8.3 PSW Clinical Liaison Clinical Professional Practice Expectations

Liaison Expectations

• Attend PSW team meetings led by the PSW program co-ordinator.
• Familiarize yourself with the Professional Practice agency setting by attending orientation with students, introducing yourself to staff, and requesting a tour of the facility (before the start of the course).
• Attend the student Clinical Orientation on campus at the beginning of the semester.
• Connect with the PSW student at a minimum of three times per week and communicate expectations for the Clinical Professional Practice Consolidation Placement. This can be done in person or via phone conversation. It is the expectation that, at minimum, three in-person visits are completed with the student at the agency.
• Seek out professional development opportunities to enhance knowledge of the PSW’s role and strengthen understanding of teaching and learning.
• Facilitate and engage students in the Open Education Resource: Professional Practice Course Resources Hub, additional learning opportunities, and sharing related resources.
• Guide the student in becoming confident in completing the domains of practice competencies found in the PSW Professional Practice Placement Curriculum.
• Communicate expectations for the PSW Professional Practice Placement for the students.
• Be available to answer questions and guide the PSW students in practice and skills.
• Review, evaluate, and grade all Clinical Professional Practice requirements in partnership with the PSW agency preceptors.
• Review the PSW Clinical Professional Practice curriculum (found through the content sections in the FanshaweOnline learning management system HLTH 3055 Clinical Professional Consolidation Practice course).
• Be aware of policies, procedures, and everyday tasks in the clinical setting.
• Bring forth clinical and instructional knowledge of providing client care.
• Provide an approachable and receptive demeanour to students’ learning needs, and provide continuous support.
• Br a positive role model displaying enthusiasm, positivity, and caring attributes, and portraying an enthusiastic, positive, and passionate display of the profession of Personal Support Workers.
• Collaborate and facilitate communication between students, PSW preceptor, agency staff, agency coordinators. and the PSW program coordinator.
• Be aware of the procedure to follow if they are ill, there is an agency outbreak, inclement weather, and be responsible for creating a student contact plan.
• Collaborate successfully with placement administrators and staff, and the Fanshawe College Placement Coordinator and Program Coordinator.
• Support student achievement by initiating a Collaborative Success Plan (see Appendix D), and notify the program coordinator when a student is at risk.
• Enter final grades in the Fanshawe College learning management system and WebAdvisor.
• Maintain an up-to-date registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario.
• Maintain up-to-date mask fit testing, immunizations, and CPR certifications.
• Complete all learning modules require by Fanshawe College.

Provision of Student Feedback

Guidance and feedback will be provided to the learner by the student’s clinical liaison throughout the course to provide guidance and assistance. This feedback will be provided in consultation with the PSW preceptor who is working with the individual student.

Clinical liaisons will provide ongoing feedback and complete the practice evaluation at the middle and end of the term with the student. A Collaborative Success Plan (CSP) (see Appendix D) may be initiated between the student and the liaison, in consultation with the program coordinator, if at-risk behaviours are displayed and professional practice domains are not being met by the student.

The clinical liaison will meet with the student and discuss and develop a CSP to provide feedback and to develop strategies for the student’s success in the course (A CSP is not meant to be punitive). Examples of CSP initiation may include: repeated absenteeism, late arrivals, unprofessional or safety concerns, concerns in any of the domains of practice competencies. Ensure to connect with the program coordinator to provide updates or if assistance is required.

HLTH 3055 Clinical Practice Professional Practice Consolidation is based on student performance of the program competencies and completion of:

• Attendance & Reliability.
• Completion of Restorative Assignment (if applicable).
• Appropriate and Professional Behaviour at all times.
• Professional communication with PSW preceptor and clinical liaison and reviewing your practice domains and progression in the course each shift.
• Demonstration of satisfactory progression in all five domains of practice (see Chapter 5.2).
• Submission of timesheet – indicating completion of the correct number of hours, signed and dated.

Student Evaluation

The final grade in the course will be a:

or an

Students are expected to attend all placement days in order to be successful in the course. Frequent absences may result in an unsatisfactory grade.

Student progress is assessed on the basis of resident care and the professional practice domains (see Chapter 5.2). Clinical liaisons will provide guidance and ongoing feedback, and complete the practice evaluation at the middle and end of the term.

A passing grade in HLTH 3054 is dependant on:

a) Satisfactory clinical performance in assigned placement.

b) All formed being signed and dated:

After completion of ALL other theory, lab and clinical courses, the student may proceed to complete: HLTH-3056 PSW Professional Practice Community Setting.