In this section we provide links to evaluations tools. The NPEC intent is to evaluate placements within and between the health professions for national benchmarking. For this reason, we use one primary evaluation tool – the Placement Evaluation Tool (PET). This is a generic tool designed for use by the health professions. Currently the centre uses three versions of the PET covering nursing and midwifery students and supervisors (educators). Trials are ongoing or anticipated in paramedicine, physiotherapy and occupational therapy. Slight adaptations are made to rating items to meet professional requirements e.g., the use of the term ‘patient’ for nurse ratings and ‘women’ for midwife ratings. The PET is considered a pragmatic measure that balances psychometric considerations against the requirements of real-life and as such minimal adjustments for appropriate context are considered valid without the need to test for every profession (Glasgow and Riley; 2013).In addition, we provide below additional optional tools that may be of use to evaluators. For example, the MidStep for midwifery, a patient safety assessment tool and PET language translations.
(See Glasgow RE, Riley WT. Pragmatic measures: what they are and why we need them. Am J Prev Med. 2013;45(2):237–43 and https://npec.com.au/references-and-bibliography/ for relevant NPEC publications)
The Patient safety tool
This short survey is intended to accompany the Placement Evaluation Tool (PET) (Student) providing additional feedback in relation to patient safety. Please return the completed survey to your university placement coordinator.
The Placement Evaluation Tool (PET) Supervisor
This survey has been designed to enable you, as a supervisor, to evaluate the clinical placement. We suggest that the rating is completed for each University student group.
The Placement Evaluation Tool (PET) Nursing Student
This survey has been designed to enable you, as a student, to evaluate your clinical placement.
The Placement Evaluation Tool (PET) Midwifery Student
This survey has been designed to enable you, as a midwifery student, to evaluate your clinical placement. Please rate your experience and return this form to your university placement co ordinator. This feedback will enable quality improvements with benefits to educators and students.
MidSTEP student evaluation tool
An alternative to the Placement Evaluation Tool (Midwifery Student) is the MidSTEP student evaluation tool (Australian College of Midwives).
Until the NPEC is fully established, we provide open access links to core placement education tools. Please feel free to download these for your use.
Translations
The Placement Evaluation Tool (PET) Nursing Student (Slovenian)
This Slovenian translated version of the survey has been designed to enable you, as a student, to evaluate your clinical placement.
The Placement Evaluation Tool (PET) Nursing Student (Norwegian)
This Norwegian translated version of the survey has been designed to enable you, as a student, to evaluate your clinical placement.