Education for the future

1
(No Transcript)
2
Education for the future Rita
Newland Professional Officer Unite the
Union/CPHVA
3
Educating for a Skilled WorkforceEducation for
the Future

• Rita Newland, Professional Officer
• Unite the Union/CPHVA

4
Overview

• Context for specialist community public health
  nurse education
• Key issues for educating a skilled workforce
• Discussion

5
Context for Education

• NMC (2009) Nurse registration with degree from
  September 2011
• DH (2008) Review of post-registration nursing
  careers
• NMC (2008) Standards to support learning and
  assessment in practice

6
Context for Education

• 52 week SCPHN programmes
• Full and part time programmes
• Public health policy and practice, evidence based
  practice and discipline instruction

7
Key Issues

• Lead time to application
• Calibre of applicants
• Limited criteria for entry

• Need for Masters level programmes
• Continuity of career development
• Theory-Practice gap and the Practice-theory gap

8
Key Issues

• Annual commissioning programme
• Training versus Education debate

• Local/National/
• International need tension
• Reduction in the number of places on education
  programmes

9
SWOT Analysis
10
SWOT Analysis

• STRENGTHS
• Coherent/modular programme
• 5050 learning and theory
• Recognised programme

• Supernumerary status
• Opportunity to engage with the wider public
  health practice
• Strengthening of public health components of
  pre-registration nurse education programmes

11
SWOT Analysis

• WEAKNESSES
• Ability to demonstrate cost effectiveness
• Achieving optimal balance of generic public
  health versus specialist modules within
  programmes

• Limited consensus about required skills and
  knowledge
• Limited availability of places
• Fixed term funding

12
SWOT Analysis

• OPPORTUNITIES
• Health care/service agenda
• Graduate nursing
• SCPHN specialities

• Statute debate
• NMC registration (nursing versus non-nurse
  entrants to the profession)

13
SWOT Analysis

• THREATS
• Alternative CPD approach
• Ad-hoc module approach
• Threat to programmes

• Non-specific fitness for practice and purpose
  debate
• Unpredictable funding
• Limited contribution to consultations

14
Education Committee

• Who is your education link?

• Margaret Wade (Chair)
• Vacant
• Louise Hales
• Jacqueline Reynolds/Jayne Garfield
• Mary Baron-Hall
• Lyn Gale
• Mandy Amin
• Anita McCrum
• Tanya Dennis
• Wendy Wigley
• Kitty Lamb
• Penny Franklyn

• South West region
• Scotland
• Northern Ireland
• Wales
• North West region
• North East region
• East Midlands
• Yorkshire
• South East region
• UKSC (co-opted)
• SCPT (co-opted)
• Equalities / Prescribing

15
Conclusion Educating for a Skilled Workforce

• Questions?
• What is the Vision?

• Education versus training
• Commitment to coherent programmes
• Opportunities and responsibilities

16
(No Transcript)