1st Edition
Practice Supervision and Assessment in Nursing, Health and Social Care
Introduction
Acknowledgements
Contributors
1: Landscape of practice learning
Mark Wareing
Adrienne Sharples
2: Practice supervision
Mark Wareing
Adrienne Sharples
3: Learning environments
Mark Wareing
Gillian Ferguson
4: Coaching to develop student capability
Adrienne Sharples
Tina Salter
5: Preparing learners for practice-based assessment
Rowena Slope
6: Learning conversations
Mark Wareing
7: Supporting health, well-being and promoting inclusivity
Mark Wareing
Adrienne Sharples
8: Compassionate and ethical practice learning
Mark Wareing
Adrienne Sharples
9: Practice education in social work
Gillian Ferguson
Sherwyn Sicat
10: Supporting learners working with children and young people
Tina Salter
Sherwyn Sicat
Mel Webb
11: Practice supervision in the maternity setting
Claire Bunyan
12: Supporting learners in community and secondary adult care
Rowena Slope
13: Practice supervision in mental health services
Mark Wareing
David Roberts
14: Managing reasonable adjustments
Andrea Thompson
Alex Harvey
Meriel Norris
15: Learning in non-assessed, virtual and alternate environments
Sarah Page
Gillian Ferguson
Kirsty Shanley
Ayana Horton Ifekoya
16: Transitioning to the role of practice assessor/educator and beyond
Mark Wareing
Meriel Norris
Biography
Dr Mark Wareing (editor) completed his nurse training at the Birmingham College of Nurse Education and held a number of posts in medicine and surgery before establishing the specialist urological nursing service in North Oxfordshire as a clinical nurse specialist employed by the Department of Urology in Oxford. Prior to entering education, Mark served for four years as a captain in the Reserve Army Medical Services and was deployed to Iraq in 2004. He was a lecturer and senior lecturer in health and social care at Birmingham City University until 2015. As a principal lecturer and director of practice learning at the University of Bedfordshire, Mark provided academic leadership relating to practice learning across HCPC and NMC approved and commissioned healthcare courses across the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences. He was appointed reader and department director of practice education at Brunel University London in July 2023
“an excellent resource for health care professionals in nursing and social work who are supervising students…Well-written, organized, and easy to read, it should be on every practice supervisor's bookshelf.” © Doody’s Review Service, 2025, Victoria Osborne, Ph.D., LMSW (Sacred Heart University)
