Re: Part-time health visitor courses.

[Guest guest]

Dear Lorraine

we have always offered our HV course full time, but the half time route is also

an option. The school nurse and practice nurse routes of the Comm Specialist

BSc do run as both full and part time routes. The anecdotal experience is that

the part time students fair much better than the full time and this is felt to

be due the fact that they have more time to make that difficult transition in to

the community role.

We do have one student who be returning next year part time on the HV route, but

it will be a new expereince for me as the supervisor. So I would be interested

in the how it has gone for others

Whittaker

University of Central Lancashire

Preston

Whittaker

Senior Lecturer

Dept of Primary & Community Nursing

Greenbank Building

University of Central Lancashire

Preston PR1 2HE

Tel: 01772 892734

Kwhittaker1@...

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The University and one NHS Trust in Wales will be piloting a part-

time health visitor course along side our full time course from this

September. Would appreciate some dialogue with other institutions

that are offering part-time training for health visitors.

Lorraine Joomun

[Guest guest]

Lorraine,

Yes we run a full and partime route. Although the partime route works for

those with no other options due to domestic circumstances I do not recommend

it as a first option. The Trusts are not overkeen as it ties up a CPT for 2

years and the student is not obviously available to join the workforce for

that time. Also as we run a modular system, and only some modules have

practice hours attached, there is a potential break in practice during which

time students really have to maintain some practice contact in order to

maintain confidence and competence in practice. Students who have no other

option are happy with this arrangement but I do discuss the whole course in

detail with prospective students who are considering the partime route so

that they can make an informed choice and many take the fulltime option.

If you would like any further discussion please feel free to contact me.

Chambers

Lorraine JOOMUN wrote:

> The University and one NHS Trust in Wales will be piloting a part-

> time health visitor course along side our full time course from this

> September. Would appreciate some dialogue with other institutions

> that are offering part-time training for health visitors.

>

> Lorraine Joomun

>

>

[Guest guest]

We have had the facility to offer the course P/T ever since the programme

was modularised. It is however rather more difficult for HV students in

many ways as the practice element which is so new for them is so

protracted. In our experience it certainly helps if students have worked

in the community already, preferably as HV assistants or school nurses.

Another problem is the size of the total cohort and the nos of students on

the PT route. Being in a minority of one is extremely difficult in a group

of 40 for eg. Having said that, it is clearly a good option for those

with family commitments who only want to work 2 or 3 days a week but less

good if they plan to do another job on the spare days, though it does of

course depend on what that job is. Students certainly need to be prepared

to be as flexible as possible, particularly when the programme is modified

from year to year which it has to be to keep up with ever changing govt

requirements.

Overall then we here at SBU believe it should be an option but need to

recognise it is not an easy or essentially preferable option and generally

our purchasers agree with us. Do ring if you would like to discuss

further. Frances Appleby, 02078158014 Good luck!

[Guest guest]

Lorraine,

At UWE, Bristol we offer the part-time route for all pathways and it has

always been a popular route.Of the pathways however fewer HVs have accessed

it because the Trusts have not been so keen to sponsor for 2 years but those

HVs who have done it have done extremely well.I have found that if the

personal tutor carefully monitors the situation and the student is clear

from the outset that it is not going to be an easy route and that they need

to keep close contact and communication that it can work very successfully.

Those students who are determined and committed can make it work for them.

Hope this is helpful.

Hayward

---- Original Message -----

From: " Lorraine JOOMUN " <JOOMUNls@...>

< >

Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 4:36 PM

Subject: Part-time health visitor courses.

> The University and one NHS Trust in Wales will be piloting a part-

> time health visitor course along side our full time course from this

> September. Would appreciate some dialogue with other institutions

> that are offering part-time training for health visitors.

>

> Lorraine Joomun

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Dear Hayward,

Nice to see your name on Senate. I hear on the grapevine of your excellent work

at UWE. Look forward to meeting up with you one day.

Regards,

Ruth Grant

mehayward wrote:

> Lorraine,

> At UWE, Bristol we offer the part-time route for all pathways and it has

> always been a popular route.Of the pathways however fewer HVs have accessed

> it because the Trusts have not been so keen to sponsor for 2 years but those

> HVs who have done it have done extremely well.I have found that if the

> personal tutor carefully monitors the situation and the student is clear

> from the outset that it is not going to be an easy route and that they need

> to keep close contact and communication that it can work very successfully.

> Those students who are determined and committed can make it work for them.

> Hope this is helpful.

> Hayward

> ---- Original Message -----

> From: " Lorraine JOOMUN " <JOOMUNls@...>

> < >

> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 4:36 PM

> Subject: Part-time health visitor courses.

>

> > The University and one NHS Trust in Wales will be piloting a part-

> > time health visitor course along side our full time course from this

> > September. Would appreciate some dialogue with other institutions

> > that are offering part-time training for health visitors.

> >

> > Lorraine Joomun

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Lorraine - we have offered a part time health visiting option for the last

5 years or so. This is evaluated very positively generally although there

have been some issues along the way such as ensuring a coherent practice

experience. Do get in touch to discuss further if you would like to!

Best wishes

Knight.

>The University and one NHS Trust in Wales will be piloting a part-

>time health visitor course along side our full time course from this

>September. Would appreciate some dialogue with other institutions

>that are offering part-time training for health visitors.

>

>Lorraine Joomun

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Ruth,

Thankyou for your kind message.

I would be delighted to see you again. We had a very brief chat at the CPHVA

Conference last year in Harrogate. However I live in Bath as well!!

Best wishes,

Part-time health visitor courses.

> >

> > > The University and one NHS Trust in Wales will be piloting a part-

> > > time health visitor course along side our full time course from this

> > > September. Would appreciate some dialogue with other institutions

> > > that are offering part-time training for health visitors.

> > >

> > > Lorraine Joomun

> > >

> > >

> > >

[Guest guest]

Dear Hayward,

I would enjoy a good debate on health visiting - education and public

health/child services strategy as I am very unquiet about these issues in our

area. My eamil address is ruthngrant@... and I would

appreciate contact.

Regards,

Ruth

mehayward wrote:

> Ruth,

> Thankyou for your kind message.

> I would be delighted to see you again. We had a very brief chat at the CPHVA

> Conference last year in Harrogate. However I live in Bath as well!!

> Best wishes,

>

> Part-time health visitor courses.

> > >

> > > > The University and one NHS Trust in Wales will be piloting a part-

> > > > time health visitor course along side our full time course from this

> > > > September. Would appreciate some dialogue with other institutions

> > > > that are offering part-time training for health visitors.

> > > >

> > > > Lorraine Joomun

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >