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Introducing AHP Practice Placement Partnership Agreements

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).

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Introducing AHP Practice Placement Partnership Agreements

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  1. Introducing AHP Practice Placement Partnership Agreements

  2. 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)

  3. “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

  4. Tier 2 AHP Placement Agreement Operational detail, common agreement for all AHPs Tier 3 Uni-professional, Health Board, or HEI Specific requirements Placement No’s Tier 1 Stakeholder Statement Values, Principles, Intentions How is the Agreement structured?

  5. Tier 1: Stakeholder Statement • 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

  6. 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 agreement • Covers all pre-registration AHP placements • 6.0 States Practice Educator Preparation & Support • 7.0 Equality & Diversity

  7. Tier 2: Practice Placement Partnership Agreement • 8.0 Complaints Processes • 9.0 Quality Assurance & Improvement of Placements • 10.0 Risk Management • Disclosure/ Criminal Records Check • Health Checks • Insurance • Providing a Safe Workplace • Placement Commitment • Information Sharing • 11.0 Confidentiality, FOI, Data Protection

  8. Tier 3: Local Schedule • Only where necessary • Will contain ‘placement weeks’ per profession

  9. How are placement weeks calculated? • 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

  10. Here is an example. • 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.

  11. Tier 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

  12. BenefitsofFormalArrangements • 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

  13. Implementation in NHS Boards • 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

  14. Implementation Across NHSScotland • 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

  15. 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

  16. Introducing AHP Practice Placement Partnership Agreements

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