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Department of Practice Learning - Supporting Education in Practice
School ofNursing, Midwifery and Social Work ProfessionsNursing Assessors Newsletter Autumn 2013
PRACTICE LEADMichael Adams - Senior Academic Practice QualityT: 0121 331 7146F: 0121 331 6163E: [email protected]
PRACTICE LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT NETWORKLouise Hunt – Practical Assessment Co-ordinatorT: 0121 331 6166E: [email protected]
Karen Cross – Senior Lecturer (MH / LD)T: 0121 331 6065E: [email protected]
Susie Guthrie – Senior Lecturer (Child)T: 0121 331 7016E: [email protected]
Sonja Carey – Senior Lecturer (Adult)T: 0121 331 7171E: [email protected]
DISABILITY SUPPORTNick Gee – Disability Support LecturerT: 0121 202 4531E: [email protected]
ASSESSMENT AND MENTORSHIP PREPARATIONLouise Hunt – Senior LecturerT: 0121 331 6166E:[email protected]
ADMINISTRATION MANAGER Ramona DownerT: 0121 331 6047E: [email protected]
ASSESSMENT AND MENTORSHIP PREPARATIONVictoria Holbrook – Administrative AssistantT: 0121 331 7043E: [email protected]
PLACEMENT ALLOCATIONSIrene Benjamin – Adult Field: North, East and South CircuitsT: 0121 331 7007E: [email protected]
Kathryn Price – MH and LD FieldT: 0121 331 7132E: [email protected]
Sarah Redpath – Child Field and Adult Field: West CircuitT: 0121 331 7005E: [email protected]
DISABILITY SUPPORTSheikh SelaT: 0121 331 6071E: [email protected]
24 HOUR SICKNESS/ABSENCE LINET: 0121 331 7010E: [email protected]
PRACTICE LEARNING HELPLINET: 0121 331 7169
UNIVERSITY SWITCHBOARDT: 0121 331 5000
MARY SEACOLE LIBRARYLending Enquiries – 0121 331 5278Reference Enquiries – 0121 331 6012Ask the libraryhttp://library.bcu.ac.uk/contactus.htm
MENTOR WEBSITEwww.bcu.ac.uk/health/dpl-mentors
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Faculty of HealthSeventh Annual Health and Social Care Awards19 July 2013, The Botanical Gardens, Edgbaston
Assessors of excellenceCongratulations and thank you to our latest assessors of excellence. All have been nominated by students or colleagues using a form available on the DLP web site.
Name Placement AreaHaswad Sham The Zinnia Centre, BSMHFTKul Sembi Ward 9, Heartlands HospitalKim Vaziritabar Rapid Response, St Patricks Centre, BCHCCherie O’Connell Solihull Renal Dialysis UnitSean Ward Ward 18, Good Hope HospitalEmma Gasson Chamomile, The BarberryDave Winwood John Taylor Hospice
Birmingham City University, Faculty of Health First in the UK to be Awarded The British Dyslexia Association Kite Mark
Multi-professional Mentor EventLisa Lawton, Practice Placement Manager, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust reports on a joint initiative to update mentors.
52 Mentors attended a joint multi-professional mentor event between Birmingham City Univeristy and Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust (HEFT) took place at Good Hope Hospital on October 8th. The event was two half day sessions for mentors to all undergraduate students with the Trust. The morning session included opening addresses by our senior nurses - Jo Richmond – Corporate Nurse and our Chief nurse Sam Foster.
Speakers of the day were Louise Hunt - Lead nurse for Practice, BCU, Nick Gee - Senior Lecturer, Disability Tutor- BCU and Ruth Gilks – Practice Placement Manager, HEFT.
Louise presented her PHD research in relation to failing students and the reasons why this may be happening and what is needed to change this culture within Nursing and other allied health professional s worldwide. The delegates discussed, shared and debated their own practical experiences with each other.
Nick Gee, Disabilities Tutor, Faculty of Health reports on this achievement...
Birmingham City University’s Faculty of Health have become the first Faculty of a UK University to be awarded Dyslexia Friendly accreditation by the British Dyslexia Association (BDA).
The project to become accredited with the BDA involved a thorough review and evaluation of the Faculty’s policies, procedures and support mechanisms, and included several stakeholder events.
Consultation between staff, students, and practice partners contributed to the success of the project and over 180 dyslexic students provided feedback on their experience of receiving support and accessing resources within the Faculty.
The verification process included two verifiers from the BDA spending a whole day within the Faculty, consulting with stakeholders and reviewing over a dozen folders of evidence which had been compiled over a period of two years to meet the exacting standards required for accreditation.
The Faculty’s Learning and teaching resources, along with its enabling and supportive culture and environment were particularly commended in the BDA’s findings.
Faculty of Health Disability Tutor, Nick Gee, who led the project said “I am delighted that we have been recognised for the support and resources we provide for all our students, including dyslexic students. I would like to thank everybody who was involved with the steering group, and took part in the stakeholder consultations”
The Faculty’s accredited status cements their position at the forefront of providing excellent support for their students, and already there are other projects in the pipeline to follow on from this success.
The Faculty of Health currently holds Dyslexia friendly accredited status until 2016 when a revalidation event will take place.
Nick explored disability what it means and how we can support students in practice.
His presentation was lively and enthusiastic and he used relevant and pertinent examples that the audience were able to link with.
The Final speaker of the day, Ruth, discussed the issues that mentors face whilst facing the struggling student and used examples of when issues were not raised. Some of them highlighted the need for mentors to raise their concerns and use the support networks around them to support themselves and each other through the process of assessment. This in turn enables a standard for the quality of our future workforce and the public are protected.
This buzz around the venue during the networking coffee time demonstrated that mentors are engaging in the process and were sharing good practice experiences as well as widening their support networks across not only the organisation but externally and across professions as this is an issue for all.
All 52 delegates from across the professions that attended are now updated and maintain their live mentor status on the Trust database and have evidence for their triennial review.
Congratulations to the following practice placements and student nurses whose achievements were recognised and celebrated at this event.
Student Nurse Practice AwardWinner – Jodie KirbyThe Angela Gallagher memorial prize for nursing and midwifery.
Trust Nominated Practice WardWinner – Vicky Lowry- Delivery Suite, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital
Highly Commended – Accident and Emergency Department, Good Hope Hospital
Endoscopy Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
Student Nominated Practice AwardWinner – Aspen Ward, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital
Highly Commended – The Green Stratford Road
Weoley Castle Community Midwives Team
James Bassett, Education Facilitator, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital
Wing Commander P.E.H Thomas Memorial Trophy AwardWinner – Jamie LennonMade to a military student who has excelled in mentoring and supporting fellow students.
Student Nurses of ExcellenceBSc Nursing RNWinner – Maya Motamedi
Diploma HE NursingWinner – Jane Farmer
Graduate Diploma Nursing RNWinner – Nancy White
Faculty of HealthSeventh Annual Health and Social Care Awards19 July 2013, The Botanical Gardens, Edgbaston
