Assessment, Supervision and Support in Clinical Practice : A Guide for Nurses and Midwives

by Stuart

• ISBN13: 9780443070655
• ISBN10: 0443070652
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-10-08
• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone

Summary

This resource prepares practitioners to perform competency and quality assessments in order to make fair, safe, and effective decisions. Addresses both practical and theoretical aspects involved in the range of assessment methods within the continuous assessment process. Also covers legal and ethical issues, and the policy context including subject review and clinical governance.

Author Biography

Ci Ci Stuart BAppSci MEd RN RM MTD: Lecturer in Nursing and Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Sheffield, UK

Table of Contents

Preface	viii
Acknowledgements	x
The scope of the book	xi
Abbreviations	xiv
The purposes and nature of assessment and clinical assessment	1	(22)
Introduction
The nature of assessment
The purposes of assessment
Assessment in clinical practice
Conclusion
References
The legal and ethical issues of assessment	23	(28)
Introduction
Accountability and professionalism
Accountability and responsibility
Accountability for the assessment of clinical practice
Issues and dilemma of the mentor-assessor interface
Conclusion
References
What do we assess?	51	(28)
Introduction
Pre-registration training requirements
UKCC requirements and standards for practice following registration
The nature of competence
The outcomes-based competency approach to professional education and assessment
Conclusion
References
How do we assess?	79	(36)
Introduction
Triangulation
Assessment methods
Selecting and combining methods of assessment
Conclusion
References
Conducting fair assessments	115	(14)
Introduction
The key concepts of conducting fair assessments
Conclusion
References
Assessment as a learning process: using learning contracts	129	(30)
Introduction
Continuous assessment of clinical practice
Formative assessment
Feedback in assessment
Summative assessment
Engaging in the process of continuous assessment
The learning contract and the assessment plan
Period of supervised clinical practice and formative assessment
The final meeting/discussion session and summative assessment
Conclusion
References
Monitoring progress, managing feedback and making assessment decisions	159	(26)
Introduction
Managing feedback
Monitoring progress
Making assessment decisions
Managing some assessment problems
Conclusion
References
The clinical environment as a setting for learning and professional development	185	(30)
Introduction
The clinical learning environment
Quality assurance
Conclusion
References
Learning through clinical practice: unearthing meaning from experience	215	(30)
Introduction
Experience-based learning
The `model for learning from experience'
Experiential learning and continuing professional development
Conclusion
References
Appendices	245	(66)
1 UKCC Requirements for Pre-registration Nursing Programmes -- Nursing Competencies	245	(6)
2 UKCC Requirements for Pre-registration Midwifery Programmes -- Midwifery Competencies	251	(8)
3 The University of Sheffield Academic Diary & Student Handbook (2001--2002) -- General Regulations as to Academic Appeals	259	(4)
4 The University of Sheffield Academic Diary & Student Handbook (2001--2002) -- General Regulations as to Progress of Students	263	(2)
5 The University of Sheffield Academic Diary & Student Handbook (2001--2002) -- Regulations as to the Discipline of Students	265	(2)
6 United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting--Declaration of Good Character to support admission to a part or parts of the Council's professional register	267	(2)
7 General Nursing Council for England and Wales: Record of Practical Instruction and Experience for the Certificate of General Nursing 1969	269	(20)
8 Central Midwives Board Midwives Rules 1980, First Edition, Part III: Rules Regulating Training, Examinations and Admission to the Roll	289	(4)
9 Statutory Instrument 1983 No. 873. The Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Approval Order 1983, Part III: Nurse Training Rules	293	(2)
10 Nurses Rules: Training Outcomes for Project 2000 (from Statutory Instrument 1989, No. 1456). Preparation for entry to Parts 12, 13, 14 and 15 of the Register	295	(2)
11 Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors (Midwives Amendment) Rules 1998 -- Midwives Rules and Code of Practice (UKCC 1998)	297	(2)
12 An example of a professional behaviour with its descriptors	299	(2)
13 Checklists for the clinical learning environment	301	(4)
14 Ward learning climate indicators	305	(4)
15 Contents of a portfolio for pre-registration midwifery education	309	(2)
Index	311