ISBN:
9780702077623
Copyright:
2026
Publication Date:
03-09-2025
Page Count:
240
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Elsevier
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Supervision, Learning and Assessment in Clinical Practice, Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 4th Edition
by Sue Woodward, PhD MSc PGCEA RN FRCN and Sam Bassett
Elsevier eBook on VitalSource
ISBN:
9780702077623
Copyright:
2026
Publication Date:
03-09-2025
Page Count:
240
Imprint:
Elsevier
List Price:
$36.99
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Fully updated to comply with the latest Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and Health Professional Council (HPC) guidelines, this fourth edition of Supervision, Learning and Assessment in Clinical Practice (formerly Mentoring, Learning and Assessment in Clinical Practice) is an indispensable resource for clinical educators responsible for supervising and assessing nursing and allied health professional students. This book provides not only practical, evidence-based strategies for conducting fair and reliable assessments, but also delves into the theoretical foundations that support these practices.
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- Comprehensive Guidance: Practical strategies to manage the complexities and challenges of mentoring, learning, and assessing in clinical practice
- Focus on Accountability: Critical exploration of professional responsibility and accountability, including the legal ramifications surrounding clinical assessment
- Inclusive Education: Enhanced focus on meeting the needs of students with special requirements, including those with dyslexia, in compliance with the Disability Act of 2010
- Regulatory Alignment: Direct application for mentoring and assessment of health care students in professions regulated by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Professional Conduct: New material on monitoring and assessing professional conduct and behaviours, including a comprehensive list of professional behaviours for assessment
- Addressing 'Failure to Fail': Practical advice on managing assessment problems, including when students need to be failed and why assessors often give underperforming students the benefit of the doubt
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1. The Purposes and Nature of Assessment and Clinical Assessment
2. Responsibility and Accountability Surrounding Clinical Assessment
3. What do we Assess?
4. How do we Assess?
5. Conducting Defensible and Fair Assessments
6. Assessment as a Process to Support Learning
7. Monitoring Progress, Managing Feedback and making Assessment Decisions
8. Clinical Learning Environment as a Setting for Learning and Professional Development
9. Learning through Clinical Practice–Unearthing Meaning from Experience
Appendix
1: Declaration of Good Health and Good Character in Support of an Application for Admission to a Part of the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s Professional Register
2: Sample Unit With Its Elements and One Element of Competence With Its Associated Performance Criteria
3: Skills Checklist
4: Professional Behaviours Inventory -
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