Supporting pre-registration learners – our programme
We have temporarily paused our rolling programme of placement opportunities for pre-registration learners (students and apprentices) while we review and improve the offering.
Our offer
- A rolling programme of sessions with RCOT staff. You can join us at any point in your non-traditional placement – this allows learners across every programme in the UK to have the opportunity to take part.
- Opening and reflective closing sessions will be held monthly to allow you to create your own programme timetable which lines up with your placement dates.
- Held on a Monday afternoon and across the day on a Friday, we have more time to deliver the sessions, so no timetable clashes!
- We welcome practice educators and long-arm supervisors and mentors to attend with you. This supports the integration of your learning into your placement environment.
- Meet other learners on non-traditional placements at our learner link-up sessions. Discuss the sessions you attended earlier in the week or share your placement experiences from across the four nations.
- Meet with RCOT staff in the same way that you would meet with other professional colleagues through placement visits. Therefore, it’s important that you prepare for the sessions you will be attending and think about:
- Which sessions are relevant to my placement?
- What would I like to learn, discuss and/or explore through attending this session?
- What questions and/or discussion topics shall I bring along?
- How will I integrate my learning and reflections into my placement? Share my learning with my placement?
It’s important that you actively engage in the programme and sessions. Your preparation will help with this. You only need to attend the sessions which you and your practice educator feel are relevant to your placement learning.
Sessions are held virtually via MS Teams, usually on a Monday afternoon and throughout the day on a Friday. A full timetable is available on our SharePoint page which you can access once you’ve signed up.
An introductory opening workshop will support you in using the Career development framework to identify a learning plan for the programme. You can then select which sessions to attend and outline the associated learning.
After attending the relevant sessions, a closing reflective workshop will reflect on learning and how this supports your learning plan.
While we hope to provide a similar programme each month, this will depend on staff availability.
This programme is designed as a resource to support learners and practice educators within non-traditional practice-based learning. Think of it in the same way as you’d arrange to visit members of the MDT or a local charity relevant to the placement setting, for example. You’ll be able to select to meet with members of RCOT staff relevant to your learning plan.
There are no associated assessments, however we do encourage, and will support you in developing a learning plan.
Who will I be able to meet with at RCOT as part of this programme?
What will happen in each session?
Who can participate?
What happens if my placement timing doesn’t align with the programme?
Booking a place
Programme dates and times
An example of the programme
For more information and questions
If you have any questions or need more information, please contact: Carolyn Hay, Pre-registration Education Manager, carolyn.hay@rcot.co.uk.