NIPEC: 2012 The Future is NOW Celebrating 10 Years in Practice, Education and Professional Development Moonwalking- New ways of working in nursing education Education Category Deirdre McNamee University of Ulster

NIPEC: 2012 The Future is NOW 10 th October 2012 Awareness test Count the number of passes made by the white team

NIPEC: 2012 The Future is NOW 10 th October 2012 Increasing our awareness using NIPEC resources

NIPEC: 2012 The Future is NOW 10 th October 2012 To evaluate the impact of public engagement on nursing education. Aim

NIPEC: 2012 The Future is NOW 10 th October 2012 Service user involvement in nursing education Strong tradition of user involvement Sporadic application Mainly in programme delivery Values Commitment

NIPEC: 2012 The Future is NOW 10 th October 2012 Methodology / approach Focus groups with service users, carers, mentors and academic staff Data collected through creative expressions (art and poetry) and audio tape-recorded discussions / commentaries. Recommendations translated into curriculum and policy development

NIPEC: 2012 The Future is NOW 10 th October 2012

NIPEC: 2012 The Future is NOW 10 th October 2012

NIPEC: 2012 The Future is NOW 10 th October 2012 ‘Importance of the person being valued ‘ ‘We know what makes a good nurse- being authentic, someone who really listens, who doesn’t have to be reminded, who makes time to explain and reassure, who picks up on my feelings, who identifies with me’ ‘Visit me at home to understand who I am’ ‘We want to feel safe in the classroom’ ‘Get involved with us through volunteering’ ‘Don’t lose what is special about being students’ ‘Care for yourself as well as your patients’ ‘We would like to give feedback to students about the care they have provided’

NIPEC: 2012 The Future is NOW 10 th October 2012 The impact of service user involvement Service user feedbackNew ways of working ‘Importance of the person being valued ‘Person-centred Curriculum Framework ‘‘We want to feel safe in the classroom’ ‘Code of Practice for Public Engagement in Nursing Education’ implemented across all programmes ‘Visit me at home to understand who I am’ Opportunity for first practice learning experience to take place in the community We know what makes a good nurse- being authentic, someone who really listens, who doesn’t have to be reminded, who makes time to explain and reassure, who picks up on my feelings, who identifies with me’ Primacy of communication approaches in all learning activities ‘Care for yourself as well as your patients’Theme of self-knowledge developed across curricula ‘We would like to give feedback to students about the care they have provided’ All students will receive formative feedback from service users about the care provided ‘Don’t lose what is special about being students’ Service user involvement with students to explore why students are ‘special’ to patients and how they can carry this with them during their career ‘Get involved with us through volunteering’Volunteering Charter

NIPEC: 2012 The Future is NOW 10 th October 2012 Next steps To evaluate the impact of: Service user feedback on students’ practice The value of volunteering Code of Practice on public engagement in nursing education

NIPEC: 2012 The Future is NOW 10 th October 2012 Commitment to improving standards ‘I think we're going to the moon because it's in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It's the nature of his deep inner soul... we're required to do these things just as salmon swim upstream’ Neil Armstrong

NIPEC: 2012 The Future is NOW 10 th October 2012 Moonwalking and new ways of working Continue to keep our eye on the ball Being aware of the changing landscape Role of NIPEC