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Occupational standards and professional development

11 February 1998

Nursing Standard

Education

In this article, the author describes the findings from a study which were used to complement the Norfolk and Norwich NHS Trust continuing education strategy. Those...

Community education: a porfolio approach

25 November 1998

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

The NHS Executive (NHSE) is encouraging the use of occupational standards in nurse education programmes. This article outlines the use of occupational standards in...

Putting vocational training into practice

20 September 1995

Nursing Standard

Clinical training

In the second of two articles on the place of NVQs in nursing education, Malcolm Day relates the experiences of a nursing college in NVQ assessment and the...

NVQ assessment for care assistants

07 April 1993

Nursing Standard

Clinical education

This article discusses the findings of a preliminary investigation into the needs of care assistants undertaking a national vocational qualification (NVQ) in health...

Developing benchmarks for prior learning assessment. Part 2: practitioners

16 May 2001

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Part 1 of this article examined a study into the use of benchmarking for prior learning assessment (PLA). This article outlines the benchmarks and practitioner...

Developing benchmarks for prior learning assessment. Part 1: research

09 May 2001

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Aim The aim of the study was to develop and promote national benchmarks for those engaged in accreditation of prior learning (APL) termed ‘prior learning assessment...

Vocational training: its role in nursing

13 September 1995

Nursing Standard

Clinical training

The use of occupational standards in professional health care curricula is currently of great importance following support for their use from the NHS Executive and...

Quality training for health care assistants

10 March 1992

Nursing Standard

Clinical focus on trent: education

The lead industry body for health care workers, Care Sector Consortium, has defined competencies for NVQs in Health and Social Care, which were launched in September...

Designing a diabetes specialist course

10 September 1991

Nursing Standard

Clinical education

Collection and analysis of information relating to the functioning of a programme, policy, or procedure can assist decision makers to choose an appropriate course of...