Placement Learning in Health and Social Care
Lead Institution: University of Plymouth, Director: Professor Susan Lea
Contact: Sue F Smith, Tel: +44 (0)1752 232795, Email: s...@plymouth.ac.uk
University of Plymouth
24 Endsleigh Place
Drake Circus
Plymouth PL4 8AA
Website: www.plymouth.ac.uk/cetl/placement
The CETL concerns placement or practice learning in health and social care disciplines, based on recognised excellence in the University of Plymouth’s (UoP) social work, midwifery and post registration health profession programmes. The essence of this excellence is the delivery of consistent, high quality placement learning opportunities across a large geographical area. Provision is client/patient centred and informed by the ethos that students are a valuable resource, with whom we work jointly, to improve the work setting so that it better serves needs.
The CETL aims to disseminate this excellence to all UoP programmes in health and social care and to other similar programmes across the UK. In addition, through the identification and development of generic placement learning principles and practice, the CETL aims to facilitate the development of excellence in other programmes that have a placement, practice or work-related component both at the UoP and nationally. Building on existing excellence, the CETL also aims to develop innovative, new inter-professional placement opportunities at the cutting edge of service in the South West – including working with refugees, asylum seekers, prisoners, homeless people and carers.
To maximise the impact of the CETLs dissemination strategy, each of the CETLs development teams (each working on a different aspect of placement learning) comprises a range of key stakeholders, including students, practice colleagues, and service users as well as academics beyond the three core disciplines.
Dissemination activity will be targeted within the University of Plymouth, within the South West region and nationally. Existing strong regional and national links already provide excellent opportunities for dissemination (e.g. Higher Education Academy Subject Centres, Professional Bodies etc), but the CETL hopes over the next year to engage more actively with other CETLs working in similar areas, as well as others interested in enhancing placement learning.
The focus of dissemination is:
- developing publicity
- raising awareness
- presenting workshops
- attending and hosting conferences.
