Delivered to CSP webinar 15/02/2017

1. Janet Thomas
QMU Lecturer and Placement coordinator
NHS Fife Practice Educator
@janetthomas47 @QMUphysio

2.  Queen Margaret University Physiotherapy
team have been developing placements over
the past 4 years using a long arm supervision
model. This had been mainly in Care Home
settings.
 This report is of a new placement
development within an Alzheimer's Scotland
Resource centre

3.  We have had Care Home placements for many
years for QMU physiotherapy students
 Initially this had been within settings where
the Care Home had a full time physiotherapist
(Erskine Homes)
 This had then developed into placements
where there was not a full time PT. The
student was placed full time with some
element of long arm supervision from a
‘remote’ physiotherapist and day to day
supervision from another HCP

4.  Alzheimer's Scotland have appointed a AHP
Practice placement facilitator to develop
placements throughout Scotland
 QMU met with facilitator to develop the idea
of a Physiotherapy placement
 No resource centre locally has physiotherapy
input so a non traditional placement model
needed to be developed

5.  Meeting with interested parties
◦ QMU coordinator
◦ Alzheimer's Scotland AHP placement facilitator
◦ NHS Fife AHP Practice Education lead
◦ Alzheimer's Scotland Resource centre supervisor
 Logistics and necessary quality work (QSPP,
Insurance checks, Placement agreements)
 Negotiation for long arm supervisor

6.  Agreed placement to be 2 days a week within
Alzheimer's Scotland
 3 days a week in linked local NHS area (Day
Hospital)
 Full time 6 week placement for 4th year
student

7.  For the 2 days per week (12 days total)
 Project based to develop skills in:
◦ Communication
◦ Dementia awareness
◦ Service development
◦ Project planning
◦ Liaison with staff and volunteers
◦ Presentation

8.  Three practice educators:
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
Resource
centre
Day Hospital Day Hospital Resource
centre
Day Hospital
Practice
educator:
Dementia
Advisor
Practice
educator:
PT in Day
Hospital
Practice
educator:
PT in Day
Hospital
Practice
educator:
Dementia
Advisor
Practice
educator:
PT in Day
Hospital
Long arm:
PT in Day
Hospital
Daily phone
call
Long arm:
PT in Day
Hospital
Daily phone
call

9.  Pre-placement meeting with student, AS
practice educator and QMU coordinator
 Joint visit by long arm supervisor and student
to AS resource centre on placement day 1
 Midway and final Ax meeting for practice
educators to agree grades
 Agreed responsibilities for assessment
 Non physiotherapy educator assessed on non
clinical criteria only

10.  Feedback to QMU from student as usual
protocol
 NHS Fife AHP Practice Education lead
organised separate feedback (Not linked to
NHS site, AS or QMU for impartiality)
 Student reported very positive experience and
‘would recommend placement to peers’