Introduction to electronic Assessment of Professional Practice e-OARS Faculty of Health and Human Sciences School of Nursing and Midwifery Placement Development Teams 2016

Drivers Government strategy – paperless Grading in practice - from pass/fail Costs - printing Staff resourcing – manual review of score/uploading to data base Student tracking – progress /loss/ “forgot to bring” Enhanced quality-assurance monitoring Increased security Preparation for Nursing and Midwifery Council revalidation As part of the redevelopment of its nursing and midwifery programmes, the Faculty of Health and Human Sciences decided to introduce an online assessment of practice. The escalating costs of producing paper-based portfolios The inaccessibility of the paper documents when the students left the university On occasion, the damage or loss of the assessment documentation by students during the programme. On occasion students reluctance to present previous assessments to mentors Changing assessment to grading for each placement doubled the administration of the academics and administrative teams Electronic revalidation for re-registration

Keys to success Stakeholders involvement Pilot and phased roll out Involvement of trust practice support staff Student/staff education and dissemination Just-in-time support Responding to feedback Collaborative working with contractor -ARC

What happens Access through POPPI Mentors are allocated to students by placement manager (ideally before placement commences) Mentors use their POPPI password Students can see who their mentor will be Mentors in Training can be allocated Co-mentors can be allocated

Key Elements Preparation for placement Development plan Expectations of students and mentors Development plan Formative assessment of practice Action plan Summative assessment of practice 4 domains 3 forms of evidence for each domain Non achievement

Entering the site

General information for students and mentors

Student View Click placement list

Click on placement

Pre placement activities - Adult

Child Health

Student Confirms activities Mental Health

Each domain has a drop dowm box with indicative descriptord

Save and submit for verification

Mentor’s Screen Click on student list

Records all students mentor can use for revalidation Select student

Click domain to review plan

Save and verify or reject

Student commences formative assessment

Chooses grade for each domain Drop down menu Grading grid Indicative Guide

Mentor receives email Save and submit

Mentor receives email

Action Plan can be reviewed

Action plan post formative

Student completes evidence presented

Mentor inserts final grade

Tutor screen