Learning, Practice and Assessment: Signposting the Portfolio

by Mark Doel

Reflecting current concerns in health and social care to bring theory and practice closer together, this is a comprehensive guide to integrating assessment, learning and practice. The authors - an academic, a training officer and a practitioner - present complementary perspectives on the problem.

They argue that a holistic approach to learning can fit with a competency approach to assessment, promoting both efficiency and creativity in evidence-based professional practice. They demonstrate how their combined assessment and learning tool, the 'signposted portfolio' (which forms both a summary of what the social work student or health care practitioner has learnt and the foundation of a potential assessment report) can work in practice.

This sensible and thoughtful resource is essential reading for trainers, practitioners, managers and students in health and social care who are seeking to provide the best service to their clients.

176 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002