title: The development and evaluation of a fieldwork educator's training programme for allied health professionals.
abstract: This paper describes the development, implementation and evaluation of a multi-professional fieldwork educator's course. The study explored the current provision of such training available to a range of healthcare professionals within the Greater Manchester West Consortium boundaries and the extent to which the core skills needed could be provided within a multi-professional programme. The methods used included surveys, focus groups, rating scales completed by participants immediately following the pilot course, a focus group of participants after three months of the course and a nominal group six months after completion. This study demonstrates that the skills needed by a fieldwork educator can be taught in a multi-professional programme, allowing the practitioner to assimilate her/his skills into her/his own working environment, and outlines issues to be taken into consideration when designing such courses.
authors.affiliation: University of Salford, Directorate of Occupational Therapy, UK. a.hook@salford.ac.uk
authors.forename: Angela D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Hook
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lawson-Porter
mesh_terms: D000488:Allied Health Personnel / Q000145:classification / Q000193:education*; D003479:Curriculum; D004517:Education, Professional / Q000592:standards*; D004739:England; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011231:Preceptorship / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires