Summary of Outcomes of Approval

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Summary of Outcomes of Approval Monitoring
Activities 2005-2006

• Barbara Bradley
• Professional Officer NIPEC

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Introduction

• NIPECs quality assurance activities are
  based on
• NMC standards for course approval and
  monitoring.. and
• DHSSPS Framework for monitoring of non NMC
  regulated education and practice development
  (piloted during 2005-2006)

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Approval of NMC regulated programmes 2005-2006

• The Beeches In-service Education Consortium
• Return to Midwifery Practice Programme
• University Of Ulster
• Pre-registration nursing programme (adult and
  mental health)
• Queens University Belfast
• Pre-registration nursing programme (adult,
  mental health, learning disability childrens)
• Queens University Belfast
• Overseas nurses programme

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Monitoring NMC regulated programmes 2005-2006

• Monitoring activities four key themes
• The importance of clinical placement experience
• Ongoing developments in partnership-working
  between education service
• Increased involvement of service provider
  expertise to programme planning and delivery
• Taking account of the education providers own
  annual reporting processes

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Monitoring of NMC regulated programmes 2005-2006

• NIPEC samples a range of programmes in each
  monitoring year to meet NMC and DHSSPS
  requirements
• QUB programmes
• Pre-reg midwifery (three year shortened)
• Lecturer / Practice Educator programme
• UU programmes
• Community programmes
• Lecturer Practice Educator Programmes

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NIPEC monitoring activities includes

• Analysis of education providers annual reports
• Attendance at course committees
• Meetings / discussions with external examiners
• Meetings with students
• Meetings with lecturers and course directors
• Meetings with senior managers (education)
• Meetings with senior service managers, ward
  managers and mentors
• Attendance at education / service liaison
  meetings
• Observation of sample of practice placement
  audits
• Analysis of course documentation

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Summary of outcomes of monitoring NMC regulated
programmes 2005-2006

• From data reviewed, evidence was generally
  positive and found that the programmes monitored
  continued to meet NMC requirements.
• External examiners reported favourably on all the
  programmes monitored.
• Service and education partners continue to
  collaborate in programme development and delivery

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NIPEC Expert Education Partners

• Partners recruited from learning disability,
  mental health, childrens, midwifery and adult
  nursing
• Training is ongoing
• All partners were involved with NIPEC officers in
  approval and monitoring activities during
  2005-2006
• The additional expertise provided by partner
  input is invaluable
• Recruitment of new expert education partners in
  2007

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NMC programme monitoring 2005-2006 Areas for
enhancement and action

• Variability in the quality of mentorship support
  was identified as an ongoing issue
• Link lecturer support in some pre-reg community
  placements requires further strengthening
• Some midwife mentors in new placement areas
  experienced some difficulties resolved by
  ongoing support from link lecturers
• Involvement with link supervisors of midwives has
  been strengthened

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Practice Learning

• A sample of practice placement audits were
  observed across nursing and midwifery settings
• Link lecturer systems continue to develop
• More consistent input from service mangers
  observed
• Variation continues in the numbers of students
  similar clinical areas support
• Mentorship preparation and support requires
  ongoing development

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QA of DHSSPS commissioned programmes / practice
development activities (piloting of the new
system during 2005-2006)

• New monitoring tool / system developed
• Piloting involved monitoring one programme from
  each education provider and a practice
  development activity in one HPSS Trust
• Evaluation of the process resulted in some minor
  changes to the monitoring tool but confirmed the
  tool to be valid and reliable
• Full implementation of the process will commence
  in 2006-2007

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Conclusion

• NIPEC continues to develop systems to meet NMC
  programme approval and monitoring requirements
• New developments to monitor non NMC / DHSSPS
  commissioned programmes and activities
• Ongoing developments in the NIPEC Expert
  Education Partners input into QA activities
• NIPEC continues to support service and education
  providers with regard to the implementation of
  the new NMC standards to support learning and
  assessment in practice