Welcome to Health and Wellbeing in Practice - Field Experience 1!
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Field experience is your time to shine as you bring your learning together with practice! Therefore, it is in your best interest to maximise every opportunity that is presented to you for your learning benefit. Be sure to draw on the resources available to you throughout this Course Guide, and lean on the support of the NZTC team.
We wish you all the best and look forward to supporting you as you begin to enrich your practice with some new experiences and ideas.
- Demonstrate ethical and professional behaviour in a healthcare setting.
- Apply the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights to practice.
- Demonstrate an appropriate response to changes in a client's health, or functional status, by adjusting your approach to care.
- Apply principles of person-centred care within the context of a specified care task.
- Provide personalised care to meet the needs of a client with a specified health condition.
- Demonstrate an appropriate response and reporting method to vulnerability, and potential or actual abuse, in a healthcare setting.
- Apply strategies which promote independence for clients in a healthcare setting.
- Apply strategies to increase or maintain family/whānau involvement in client health outcomes.
- Demonstrate effective communication within the workplace to promote continuity of client care.
- Apply strategies to support cultural diversity, and to establish a culturally appropriate and safe healthcare environment.
- Demonstrate health and safety practices within a healthcare setting.
- Apply infection control precautions within a healthcare setting.
Before we launch into the finer details of preparing for field experience, we felt that it would be important to take a moment and learn some of the key terms you are going to come across.
Field Experience
Field experience is the practical experience gained by students in the healthcare sector. Students are required to complete a minimum number of hours throughout the duration of their studies.
Field Experience Assessment Document
The assessment document outlines what the student has to achieve or demonstrate in order to meet the field experience Learning Outcomes.
Field Experience Attendance Record
The Field Experience Attendance Record is a form that students complete throughout their field experience to record the number of hours completed which a senior member of staff then signs off. This record is to be submitted upon completion of these hours.
Lecturer/Assessor
The Lecturer/Assessor is an HCANZ academic staff member, available to support students throughout their field experience hours, and ensure they are on track to meet their Learning Outcomes.
Feel free to come back to this section for clarification at any point throughout your studies.
Field experience is the practical experience you will gain in the healthcare sector, where you can practically apply everything you are learning within your academic courses.
You are required to complete a minimum of 100 hours of field experience throughout the duration of your studies, either in a voluntary or paid position. You have flexibility as to how you complete these hours, however it must be agreed upon between the healthcare service and yourself.
Here are a few options you could consider:
Just remember, these are only options, and the flexibility is there to support you. We are here to help you to find the best arrangement that suits your needs, and ensure you are progressing at a steady rate, and are not left with too many hours to complete hurriedly at the end.
Upon completion of your program, you will be required to submit a verified record of the number of hours you have completed. This is evidence that the minimum number of field experience hours have been completed.
To do this, you will use what we call a Field Experience Attendance Record. Using this document, you will make note of your hours throughout your studies, and a senior member of staff will sign them off.
Field Experience Handbook
The Field Experience Handbook has been designed to support you throughout the duration of your studies.
It is here that you will find relevant regulations and rules including information on health and safety, dress code and professional conduct.
We would encourage you to make this Handbook your first port of call if issues, concerns or questions arise.
HCANZ Care Tasks Handbook
The HCANZ Care Tasks Handbook is a resource and a guide, providing step-by-step processes for care tasks that form the very foundation of your role as a Healthcare Assistant.
The Handbook is underpinned by the four principles of person-centred care which are enabling, personalised, coordinated, and dignified, compassionate and respectful care.
This Handbook is highly practical and will provide you with methods of care which really embody these principles. Use it to inform and underpin your practice, or as a reference point if you come across anything you are unsure of.
Field Experience Assessment Document
The Field Experience Assessment document is the tool used to record your achievement of the field experience Learning Outcomes. It provides indicators as to how your Learning Outcomes might be met, and opportunities for the Lecturer/Assessor to provide written feedback.
Your assessment will be based on:
Observations and evaluations of your practice by the Lecturer/Assessor
Discussions held between you and the Lecturer/Assessor
Written tasks completed throughout your academic courses and Course Guides
