Development Activities
This development activity aims to assist the CEPPL through its various activities to improve placement opportunities as well as support for disabled students.
Assessment in Practice
The aim of this development activity is to develop generic guidelines for best practice in relation to assessment in and of practice. Assessment is a vital component in any programme, but particularly so in professional placement learning where it measures the student`s ability to practice competently. .. Read MoreRethinking Interprofessional Education and Development
This development activity is concerned with interprofessional learning as it relates to placement or practice activity. .. 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 activity, which forms the basis of this team`s activity (Ongoing Quality Monitoring and Enhancement - OQME). .. Read MoreObjective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs)
This Development Activity has now been completed. .. 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. Placement settings for University of Plymouth students are widely distributed across the South West Peninsula, and beyond. Students can feel remote from the support offered on the University campus - such as learning resources, library facilities, fellow students, tutors and lecturers. The use of mobile devices offers huge potential to address these issues. .. 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. Lynne is a psychology graduate who has a wide experience of a range of quantitative and qualitative research methods and has worked on varying health related and pedagogic research projects. .. 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