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Knowledge and skills required of a mentor?

Knowledge and skills required of a mentor?. Linda Edmond. Three key knowledge and skills areas required?. Knowledge and skills of assessment . Creating action plans. Undertake interviews with students. What is assessment?.

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Knowledge and skills required of a mentor?

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  1. Knowledge and skills required of a mentor? Linda Edmond

  2. Three key knowledge and skills areas required? • Knowledge and skills of assessment . • Creating action plans. • Undertake interviews with students.

  3. What is assessment? • Assessment is a measurement that directly relates to the quality and quantity of learning and is therefore concerned with students progress and attainment Nicklin P & Kenworthy N (2000) Teaching & Assessing in Nursing Practice: An Experiential Approach (3rd ed) London, Balliere Tindall

  4. Assessment • “ Assessment is related to collecting information as evidence of the student/learners ability to perform particular clinical skills or competences” (Gopee N 2008 Mentoring and Supervision in Health care p130 London, Sage)

  5. What is the purpose of assessment? • To assess performance in practice against the relevant NMC standards • Outcomes for entry to branch • Standards of Proficiency for entry to the register • To establish competence and fitness for practice

  6. Framework to support learning and assessment in practice • Establishing effective working relationships • Facilitation of learning • Assessment and accountability • Evaluation of learning • Creating an environment for learning • Context of practice • Evidence-based practice • Leadership (NMC Standards 2008)

  7. Types of assessment • Episodic Assessment at a single point in time • Continuous On-going assessment • Formative Developmental • Summative Formal judgement of performance

  8. What makes a good assessment? • Being prepared • Fair (equality and diversity) • Objective • Honest • Timely • Feedback

  9. Cardinal Criteria for Assessment • Validity Measures what it supposed to • Reliability Consistency Inter/intra-mentor reliability • Discrimination Differentiate between levels of competence • Practicality (usability)

  10. What are the 3 Learning Domains you assess in practice? • Psychomotor – dexterity • Cognitive – knowledge and understanding • Affective - attitudes • Bloom Taxonomy (1956)

  11. Steinekar & Bell’s Taxonomy (1979) • Exposure - Some knowledge of methods used, willingness to participate • Participation- Interact well with patients, carries out activities under supervision • Identification- Shows initiative, applies theory to practice • Internalisation - Problem solve by analysis and evaluation, willing to share experiences • Dissemination - Teach patients/clients/families, write and verbalise info about management issues Steinekar N & Bell M (1979) The Experiential Learning: A New Approach to Teaching and Learning New York, Academic Press

  12. Writing Action Plans Action plans should be: S - Specific M - Measurable A - Achievable R - Realistic T - Timed

  13. Action Plans • Are defined as ‘a must-achieve device that identifies competencies that need to be achieved by an identified date during the practice placement, non-achievement of which would lead to a fail mark being awarded.’ (Gopee, 2008)

  14. The interview process • Inital interview • Interim • Final interview • Following the process.

  15. Refereces and suggested further reading • Goope N (2008) Mentoring and Supervison in Health Care London Sage • NMC (2008) A standard to support learning and assessment in practice London NMC • NMC (2008) Code of Professional Conduct:standards for conduct, performance and ethics. London NMC • Nicklin P Kenworthy N (2000) Teaching & Aseesssing in Nursing Practice: An experientail approach (3rd ed) London Ballieiere

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