Gillian, that sounds like it would be really useful (ie. protocols &
guidelines for placement). Best wishes, Jacqui
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tober Gillian (Leeds PFT)" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, November 26, 2009 10:32 am
Subject: Re: core skills
> Hi all
> We have some protocols for auditing the suitability of placements for
> our practice based undergraduate modules if anyone is interested,
> and we
> have guidelines for practice mentors, for learning outcomes and a
> reflective practice journal.
>
> Also, I think the SSA might be interested in a joint venture and
> anyonecaring to take this forward might look at the support for
> projectscriteria on the SSA website
> Regards
> Gillian
>
> Dr Gillian Tober
>
> Honorary Consultant in Addiction Psychology
> Head of Training
> Clinical Services Manager
> Leeds Addiction Unit
> 19 Springfield Mount
> Leeds
> LS2 9NG
>
> Tel: 0113 295 1315
> Fax: 0113 295 2770
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Addiction Course Convenors
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Daren
> Britt
> Sent: 25 November 2009 12:21
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [Addiction Course Convenors] core skills
>
> Hi,
>
> An interesting point here, certainly for course which seek to develop
> 'practitioners' then an assessed work placement is a valuable
> component.It is a core aspect of training in other professions so
> why not ours?
> Perhaps something we can be looking at as a group/association is
> how to
> support the development of relationships with community/service
> providers to provide placements. Maybe guidelines or examples of best
> practice. Where courses currently have placements maybe we can
> undertakesome research to identify how this is experienced by the
> serviceproviders? Our first joint venture with the SSA?
>
> On a separate note I have started to point out to service providers
> andothers who raise the issue of being 'too theoretical' that
> (certainly at
> Brighton) we have a huge range of professional courses e.g. Social
> work,Nursing and midwifery, counselling, a medical school (with
> Sussex Uni),
> a School of Management, a School of Computing, Pharmacy, Wine studies
> etc etc... in fact if they wish to draw the (false) distinction
> between'theoretical' and 'Practical' it is we who deliver a far
> wider range of
> practical courses than any of our FE colleagues. That is another
> one of
> our strengths. Perhaps we need to start being more proactive and
> integrating this into our presentation/narrative at the Skills
> Consortium (and elsewhere)"HE: the home of vocational education".
>
> Best wishes
>
> Dr. Daren D Britt
> (01273) 643548
> Senior Lecturer in Substance Misuse
> School of Applied Social Science
> University of Brighton
> Falmer
> Brighton. BN1 9PH
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Addiction Course Convenors
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> A.C.Ashenhurst
> Sent: 25 November 2009 09:36
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: core skills
>
> I'll include assessed teaching programmes as a curriculum criterion.
> Non-assessed teaching programmes were, understandably, a key
> complaintfrom service providers - where QA cannot be determined. Andy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Addiction Course Convenors
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> Priest,Tony G. (Dr.)
> Sent: 25 November 2009 09:27
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: core skills
>
> I think Jim has a good point here. Perhaps we should add something
> about assessed work placement to address possible perceptions that we
> are "too theoretical"? Or would that run into the problem that not
> allcourses have assessed work placements?
>
> Are we up against the limits of what can be considered "Core" for
> all HE
> courses on this issue?
>
> Regards,
>
> Tony Priest
> Course Director, Foundation Degree in Drug and Alcohol Counselling
> University of Leicester
> 01604-736231
>
> Course Website: www.le.ac.uk/lifelonglearning/counselling/courses
> ________________________________________
> From: Addiction Course Convenors
> [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jim Jones
> [[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 24 November 2009 20:25
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: core skills
>
> I do fear that the NTA and commissioners do not really understand the
> nature of HE. The recent debate about graduate nurses (a fact since
> 1968) may be repeated regarding 'graduate' drug workers. Some explicit
> HE learning outcomes related to critical analysls, synthesis and
> relvanttransferable skills in information handling would not go amiss.
>
> Jim Jones
> (retired from HE but now immersed in practice in the field)
>
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