Mentorship in Professional Practice pt

On completion of the course you should be able to:

• evaluate relationships within the practice learning community, promote anti-discriminatory practice, develop mutual trust and respect and assist learners to make the transition to practice helping them integrate academic and practice elements of learning
• assess a learner's stage of learning, assess individual learning needs, facilitate appropriate programmes of learning and evaluate their effectiveness making the most of educational opportunities in practice
• critically appraise a range of assessment strategies and assess the level of competence of learners in practice and be accountable for confirming the achievement of a required standard
• develop a critical awareness of the inter-professional context in practice learning, maintaining appropriate professional boundaries while promoting learning across professional groups
• develop your leadership skills in prioritising work, delivering effective learning programmes, evaluating effectiveness, providing feedback to learners and acting as learner advocate as appropriate.

You will need to complete a Learning Contract working with a student for a minimum of four weeks (supervised), and complete 32 hours of protected time facilitating learning with the learner in practice. You will also need to complete an assignment. Both of these elements need to be passed in order to complete the course.

(The mentor-in-training must supervise a learner on an NMC approved Pre-qualifying programme, who will be on the same part of the NMC register as themselves: Adult/Adult, Child/Child; only if the practitioner needs an NMC recognised course.)