1. Ready for the real world? Janet Hargreaves, Susan Bond, Paul Dagg, Benji Dawson, Blake Kendrick, Carrie Mitchell University of Huddersfield

2. We started with a problem… How do we assure our students are competent to practice? So we developed CIPA, an online, interactive self-assessment tool. (Scan the QR code to see CIPA.)

3. We realised we had another problem… …how do we assure our students are prepared for practice? So we developed P-PA, also an online, interactive self-assessment tool. (Scan the QR code to see P-PA.)

4. What is P-PA? Preparation for Practice Assessment –(pron. PIPPA) An online self assessment tool for students, tutors/mentors and qualified professionals

5. P-PA was a collaboration between: Students from Health and Social Care, Computing, Business; Health and Social Care academics; Health professionals and technologists.

6. Impact of P-PA

7. Factors for success Reward and recognition including payment (for the students) [Millard and Hargreaves 2012] Not part of assessment - no pressure to compete or risk of failure [Orr 2010] Mutual respect for skills and contribution - shared learning [after Vygotsky 1978] Incremental development (practice research-style design) [Davies et al, 2007])

8. References Davies, P., Hamilton, M & James, K. (2007) Maximising the impact of practitioner research National Research and Development Centre for adult literacy and numeracy London: National Research and Development Centre for adult literacy and numeracy. Millard, L. & Hargreaves, J. (2014) ‘Creatively employing funding to support innovation’ Innovations in Education and Teaching International. DOI:10.1080/14703297.2012.760775Creatively employing funding to support innovation Orr,S. (2010)Collaborating or fighting for marks? Students’ experience of group work assessment in the creative arts. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education 35(3) 301-313 Vygotsky, L.S. (1978) Mind in society: The development of higher psychological processes (M Cole, V John-Steiner, S Scribner and E Souberman, eds), Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press.