Are you a practitioner, supervisor, practice educator, mentor or university tutor supporting
students who are struggling on, or failing, their practice placement? Here is the practical …

Background Concerns about reliability and validity of practice-based assessment of
professional competencies are frequently reported in the literature. Difficulty in …

Introduction: Many students successfully complete placement, while, for a minority of
students, placement may be a time when questions are asked about suitability for placement …

2 This is a shortened version of the term 'people of the global majority'. The term is
associated with the work of Rosemary Campbell-Stephens MBE and is used to describe …

Assessment in field education is fundamental to ensuring the capability of social work
graduates. Assessment is often identified as a challenge for field educators, particularly …

The home visit is central to the practice of contemporary child and family social work, yet we
know comparatively little about what social workers use them for and how. Descriptions of …

Preparing students for transition to placement is a key responsibility of social work education
programmes. This transition point provides a clear opportunity for the university to act as a …

Social work educators have an opportunity to rethink the language and approach
surrounding student transition to placement. This chapter argues that a rejection of the …

Clinical nursing faculties struggle to assign failing grades to underperforming students in the
clinical setting; this is known as failure to fail. Qualitative literature has revealed common …