Program Overview

Module - Developing Mentoring & Assessment in Diverse Clinical Environments

The module aims to provide registered healthcare professionals with the opportunity to examine theories which underpin approaches to learning, facilitation, assessment and support in practice-based settings. This will enable them to apply their skills and effectively fulfil their role as a mentor / practice educator, practice supervisor or practice assessor in professional practice taking into account their responsibility and accountability for teaching and learning.

This module will cover: principles of mentorship which incorporates evidence based practice, leadership, professional role modelling, diversity, equality and inclusivity. It will examine mentoring in different professional contexts; The module will also look at mentoring throughout the student practice placement journey - from induction to placement evaluation. The module examines learning theories and their uses in practice; principles of assessment, accountability, responsibility and failure to fail; feedback and difficult conversations; ‘Toxic’ mentoring; reflective case studies.

Objectives

• Demonstrate a critical understanding of: management and organisational issues, working relationships and inter-professional team working, of everyone involved in effective mentoring placements, which recognises the diversity of all individuals involved in practice.
• Explore and apply the theories of learning and teaching and contemporary approaches to mentorship to facilitate learning within practice based settings.
• Appraise and evaluate the principles of assessment in diverse clinical environments with consideration of leadership, accountability, responsibility and failure to fail with reference to your own professional code.
• Critically analyse how learning from this module has transformed your understanding of your practice.

What you will learn

This module is designed to follow the sequences of a student’s learning journey. The module begins with professional considerations, management and organisational issues and preparation for a student arrival and induction. It then deals with supervision models, learning theories, assessments and their consequences.

Teaching & Assessment

How you will learn

• Online teaching and learning activities
• Asynchronous online workshops
• Discussion boards
• Formative work
• Module leader feedback
• Significant independent reading and study will be required to prepare for the summative assignment.

How you will be assessed

• Summative assessment is by a 3,000 word assignment.
• Participation in the formative components of the module is required to pass the module.

Entry Requirements

To be eligible to study this module, you must demonstrate the ability to study at this level and commit to attempting the assessment. If this module has been studied at level 5, it cannot be retaken at level 6 (or level 7).

Fees and Funding

Tuition fees

• 20 Credit Health Module Pricing
• Tuition Fees Policy: Tuition fees are set annually and are subject to review each year. The University may therefore raise tuition fees in the second or subsequent years of a course, in line with inflation and/or the maximum permitted by law or government policy. Students will be notified of any changes as soon as possible.

Key Details

Tuition fees

• 20 Credit Health Module Pricing

Minimum entry requirements

• To be eligible to study this module, you must demonstrate the ability to study at this level and commit to attempting the assessment. If this module has been studied at level 5, it cannot be retaken at level 6 (or level 7).
• Credits: 20
• Recruiting to: UK / RoI / Settled in UK
• Course Location: Online
• Institute: Institute of Health
• Delivery Style: Online
• Course Duration: Part-time: Single Module
• Course Start Point: January, April, September
• Award: Module