Teacher/Student Contact Hours

Interactive lectures, seminar presentations, workshops and tutorials will be used to explore the main areas of indicative content (60%). Students will also engage in small specialist group work (40%) in order to explore concepts related to their specific specialist requirements

Independent Learning:
Participants will engage in independent learning activities to prepare for seminar presentations within the classroom, engage in reading in order to contribute to and build upon classroom activities. Students should also utilise the Blackboard resources for the module to support classroom learning and independent learning activity and prepare for their assessed work (60%). Independent learning will also include learning strategies used for the development and improvement of their practice learning and teaching, including the development of reflective logs/journals, the use of practice supervision, supervisor/peer observation and review (40%).

The aim of this interprofessional module is to facilitate social workers, and other social and healthcare professionals to enable the learning and assessment of others in practice environments. Students will explore the following areas:
Facilitating professional and interprofessional learning including:
- Integrating professional standards, values and knowledge into practice learning
- Experiential and reflective approaches to facilitating learning in practice
- Developing a learning programme/curriculum for practice
- Facilitating interprofessional learning
- Supervision of practice
Assessment of practice including:
- The use of formative assessment in guiding professional learning
- Using observation and other forms of evidence to make decisions about practice competence/proficiency
- Summative assessment of practice at and beyond the level of initial professional qualification
- Managing candidates with difficulties in achieving progression
- Liaising with and supporting others with decision making in practice assessment
- Facilitating the contribution of service users and carers into the assessment process
- The concept of accountability
Enhancing the Learning environment including
- understanding and promoting equal opportunities for all within the practice learning environment, in line with anti discriminatory practice
- appraising the quality of the inter professional learning environment
Approaches to reflecting upon and evaluating learning in practice.

Throughout the module interactive teaching and learning strategies will facilitate engagement in reflection, discussion and peer review of ongoing practice experience.

Audio visual aids and equipment: laptop PC and data projector, OHP and flipchart, video /dvd camera and recorder/player, television.
Educational supervisor /assessor and access to relevant student(s) within the workplace or identified educational placement area.
PC with internet access, access To Blackboard VLE
Peer group within action learning set
Module and personal tutor.

Opportunity to undertake the appropriate practice based learning activities
An identified educational practice assessor within the workplace.

Hawkins, P ; Shohet, R; 2006 Supervision in the helping professions: 3rd edition Open University press IBSN 0-335-21817-2
Rolfe,G, Freshwater,D and Jasper,M (2001) Critical Reflection for Nursing and the helping professions. A users guide. Palgrave ISBN 0-333-77795-6
Stuart, C.C (2006) Assessment, Supervision and Support in Clinical Practice: a guide for nurses, midwives and other health professionals. Revised 2nd edition Churchill Livingstone ISBN 978-0443102677
Watson,F,Burrows,H,Player,C(2001)Integrating Theory and Practice in Social Work Education Jessica Kingsley ISBN 1853029815 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/staffordshire/

Additional Assessment Details:

The reflection will be focused on a chosen aspect of a programme of practice learning and assessment implemented for a relevant learner in a practice learning environment. The essay should identify an evidence based rationale for decisions taken during the facilitation and assessment of the chosen aspect of the learners programme and an appraisal of their role and responsibilities in assuring the quality of the interprofessional learning environment. An action plan for further development will be included.

The essay must be related to and supported by a selected profile of evidence from the students work based educational practice. This must include:
- a learning log illustrating relevant practice based learning and teaching activity.
- evidence of ongoing reflection and evaluation which informs ongoing teaching and assessment practice
- the provided assessment schedule which demonstrates successful observation of an episode of practice supervision which incorporates teaching learning and assessment activities.

Failure to include the above would result in the award of a fail grade.

(Assesses learning outcomes 1 - 4)

Both Elements of assessment mussed be passed

Formative Assessment:
Feedback from a nominated practice assessor
Feedback on reflective writing
Peer feedback following seminar presentation