Introducing AHP Practice Placement Partnership Agreements

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Introducing AHP Practice Placement Partnership Agreements


MultidisciplinaryBackground

• 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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“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


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How is the Agreement structured?

Tier 3

Uni-professional, Health Board, or

HEI Specific requirements

Placement No’s

Tier 2

AHP Placement Agreement

Operational detail, common agreement

for all AHPs

Tier 1

Stakeholder Statement

Values, Principles, Intentions


MultidisciplinaryTier 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


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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 agreementCovers all pre-registration AHP

placements

6.0 States Practice Educator Preparation & Support

7.0 Equality & Diversity


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Tier 2: Practice Placement Partnership Agreement

8.0 Complaints Processes9.0 Quality Assurance & Improvement of Placements10.0 Risk Management

Disclosure/ Criminal Records CheckHealth ChecksInsuranceProviding a Safe WorkplacePlacement CommitmentInformation Sharing

11.0 Confidentiality, FOI, Data Protection


MultidisciplinaryTier 3: Local Schedule

• Only where necessary

• Will contain ‘placement weeks’ per profession


MultidisciplinaryHow 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


MultidisciplinaryHere 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.


MultidisciplinaryTier 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


MultidisciplinaryBenefits of Formal Arrangements

• 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


MultidisciplinaryImplementation 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


MultidisciplinaryImplementation 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


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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


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Introducing AHP Practice Placement Partnership Agreements

Introducing AHP Practice Placement Partnership Agreements

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