1st Edition
Practice Supervision and Assessment in Nursing, Health and Social Care
This is an essential guide for all health and social work practitioners supporting an increasing number of learners, trainees, apprentices and pre-registration students engaging in practice-based and work-based learning. Applying educational learning theory to underpin the role and practice of the contemporary practice supervisor, assessor and educator, this accessible book presents strategies for practice learning and personal development.
Acknowledging the problematic nature of learning within the workplace, the authors place the lived experience of the learner at the heart of this text and emphasise the critical importance of an expansive and compassionate learning environment for all. The book includes chapters on the context of practice learning, the role of the supervisor/assessor and educator, learning environments, coaching, assessment and supporting the learner in difficulty, among others. It also spotlights practice learning in a range of settings, from working with children, through social care and maternity care. Each chapter includes learning outcomes and activities, as well as a chapter summary.
Designed for nurses, midwives, social workers, therapists and operating department practitioners who support learners in the workplace, this text is particularly relevant to registrants completing practice supervisor/assessor/educator preparation and pre-registration students taking modules on supporting learning.
Introduction
Acknowledgements
Contributors
1: Landscape of practice learning
Mark Wareing
Adrienne Sharples
2: Practice supervision
Mark Wareing
Adrienne Sharples
3: Learning environments
Mark Wareing
Gillian Ferguson
4: Coaching to develop student capability
Adrienne Sharples
Tina Salter
5: Preparing learners for practice-based assessment
Rowena Slope
6: Learning conversations
Mark Wareing
7: Supporting health, well-being and promoting inclusivity
Mark Wareing
Adrienne Sharples
8: Compassionate and ethical practice learning
Mark Wareing
Adrienne Sharples
9: Practice education in social work
Gillian Ferguson
Sherwyn Sicat
10: Supporting learners working with children and young people
Tina Salter
Sherwyn Sicat
Mel Webb
11: Practice supervision in the maternity setting
Claire Bunyan
12: Supporting learners in community and secondary adult care
Rowena Slope
13: Practice supervision in mental health services
Mark Wareing
David Roberts
14: Managing reasonable adjustments
Andrea Thompson
Alex Harvey
Meriel Norris
15: Learning in non-assessed, virtual and alternate environments
Sarah Page
Gillian Ferguson
Kirsty Shanley
Ayana Horton Ifekoya
16: Transitioning to the role of practice assessor/educator and beyond
Mark Wareing
Meriel Norris
Biography
Dr Mark Wareing (editor) completed his nurse training at the Birmingham College of Nurse Education and held a number of posts in medicine and surgery before establishing the specialist urological nursing service in North Oxfordshire as a clinical nurse specialist employed by the Department of Urology in Oxford. Prior to entering education, Mark served for four years as a captain in the Reserve Army Medical Services and was deployed to Iraq in 2004. He was a lecturer and senior lecturer in health and social care at Birmingham City University until 2015. As a principal lecturer and director of practice learning at the University of Bedfordshire, Mark provided academic leadership relating to practice learning across HCPC and NMC approved and commissioned healthcare courses across the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences. He was appointed reader and department director of practice education at Brunel University London in July 2023
