Placements will be assessed by students’ mentors throughout each placement and by the end of each year they need to have passed each of the skills that are itemised in a practice document they are given that includes the Assessment of Practice Tool (APT).
Throughout their three years, feedback on their clinical skills is taken from the people that they are caring for and their families. Service users and carers will assess students and their feedback is vital in determining whether students are successful on the programme and whether they can progress from one year to the next.