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Information for practitioners

Practice learning plays a vital role in the education of pre-registration nurses and midwives. Fifty percent of the students' learning takes place within the practice setting, healthcare professionals and university staff involved are key to the effective preparation of our future nurses and midwives. 

Everyone involved in practice learning plays a key role in helping our students to take the theory they learn in university and apply it to patient care. Involvement in practice learning offers you the opportunity to pass on your own knowledge and skills to your student and to learn from them, about the latest research and changes in best practice. 

We recognise that supporting and assessing students in practice happens alongside the delivery of patient care and that managing these often-competing demands can be incredibly challenging.

The resources provided below are intended to support you in your practice learning role.

Faculty contacts

Sharing positive feedback about our students

If you have positive feedback about our students in practice, we'd love to hear about it. Please email excellentstudent@kcl.ac.uk

Programme information

Practice Assessment Documents: Midwifery

BSc Midwifery 

All pre-registration midwifery students follow a curriculum aligned to the NMC Standards of Proficiency of Midwives 2019.

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Practice Assessment Documents: Nursing

BSc and MSc nursing

Pre-registration nursing students enrolled before September 2025 use:

  • Ongoing Record of Achievement (OAR) for the duration of their programme
  • Pan London Practice Assessment Document (PLPAD 2.0) for each of the three practice learning parts of their programme

From September 2025 onwards, newly entolled pre-registration nursing students use the ePAD.

You can download these documents using the links below.

Document Programme
OAR All nursing BSc and MSc
(Adult, Child and Mental Health)
PLPAD 2.0 BSc part one

All Nursing BSc
(Adult, Child and Mental Health)
PLPAD 2.0 BSc part two All Nursing BSc(Adult, Child and Mental Health)
PLPAD 2.0 BSc part three All Nursing BSc(Adult, Child and Mental Health)
PLPAD 2.0 MSc part one Nursing MSc
PLPAD 2.0 MSc part two Nursing MSc
PLPAD 2.0 MSc part three Nursing MSc
Patient/Service User Feedback Form Nursing BSc/MSc

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