# Introduction

Welcome to this free course, Practice supervision and assessment in nursing, which provides you with the opportunity to develop your skills and understanding of the newly defined roles for supervisory practice as indicated within the Standards for Student Supervision and Assessment (SSSA) Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) standards for supervision and assessment in education. As a Practice Supervisor and/or Practice Assessor you will be required to offer dynamic and effective supervision. This course offers you a wide range of self-directed learning materials and you will be taken through a series of themes and activities with key resources, designed to support you to develop effective, relational supervisory practice that empowers learners to develop their Professional Practice and to critically reflect on their own potential according to the latest evidence-based practice.

This course has been designed to inform and develop knowledge of those who support the supervision and assessment of pre-registration student nurses.

Please remember that the shape of your role will be configured upon local policy.

This course addresses:

The key requirements for those undertaking the Practice Assessor and Practice Supervisor roles from an NMC perspective, based on current evidence-based practice.

This course will support you in your personal preparation for undertaking the Practice Assessor and/or Practice Supervisor role. It aims to help you support the effective and dynamic supervision and assessment of others in partnership, which enhances critical self-reflective learning.

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