Practice Based Learning
Use this guide to find information resources about practice based learning, supervision and assessment including books, reports and journal articles.
Last updated:
08/08/2024
Key Resources
Nursing and Midwifery Council (2018) Future nurse: standards of proficiency for registered nurses. London: NMC.
Nursing and Midwifery Council (2018) Standards of proficiency for nursing associates. London: NMC.
Nursing and Midwifery Council (2023) Education programme standards: our updated standards.
Nursing and Midwifery Council (2023) Supporting information for our education and training standards.
Nursing and Midwifery Council (2018) The Code: professional standards of practice and behaviour for nurses, midwives and nursing associates. London: NMC.
NHS Education for Scotland (2019) Practice learning handbook: for practice supervisors and practice assessors. Edinburgh: NHS Education for Scotland.
NHS Education for Scotland (2020) Quality standards for practice learning (QSPL).
NHS Wales (2023) All Wales practice learning framework.
World Health Organization (2016) Nurse educator core competencies. WHO: Geneva.
Books
Bassot B (2023) The reflective practice guide: an interdisciplinary approach to critical reflection. 2nd edn; London: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group. 
Feeney 脕 and Everett S (2020) Understanding supervision and assessment in nursing. Los Angeles: SAGE. 
Gopee N (2023) Supervision of learning and assessment in healthcare. 5th edn. Los Angeles: SAGE. 
Leigh J and Roberts D (eds.) (2021) Supervising and assessing student nurses and midwives in clinical practice: a practical guide. Banbury: Lantern. 
Parsloe E and Leedham M (2022) Coaching and mentoring: practical techniques for developing learning and performance. 4th edn. London: Kogan Page. 
Wareing M (ed.) (2025) Practice supervision and assessment in nursing, health and social care. London: Routledge. 
Johns C (ed.) (2022) Becoming a reflective practitioner. 6th edn. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell. 
Lidster J and Wakefield S (2022) Student practice supervision and assessment: a guide for NMC nurses and midwives. 2nd edn. London: Learning Matters. Book subject searches
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Journals
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Advance HE: Fellowship
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Advance HE fellowship demonstrates a commitment to professionalism and provides recognition of practice, impact and leadership in teaching and learning. Four categories reflect the diverse roles of those who teach and support learning in higher education, from positions where teaching and learning is only part of the role, to senior professionals with strategic impact on teaching and learning at an organisational, national or international level.
Health Education England and National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Integrated Clinical and Practitioner Academic Programme
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Research training awards for health and social care professionals, excluding doctors and dentists, who wish to develop careers that combine research and research leadership with continued practice and professional development.
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