introducing ahp practice placement partnership agreements
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Introducing AHP Practice Placement Partnership Agreements. Background. Building on Success (SEHD, 2002) AHP Practice Placements Project (NES, 2004 - 06) AHP Practice Education Stakeholder Conference, (Murrayfield Stadium, 2005) AHP Practice Education Facilitation Programme (2007 – 09). - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Introducing AHP Practice Placement Partnership Agreements
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• Building on Success (SEHD, 2002)
• AHP Practice Placements Project (NES, 2004 - 06)
• AHP Practice Education Stakeholder Conference, (Murrayfield Stadium, 2005)
• AHP Practice Education Facilitation Programme (2007 – 09)
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“Priority 2: Memoranda of understanding between practice placement providers and HEIs should be established to minimise the risk to students of unmet placement needs and to allow the HEIs to secure a degree of commitment from practice placement providers”. Pg 21
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How is the Agreement structured?
Tier 3
Uni-professional, Health Board, or
HEI Specific requirements
Placement No’s
Tier 2
AHP Placement Agreement
Operational detail, common agreement
for all AHPs
Tier 1
Stakeholder Statement
Values, Principles, Intentions
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Acknowledges:– central role of placements to prepare workforce– continuous changes in clinical practice– placements help develop students as safe,
competent, reflective practitioners to work in a range of settings
– Successful placement provision requires partnership working & shared responsibilities
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Tier 2: Practice Placement Partnership Agreement
3.0: States function & role of the HEI
4.0 States function & role of the Health Board
5.0 Scope of the agreementCovers all pre-registration AHP
placements
6.0 States Practice Educator Preparation & Support
7.0 Equality & Diversity
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Tier 2: Practice Placement Partnership Agreement
8.0 Complaints Processes9.0 Quality Assurance & Improvement of Placements10.0 Risk Management
Disclosure/ Criminal Records CheckHealth ChecksInsuranceProviding a Safe WorkplacePlacement CommitmentInformation Sharing
11.0 Confidentiality, FOI, Data Protection
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• Only where necessary
• Will contain ‘placement weeks’ per profession
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The number of students
Multiplied by
The proportion of a week each student spends on placement
e.g. 0.4 = 2 days
0.8 = 4 days
1.0 = 5 days
Multiplied by
The number of weeks each student spends on placement
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10 physio students on placement full time for 10 weeks
10 X 1.0 x 10 = 100 placement weeks
10 SLT students on placement for one session (half a day) for 6 weeks
10 X 0.1 x 6 = 6 placement weeks
Comparisons across different models of placement can be made.
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MultidisciplinaryTier 3: National Dietetics Schedule
• Drafted with Scottish Dietetics Alliance
• Captures differences for Dietetics– National allocation process– Target placement weeks for boards– Commitment to process rather than HEI
• Undertaking to develop workforce-led methodologies for determining placement commitment from HEIs
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• Clarification of roles, responsibilities & obligations based on HPC Standards of Education and Training
• Improvement of risk, governance & quality • Information sharing, placement planning & equity,
future workforce• Raised profile, educational recognition, supports
consistency across professions• Cited as good international practice e.g. Rodger et al
2007
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• AHP Networks will be crucial to implementation• Professional Leads will have responsibility for:
– determining placement numbers, distribution of placements
– Advising AHP Director/Lead Delivering on content of agreement via professional networks and across services
• Timing and fine tuning will need to be undertaken in discussion with HEI partners
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• Test implementation: NHS Lanarkshire (Sept 2009)
• National event (March 2010)
• Cohort 1 (May 2010): Three Health Boards
• Cohort 2 (January 2011): Six Health Boards
• Cohort 3 (October 2011): Six Health Boards
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Support Mechanisms for Implementation of Agreements
• National AHP PEF Programme Pre-registration Reference Group
• Signatories for the organisation (Hazel Dykes)
• Key contact per organisation (AHP PEL Role)
• Key contact meetings for each Cohort every six weeks
• Sharing of resources