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Evaluation of the Specialist Community Public Health Nursing Peripatetic Assessment Model

Deave, T., Novak, C., Brook, J. ORCID: 0000-0002-8867-0150 & Salmon, D. ORCID: 0000-0003-2562-2116 (2017). Evaluation of the Specialist Community Public Health Nursing Peripatetic Assessment Model. Community Practitioner, 90(8), pp. 45-47.

Abstract

The Health Visitor Implementation Plan 2011-15: a call to action, called for an additional 4200 health visitors to be trained by 2015. To accommodate larger numbers of students, specialist community public health nursing (SCPHN) programmes across the UK have undergone significant transformation in terms of practice supervision. Somerset Partnership NHS Trust introduced a peripatetic assessment model involving practice teachers and practice mentors. This differed from traditional one-to-one approaches of supervision to one-to-three. Practice teachers mostly supervised students through close collaboration with mentors who worked directly with students on a daily basis. Using a mixed methods approach, the evaluation aimed to assess the effectiveness of the new model from the perspective of SCPHN students, mentors, practice teachers (PTs) and managers. Data was collected through an anonymous online survey and individual interviews or focus groups. Overall, participants were positive about the peripatetic model’s impact on student learning and practice experience, in addition to the general up-skilling of the wider health visiting workforce and possible implications of continuation into the future. Any concerns raised focused on adequate preparation and support for mentors and the need for clear communication and role differentiation between practice teachers and mentors.

Publication Type: Article
Publisher Keywords: evaluation, Health Visitor Implementation Plan, supervision, practice teachers, SCPHN students.
Subjects: L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education
R Medicine > RT Nursing
Departments: School of Health & Psychological Sciences > Healthcare Services Research & Management
School of Health & Psychological Sciences > Nursing
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