Clinical Coach Training- First Student

Re: Clinical Coach Training- First Student

Grace Spedding — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 15:15:02 GMT

Thankyou all for you help and advice!! I had my training anfd although I felt some of it went over my head I feel with practice and time i will get the hang of it!!

I have a very proactive student who is very keen to learn as much as possible so I feel she will be a great student for me!

I will take all that you have told me on board and get started!

Keep them coming!

Re: Clinical Coach Training- First Student

Kelly1985 — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 21:05:39 GMT

I became a clinical coach in 2011 and took on my first student then who was undertaking the fast track level 3 diploma. She qualified at her first attempt in 2013, obviously a very proud moment for me. I now have a second student under my wing. I found that it was really helpful for completing the NPL to have lists in the appropriate areas of the practice detailing the criteria to be covered (e.g. List of radiographic views needed in X-ray room, surgical cases in prep etc) This way everyone could see what cases the student required and so were able to alert them if something suitable came in. This was especially useful for those cases which we didn't see very often in clinic (like an exotic X-ray!) We also put post it notes on things like particular drugs or equipment that the student needed to use saying "if you use this/administer this please get X involved" This way any little opportunity to cover scope within the NPL we're not missed. Making sure everyone is aware of difficult cases to cover also helps so that the whole team can help in identifying suitable cases that the student can be involved with. Hope this helps! Good luck!

Re: Clinical Coach Training- First Student

Mark Hedberg — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 22:39:10 GMT

Don't be afraid to ring up your college if you've got worries, a good VNAC will have no problems answering questions and offering advice. There is no such thing as a stupid question and the training should cover a lot of the bases. Standardization events are required once a year and they're great for catching up with other clinical coaches. You could even try TP Congress - it's a clinical coach congress that CAW runs annually. (It's on Monday so I'll concede you're probably not going to make it this time, but 2015 will be here before you know it!)

The best advice i can offer (while I admit i'm no nurse) is that you too were once a student vet nurse, and practice can be an intimidating and scary place. Clinical coaching is about delivering the clinical skills, but don't forget that a pat on the back and a cup of tea are essential parts of the unwritten curriculum. :)

Re: Clinical Coach Training- First Student

GremlinNurse — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 19:15:52 GMT

Have weekly meetings and do not allow anyone to disturb you or 'oh, could you just do...'!

Having a set time each week is really important and training in practice can often be overlook or seen as an extra rather than a really important role for student and CC, make sure you're both out of the rota for this time.

That would be my no.1 piece of advice, especially for tackling NPL, mine took way longer than it needed to mainly due to time and planning issues.

HTH x