Coaching model for clinical practice Pre COVID-19 the Practice Educator Facilitator team had commenced the introduction of a coaching model to support clinical supervision and assessment. COVID-19 stalled the embedding of this approach, it was recognised that this was an area to revisit. Therefore, to support this a Practice Educator Facilitator was seconded for 0.4 whole time equivalent. The role will support the education and development of a coaching model in defined placement areas. The role will help to engage with key stakeholders, support the implementation of the coaching model (CLiP) and its evaluation to support capacity expansion, student leadership and decision-making skills. Access to IT in the community services To support the expansion and experience of students whilst on community placements with our district Nursing teams, following the introduction of agile working and reduced office space. A small number of laptops have been purchased for the care communities to facilitate the students to engage with the full assessment process of patients in their care.
Challenges
• Potential lack of personal connection when delivering virtual training, it requires careful facilitation.
• Requires the use of a full time Practice Educator Facilitator plus addition trainers for week of virtual training to manage and facilitate the delivery and monitoring of attendance. • Specialist equipment and facilitation required to deliver the virtual ward, additional support requiredfrom specialist multi-disciplinary staff that includes medical teams, AHP, resus team and security.
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Policy to be developed for student laptops.
• Recruitment of the right candidate to drive forward a coaching model with key stakeholders.
Key Outcomes
The virtual learning week provides an opportunity to support placement capacity and delivers a week of learning to meet the needs of students in clinical practice.
The use of additional laptops in the community will provide additional capacity and the opportunity for students to meet their learning outcomes.
The virtual ward has offered the opportunity for a multi professional and fully immersive approach to learning from simulation. This has offered high fidelity learning that can be applied to clinical practice moving forward. The Practice Educator Facilitator role to implement coaching has been delayed due to recruitment.
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