2.4 Fanshawe PSW Clinical Advisor Role
Fanshawe PSW Clinical Advisor Role
A Fanshawe College PSW Faculty member assigned to PSW students to facilitate, support, and evaluate the PSW students’ Professional Practice Placement: Consolidation and Community. This role will bridge the gap for students between theoretical knowledge, prior clinical placement experience, and lab practice to a healthcare setting. In Collaboration with the PSW Preceptor, Clinical Advisors will facilitate students’ progress and prepare them to meet Professional Practice Competencies and skills as Personal Support Workers. The Clinical Advisor will oversee individual students in a Long-Term Care and Community setting (HLTH 3055 and HLTH 3056, second and third student placement).
Clinical Advisor Expectations
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✓ Attend PSW team meetings led by the PSW Program Coordinator.
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✓ Become familiar with the Professional Practice setting by initiating introductions and requesting a tour of the Professional Practice Placement setting (prior to the course start).
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✓ Attend agency orientation with students.
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✓ Attend the student Clinical Orientation on campus at the beginning of Level 2.
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✓ Connect with the PSW student at a minimum of two to three times per week (placement visit) and communicate expectations for the Consolidation/Community Professional Practice Placement.
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✓ Seek out professional development opportunities to enhance knowledge of the PSW role and to strengthen understanding of teaching and learning.
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✓ Facilitate and engage students in the Fanshawe College OER: Personal Support Worker Clinical Professional Practice Course Resource hub, additional learning, and resources.
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✓ Guide students in becoming confident in completing the Domains of Practice Competencies evaluations in the PSW Professional Practice Placement Curriculum.
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✓ Communicate expectations for the PSW Professional Practice Placement.
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✓ Be available to answer questions and teach/guide the PSW students in practice and skills.
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✓ Review, evaluate, and grade all Professional Practice requirements in partnership with the PSW Preceptors.
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✓ Review the PSW Consolidation/Community Professional Practice curriculum (found in the course content section in the FanshaweOnline Learning Management System).
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✓ Review and apply Fanshawe College and Agency policies, procedures, and PSW skills in the placement setting.
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✓ Demonstrate clinical and instructional knowledge in providing client care, expectations of clinical practice and the role of the PSW.
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✓ Exhibit an approachable and receptive demeanour to students’ learning needs, and provide continuous support.
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✓ Be a positive role model displaying enthusiasm, caring attributes, and portraying a passion for the profession of Personal Support Workers.
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✓ Collaborate with students, PSW Preceptors, agency staff, agency administrators and coordinators, Fanshawe College Placement Coordinator, and the PSW Program Coordinator.
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✓ Follow proper procedures when ill, there is an agency outbreak, or inclement weather, and be responsible for creating a student contact plan.
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✓ Support student success by initiating a Collaborative Success Plan (Appendix D) and notifying the PSW Program Coordinator of students who do not meet the Professional Practice Domains and Competencies.
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✓ Enter final grades in the Fanshawe College Learning Management System and WebAdvisor.
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✓ Maintain up-to-date registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario.
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✓ Maintain up-to-date with mask fit testing, immunizations, and CPR/First Aid certifications.
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✓ Complete learning modules required by Fanshawe College (e-learning) and the Professional Practice agency.
