Resources

Alternative Supervision Models:

There are a range of alternatives to the 1:1, student/supervisor model such as multiple students to supervisors, coaching and collaborative learning models.

Guidance: HEE webinar (30mins) ideas here

Example: Coaching and mentoring

Standards Frameworks: Normal curriculum guidance applies as described by each professional body

Example: 2:1 Peer placement supervision

Policy: Normal curriculum guidance applies as described by each professional body

Example: Collaborative Learning in Practice (CLiP)

On-site clinics:

An “onsite clinic” is a setting that delivers health services, delivered by healthcare students under the supervision of registered AHPs, usually to the local community. Most of them are located at or close to university premises.

Guidance: Webinar slides (video pending)

Example: TBC

Standards Frameworks: Normal curriculum guidance applies as described by each professional body

Example: TBC

Policy: Normal curriculum guidance applies as described by each professional body

Example: Benefits of on-site clinics

Role emerging placements:

Definition of role emerging placement (REP) AKA Contemporary Placements

These placements take place in an organisation that does not have an established AHP role and their AHP educator/supervisor oversees their experience from a separate host organisation. They are more common in occupational therapy education but are applicable across most allied health professions.

Guidance: Tips for Setting up a role emerging placement

Example: Challenges arising from role emerging placement

Standards Frameworks: Making the most of Allied Health Professionals

Example: HEE webinar

Policy: Normal curriculum guidance applies as described by each professional body

Example: Diverse placements

TECS (Technologically enhanced Care Services):

TECS placements which involve technologies such as telehealth, telecare, telemedicine, telecoaching and self-care apps as models of service delivery. These approaches have the potential to transform the way people engage in and control their own healthcare, empowering them to manage it in a way that is right for them. These are becoming commonplace in delivering a range of AHP services. It is important that students engage with this type of service delivery as part of their placement experience in order to equip them for the current and future workplace practices.

Guidance: HEE webinar

Example: AHP remote care guidance

Standards Frameworks: Normal curriculum guidance applies as described by each professional body

Example: Evidence for telemedicine

Policy: HCPC position on TECS

Example: NHS England repository on TECS

Simulation

‘Simulation is a technique to replace or amplify real experiences with guided experiences, often immersive in nature, that evoke or replicate substantial aspects of the real world in a fully safe, instructive and interactive fashion.’ Gaba DM. (2007) The future vision of simulation in healthcare. Simulation in Healthcare; 2:126-135

Guidance: Slides from HEE webinar of simulation

Example: Association for simulated practice in healthcare

Standards Frameworks: Standards for simulation in healthcare education

Example: Simulated Telemedicine Environment Project for Students (STEPS)

Policy: HCPC position on simulation as placement alternative during COVID 19

Example: Virtual Clinical Placement