Our clinical educators course is a free online package that people can sign up to at any time.
The online module (which is accompanied by reading and activities) is shared across physio and OT and designed to take approximately 1 day of CPD time but can be paused and re-started to enable people to complete this at convenient times.
On completion of the online component, we recommend our 3-hour workshop, on TEAMs to complete your educator training. For details of the workshop see the next section or email Andrew Lloyd Practice Education Facilitator.
The educator course is currently on our Blackboard site. When you apply please complete all the boxes. The course is free to those organisations that host our students so please include your employers details.
Following your application you will receive a student number and login to begin the course.
On completion you will be issued with a certificate for your Continual Professional Development record.
You will also need to ‘Registeryour details as a new educator’ using your student number and HCPC number and this will generate your log in details for the ARC system.
You can enrol on the Northumbria University website for the online module Practice Assessor Preparation / EducatorPreparation - Non-Accredited - MC1000 (northumbria.ac.uk).
On completion of the online component EducatorsCourse MC1000, we recommend our 3-hour workshop, on TEAMs to complete your educator training.
The workshop is designed to finalise your transition from clinician to educator. We discuss your experiences of supporting student learning and how you can transition to a leadership role as a student assessor.
For details of the next available workshops email Andrew Lloyd Practice Education Facilitator.
Once you have completed the workshop you can ‘Register your details as a new educator’ using your student number and HCPC number. This will generate your log in details for the ARC system
We do recommend the workshops to complete your training but if you are to host a student imminently, Andrew Lloyd Practice Education Facilitator can provide a 1:1 session to discuss any questions and inform you on the Common Placement Assessment Form (CPAF).
Once you have completed the workshop you can ‘Register your details as a new educator’ using your student number and HCPC number. This will generate your log in details for the ARC system
This will allow you to see your student allocations, update your Profile Of Learning Opportunities (POLO) on ARC-PEP and review your student evaluations to quality assure your placements.
There are other online training courses available for different perspectives to the Northumbria University Educator Course.
For further information please see our Coaching and Supervision guide.
Peer learning is when:
You create a safe and supportive environment for giving and receiving feedback whilst learning from multiple sources and developing as an autonomous clinician.
(Aytec Gogus, 2012)
Our students practice in numerous placements across all the specialities of physiotherapy, the 4 pillars of practice and global healthcare provision.
Peer learning is about bringing together the experiences and skills that each student has developed because of their learning pathway to teach and learn from each other.
When students teach, they re-affirm their own knowledge, build confidence and competence which is transferred to the group. As each member shares their individual knowledge the collective becomes more skilled.
The benefits of peer learning are:
Consider how you interact and learn from your peers in the workplace. When you have a complex case and need a different perspective, do you discuss this with your peers? Do you feel comfortable in your peer group to be explorative and innovative without fear of judgement. Do you feel able to comfortably offer feedback and accept feedback from others more readily? Do you celebrate each other success and feel part of a team?
Now consider what it is like to be a single student on placement and what it could be like to be 1 of 2 or 3
Many educators shy away from the idea of creating a peer learning placement in fear of additional work but in truth the evidence shows that the opposite is true and that the student peer groups become self-reliant, sustainable and develop faster as autonomous practitioners.
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For information on supervision please read this document.
The CSP InformationPaper, Record Keeping Guidance Page 10, Countersigning notes and delegation states:
Registered health professionals are accountable for the care of their patients; they remain professionally accountable for the appropriateness of any delegated duties and acts or omissions of care undertaken by students or support workers who they are supervising. They also remain professionally accountable for the quality of record keeping entries undertaken by students and support workers, in respect of delegated duties relating to their patients.
There is no explicit direction from the HCPC regarding when or if the physiotherapist who has delegated tasks to a support worker or undergraduate student should countersign their respective entries to the health record.
The HCPC standards of conduct, performance and ethics state:
For many physiotherapists, the decision to delegate tasks will be governed by a combination of national and local policy on the delivery of care across a patient pathway utilising skill mix. Physiotherapists will also be governed by local employer policy on delegation and supervision of students and support workers.
Educator updates will be added each time a new update is given.
Supporting Physiotherapy students on placement – The new way
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