Prepares students for their work in clinical and fieldwork settings
In all health professions, students are required to spend a certain number of hours in a healthcare setting working within their discipline-specific profession. This requirement is essential to becoming a competent health professional and practitioner. Clinical and Fieldwork Placement in the Health Professions, Second Edition, helps to prepare students for their work in clinical and fieldwork settings.
A logical approach takes you from student to health professionalPart 1 covers broader issues such as getting ready for placement, your role, rights and responsibilities, supervision, assessment and working in teams. Part 2 provides information on a variety of clinical fieldwork placement settings, and how to prepare for each. Part 3 helps you transition from student to fieldwork educator and includes information about recruiting students back to your workplace.Encourages multidisciplinary practiceThe key to good health practice is to have all health professionals working together successfully with shared skills in reflective practice and in engaging clients in care. This text uses clinical examples to demonstrate interdisciplinary teamwork in action, and encourages reflective and ethical practice.Includes advice from a wide range of contributorsGreat depth and diversity of experience from health practitioners across Australia provides a well-rounded approach to your fieldwork experience, including interviews with clinical supervisors from nursing and allied health professions.NEW TO THIS EDITIONNew chapter, ‘Working in Palliative Care’New chapter, ‘Becoming a Reflective Practitioner’Portfolio development exercises, which help to shape a student’s clinical portfolioMore detail on competency standards for students on placementA ‘supervisor profile’ (interview) within each chapter of Part 2 shows students the role of the supervisor and the supervisor’s expectations during placement.
Karen Stagnitti Professor, Personal Chair, Occupational Science and Therapy Program, School of Health and Social Development, Deakin UniversityAdrian Schoo Professor, Flinders Innovation in Clinical Education Cluster, School of Medicine, Flinders UniversityDianne Welch Director of Clinical Studies, School of Nursing, Deakin University
In all health professions, students are required to spend a certain number of hours in a healthcare setting working within their discipline-specific profession. This requirement is essential to becoming a competent health professional and practitioner. Clinical and Fieldwork Placement in the Health Professions, Second Edition, helps to prepare students for their work in clinical and fieldwork settings. The text is divided into three parts. Part 1 Issues for Practice presents information that is important for students and supervisors to know-regardless of the clinical setting. This includes how to get the most out of your fieldwork, working in teams and how to prepare for placement. Part 2 Contexts of Practice explores various clinical settings (i.e. working with mothers and babies, working in acute care, working in mental health) and guides the student through what to prepare for, what toexpect and issues that would be helpful to be aware of during placement. Part 3 Transition to Practice provides information on the transition from student to fieldwork educator and on some of the issues involved in supervision of a student. This second edition continues to encourage multidisciplinary practice, reinforcing that the key to good health practice is to have all health professionals working together successfully with shared skills in reflective practice, and engaging clients in care and ethical practice. New to this edition are chapters on 'Working in Palliative Care' and 'Becoming a Reflective Practitioner', more detail on the competency standards for students on placement, and new pedagogical features-'SupervisorProfiles' to help students prepare for clinical placements in various settings, and 'Portfolio Development Exercises' to help shape a students' professional practice portfolio.
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