Learning in the Workplace: A Toolkit for Facilitating Learning and Assessment in Health and Social Care Settings

This toolkit is designed for preparing practitioners for a mentorship role in their workplace. It enables readers to recognise learning opportunities, communicate their professional knowledge, provide students with appropriate support, judge performance, co-ordinate student contact with others in the workplace and develop awareness of the needs of students from diverse backgrounds. With plenty of activities and questions, the reader can assess their knowledge base and apply the concepts in the toolkit to their work setting. This new edition is fully updated and now includes: international contexualisation; more coverage on meeting the diverse needs of students; and a new chapter on meeting professional standards, which discusses the NMC standards as well as those of other disciplines. A new companion website makes valuable supplementary material available including further activities and articles on managing the placement learning experience, developing new supervisors, and making the most of reflection among others. This practical and easy-to-read book is an important resource for all those practitioners support students in the workplace.