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This section is divided into three parts. Part one contains links to a range of professional and statutory standard documents relating to education and training. Part two maps five of these standards against the six themed categories contained within the resources section of this website. Part three provides templates for individuals to record work carried out toward achievement of NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework, the Health Professions Council’s Standards of Education and Training or the NMC standards relating to Learning and Assessment in Practice.
1. Professional and Statutory Standard documents:
The following section provides links to standard documents from a range of organizations and bodies, which specifically relate to education and training. Other standards relating to proficiency, conduct and ethics can be found in the professional and statutory body sites listed in the ‘Other Sites’ section of this website.
The NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework (NHS KSF) and the Development Review Process is available from the Department of Health website (use the ‘search this site’ facility for ‘Knowledge and Skills Framework’). http://www.dh.gov.uk/PublicationsAndStatistics/Publications/fs/en
Health Professions Council standards of education and training. http://www.hpc-uk.org/aboutregistration/standards/sets/index.asp
This page on the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s website can access the consultation document and final report of the ‘Consultation on a Standard to Support Learning and Assessment in Practice’. http://www.nmc-uk.org/(5ypcexrbatct5a5534npf055)/aArticle.aspx?ArticleID=83
This Higher Education Authority site gives details of a ‘Standards Framework for Teaching and Supporting Student Learning in Higher Education’. http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/documents/Standards_Framework.pdf
This page on the General Social Care Council’s website can access quality assurance reports on social work education and the guidance document ‘Assessment of Practice in the Workplace’. http://www.gscc.org.uk/For+course+providers/Ensuring+course+quality/
The N.I. Social Care Council site gives information on a range of draft standards including the draft NISCC Standard for Practice Learning Providers. http://www.niscc.info/projects/default.htm
This page on the Scottish Social Services Council website gives access to a range of documents including ‘Assuring Quality for Practice Teaching’. http://www.sssc.uk.com/Education+and+training/Quality+assurance+of+social+service+qualifications/Assuring+quality+manuals.htm
This page on the Care Council for Wales website can access the ‘Standards for Practice Learning in the Social Work Degree’ document. http://www.ccwales.org.uk/DesktopDefault.aspx
A link to the NHS Scotland standards on clinical placements: http://www.nes.scot.nhs.uk/docs/publications/PracticePlacements_NESQA02.pdf
This is the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education's code of practice on assessing placement learning. It includes material on roles and responsibilities of the relevant parties in the assessment of practice-based learning. http://www.qaa.ac.uk/academicinfrastructure/codeOfPractice/section9/default.asp
This site gives information on the ‘National Occupational Standards for Management and Leadership’. http://www.management-standards.org/
2. Standard Mapping:
In order to assist you, five professional and/or statutory* standards have been mapped against the six themed categories contained within the resources section of this website. These standards include:
The NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework (NHS KSF)
The Nursing & Midwifery Council’s draft Standard to Support Learning and Assessment in Practice*.
The Health Professions Council’s Standards of Education and Training*.
The National Occupational Standards for Management and Leadership.
The Higher Education Authority’s Standards Framework for Teaching and Supporting Student Learning in Higher Education.
PROFESSIONAL AND STATUTORY STANDARDS
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| 2. Learning and Teaching in Practice |
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| 4. Assessment in Practice |
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| 5. Interprofessional Learning |
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| 6. Reflection |
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| 7. Diversity |
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3. Individual Profiles:
You may wish to save one of the files below as a template for an individual profile and use it for recording work that you have carried out toward achievement of the relevant standard. The standards contained in one of the following three files are:
If you would like to save one of the documents above on to your computer right click on the link and select the 'Save Target As...' option.
Last updated: 4 January 2006