Donna Hart (2013)

 The mentoring manual: your step by step guide to being a better mentor. Julie Starr (2014)

Mentoring in nursing and healthcare: supporting career and personal development. Helen M. Woolnough (2017)

 Mentoring, preceptorship and clinical supervision: a guide to professional support roles in clinical practice. Alison Morton-Cooper and Anne Palmer. – 2nd ed (2000)

Mentoring in nursing and healthcare: a practical approach. Ed. Kate Kilgallon, Janet Thompson (2012) available as an ebook for OHFT staff and students: https://swims.inforlib.uk/iguana/www.main.cls?surl=search&p=eced617d-2bd5-4a95-876b-44e5e10c4cfd#recordId=1.4954&srchDb=1

 Mentorship in healthcare.  ed.  Mary E. Shaw and John Fulton. 2nd ed (2015)                                                           Available as an e book for OHFT staff and students: https://wv-swims.olib.oclc.org/webview/?infile=details.glu&loid=679949&rs=1044732&hitno=2

 Mentoring, learning and assessment in clinical practice: a guide for nurses, midwives and other health professionals.  Ci Ci Stuart. – 3rd ed (2013)

 The nurse mentor’s companion. Kim Craig and Barbara Smith (2015)

 The nurse mentor’s handbook: supporting students in clinical practice. Walsh, Danny (2014; 2nd ed.)

 A practical guide to mentoring: using coaching and mentoring skills to help others achieve their goals. David Kay and Roger Hinds. – 5th ed (2012)

 Practical skills for mentoring in healthcare: a guide for busy practitioners. Morag Gray (2014)

 Successful mentoring in nursing. Liz Aston, Paula Hallam (2011)

 Supervision in the helping professions.  Hawkins, Peter. (4th ed; 2012)                                                               Available as an e book for OHFT staff and students: https://wv-swims.olib.oclc.org/webview/?infile=details.glu&loid=660747&rs=1044743&hitno=1

 Supervision and mentoring in healthcare. Neil Gopee. – 4th ed (2018)

 REPORTS

Black, Sharon (2011) Being a mentor who fails a pre-registration nursing student in their final placement: understanding failure. 

Duffy, Kathleen. (2003) Failing students: a qualitative study of factors that influence the decisions regarding assessment of students’ competence to practice. Caledonian Nursing and Midwifery Research Centre, Glasgow Caledonian University.  ISBN 1-903661-40-4.

HCPC (2014) Standards of education and training. London. HCPC. [online]. Available athttps://www.hcpc-uk.org/publications/standards/index.asp?id=183 (Accessed Jan 2019)

HEE (2015) Raising the bar. Shape of Caring: A review of the future education and training of registered nurses and healthcare assistants. London Health education England [online].Available at https://www.hee.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/documents/2348-Shape-of-caring-review-FINAL_0.pdf (Accessed Jan 2019)

NMC (2009). Standards to support learning and assessment in practice.  NMC Standards for mentors, practice teachers and teachers. London. NMC. [online]Available at https://www.nmc-uk.org/Publications/Standards/  (Accessed Jan 2019)

NMC (2008)Standards to support learning and assessment in practice: NMC standards for mentors, practice teachers and teachers. NMC. [online] Available at:   https://www.nmc.org.uk/globalassets/sitedocuments/standards/nmc-standards-to-support-learning-assessment.pdf (Accessed Jan 2019)

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