What if I need more support? | NHS Education for Scotland

What if I need more support?

Local Support

Peer Support

Ask for support from within you own team - supervision or peer support with an experienced team member may help with problem-solving.

High Education Institute (University)

Contact the HEI (university) the students are from– they will be able to provide support and advice.

Practice Education Lead

Your local Practice Education Lead will be able to help if you are in an NHS Board. Contact details for PELs are available here.

Virtual Community

Reach out to AHPs across Scotland in the AHP PrBL Virtual Community of Practice.

Bitesize online support sessions also cover topics including PAL throughout the year.

AHP Practice-based Learning Handbook [Coming Soon]

[Coming Soon] The AHP PrBL Handbook provides information and links to resources to support with placement preparation, delivery and evaluation including information on:

Supporting students at risk of failing
Reasonable adjustments
Student absence
Cancellations

Resources

If facilitating student discussions or peer support sessions is challenging, consider encouraging students to reflect individually or as a group on their:

The AHP Practice-Based Learning PAL site has further information. The following may also help:

The AHP P ractice Education Development Framework supports you to benchmark your current level of practice education experience, and signposts to learning and development.

What if I need more support?