PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS

Understanding of each Profession’s Approach to Practice Education

• This site covers lots of different aspects of interprofessional learning (IPL) from definitions to articles. It will appeal to all staff groups as it gives ideas and resources for implementing IPL in higher education institutions and practice placement. It also provides templates that can be used by students and practice educator to record learning
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• A Department of Health document entitled 'Health Care Standards for Services under the NHS - A consultation'.
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• Nursing and Midwifery Council's Website, giving access to their Code of Professional Conduct.
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• This is the Health Care Standards Unit site, which provides links to a vast range of professional bodies and professional standards.
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• The Nursing and Midwifery Council’s Website gives information on standards for conduct, performance and ethics and maintains a register of qualified nurses. The NMC also provides advice for nurses and midwives and considers allegations of misconduct, competence or unfitness to practice.
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• The Royal College of Nursing site contains information about the College, forthcoming events, campaigns and conference, access to clinical guidelines and other publications, plus information about nursing, including pay, courses and the history of nursing.
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• The Royal College of Midwives is a professional organization and trade union for midwives. Their site provides information about the organization and its services. News, press releases, consultations, conferences and educational courses are displayed along with details of RCM publications, documents and midwifery links. A membership area gives details about how to join the RCM, and there are pages for midwifery students and information relating to international midwifery.
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• This site provides information about the British Medical Association, the UK’s professional association for doctors; and about its satellite services including BMJ publishing. A members section includes information on doctors’ pay and work and discussion forums, while a public section contains pages on ethics, science, policy and news.
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• This site provides information on the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, about what physiotherapy is, on professional standards, continuing professional development and on evidence-based physiotherapy. Full-text publications are also available plus media and government information, careers information and members groups.
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• The site of the British Association of Occupational Therapists/College of Occupational Therapy gives details of standards for practice (including standards for education), ethics and guidelines as well as information on education and events, publications, specialist sections and member services.
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• The site of the British Dietetic Association gives information on publications and resources, a register of approved courses, jobs and campaigns; as well as standards of proficiency, conduct, ethics and education and training.
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• The Society of Radiographers website gives information on publications, conferences and events, careers, and professional standards.
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