Development Activities
The CEPPL has as its mission the enhancement of placement or practice learning to the benefit of students, educators (Higher Education and practice based), and service users. While the Centre is located within the Health and Social Care arena, it is anticipated that much of our work may be appropriately disseminated to any discipline that incorporates a placement or practice component.
Preparing and Training Staff
Students learn best in practice when supported by staff who have been thoroughly prepared for and are well supported in their role. .. Read MoreSupporting Students with Disabilities
This development activity aims to assist the CEPPL through its various activities to improve placement opportunities as well as support for disabled students. .. Read MoreAssessment in Practice
The aim of this development activity is to develop generic guidelines for best practice in relation to assessment in and of practice. .. Read MoreRethinking Interprofessional Education and Development
This development activity is concerned with interprofessional learning as it relates to placement or practice activity. As such it has a number of aims. .. Read MoreMonitoring and Enhancing the Placement Learning Context.
The Department of Health (2004), through Skills for Health, introduced a new framework to monitor and enhance the quality of practice placement learning. .. Read MoreObjective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs)
This development activity is exploring existing knowledge about objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs). .. Read MoreEnhancing Library Access
This activity aims to explore the perceptions of placement students in relation to access to library and information services using a qualitative approach. .. Read MoreEnhancing Placement Learning via Mobile Technology
The M-Learning project is exploring the value that mobile learning can bring to students' educational experiences while they are on placement. .. Read MoreResearch and Development
The research team within the Centre consists of a Research Fellow (Dr. Lynne Callaghan) and research assistants with experience of working within health and social care. .. Read MoreTransformative Placement Opportunities
The primary aim of this activity is to develop new, innovative, interprofessional placement opportunities for students, with an explicitly transformative agenda. .. Read More