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Postgraduate Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice

Postgraduate Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice. Induction & Refresher session for Educational and Practice Supervisors Online presentation 3: Roles and responsibilities. In this presentation we will cover. Roles and responsibilities of: Educational Supervisors Practice Supervisors

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Postgraduate Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice

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  1. Postgraduate Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice Induction & Refresher session for Educational and Practice Supervisors Online presentation 3: Roles and responsibilities

  2. In this presentation we will cover • Roles and responsibilities of: • Educational Supervisors • Practice Supervisors • Educational Programme Directors • A brief summary of what you should ask for and expect of diploma practitioners

  3. The importance of the supervisor • Work-based learning and workplace-based assessment requires excellent supervision, facilitation and role modelling • The systems and people involved in supporting these make up the local educational infrastructure – see next slide • If the local educational infrastructure isn’t robust, it will be difficult to run the programme

  4. Oversee junior development during a defined aspect. e.g. a rotation or a ward Oversee junior development throughout 3 year programme Educational infrastructure in Trust

  5. Supervisor Terminology • Changes to supervisor terminology have taken place See article for further details: The Pharmaceutical Journal 2010;285:191 and item 4 at http://www.jpbsoutheast.org/supervisor-support/

  6. Educational Programme Director – typical roles • Takes responsibility for local running of the programme • Link between Trust and universities/JPB • Responsible for training centre accreditation • Organises rotations and in-house support • Co-ordination/ support of ESs & PSs • Additional support for student if performance/ supervisor issues 6

  7. Educational Supervisor – typical roles • Assigned to individual practitioner for duration of the course • Provides practitioner support over the course • Monitors practitioner progress • Undertakes RITAs • Puts practitioner forward for academic assessments • In some centres the Educational Supervisor is also the line manager – with the pros and cons of this!

  8. The Many Hats of a Educational Supervisor • Pastor • Assessor • Diplomat • Adviser • Friendly colleague/cup of tea/chat • Teacher/trainer • Role model • Chief Whip • Juggler (still have the ‘day-job’ to do!)

  9. Practice Supervisors – typical roles • Anyone working day-to-day with the practitioner e.g. • section/rotation head or ward pharmacist • senior pharmacist, technician, other professional • more senior peer trained in assessment and feedback • Day-to-day training and assessment • Helps to provide the experience necessary to meet the learning outcomes in the relevant curriculum guides • Undertakes assessments as appropriate to area of service • Feeds into RITAs, GLFs and end of rotation assessments

  10. DAP lead (Defined area of practice) • A type of Practice Supervisor – day-to-day training and assessment • Runs DAP placement, helps to identify DAP tasks • Participates in DAP development & maintenance • Each Training Centre has it’s own relationship between DAP leads, Educational Supervisors and the Educational Programme Director

  11. Practitioner support and guidance Ed Supervisor (e.g. Clinical Services Manager) Learning Set Facilitator Practitioner Trust 1 Academic Facilitation Work Based Learning Practitioner Learning Set Practitioner Trust 2 Practitioner Trust 3 Practice Supervisor (MI) Practice Supervisor (Disp) Practice Supervisor (Clinical)

  12. What about the responsibilities of the diploma practitioner? Self directed learning includes taking responsibility for their diploma You shouldn’t have to chase them for assessments, RITAs and so on – they should come to you Make your expectations clear and ask how you can best support them, right from the start Refer if you have a practitioner who doesn’t take responsibility You shouldn’t have to always rescue them, particularly as they get into the programme

  13. Summary • We have covered the roles and responsibilities of supervisors involved with the diploma • We have briefly mentioned that diploma practitioners have responsibilities too • Please see if there are other online presentations that will help you and remember to refer back to the ‘Diploma Supervisor induction’ document

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