No more end-of-placement surprises: a placement-cycle checklist and webinar for PEMs and PEFs
Visibility works best as a habit
If your trust has moved practice assessment into MyProgress, you've gained something paper never offered: a live view of every learner's progress, and of the Practice Supervisors and Practice Assessors supporting them.
But practice learning is still busy. Placement blocks overlap, wards are stretched and new learners arrive every few weeks. In the middle of all that, it's easy to open the data only when something has already gone wrong.
The teams that get the most from MyProgress do something simple. They look at the right things at the right point in the placement cycle, and act on what they see.
The pressures haven't gone away, but now you can see them
The challenges of practice learning don't disappear with a digital system. What changes is how early you can spot them.
More roles, more handoffs. The NMC's Standards for student supervision and assessment (SSSA) separate the Practice Supervisor, Practice Assessor and Academic Assessor roles. MyProgress shows who each item is waiting on, so a stalled handoff doesn't stay hidden.
Assessor time is still squeezed. The SSSA expects Practice Assessors to be prepared for the role and to have time to observe learners. A growing backlog shows up in MyProgress, often before the assessor mentions it.
Learners don't always chase. Students can be reluctant to push a busy registrant for a signature. In MyProgress you can see a learner falling behind even if they haven't told anyone.
Patterns are easy to miss. One assessor with five learners waiting, or one area with delays every block, only shows up when you look across learners. That's what the dashboards are for.
A simple routine across the placement cycle
A few short check-ins in MyProgress during each placement block turn visibility into earlier action:
1. Week 1: every learner is allocated, linked to a Practice Supervisor and Practice Assessor, and has had an initial interview.
2. Midpoint: proficiencies are being signed steadily and supervisors are recording feedback.
3. Final two weeks: you know what's outstanding for each learner, and who it's waiting on.
4. Across every block: you spot the assessors and areas that need more support.
The result is fewer end-of-placement surprises, fewer extensions and more confident assessors.
Download the placement-cycle checklist
We've turned this routine into a one-page checklist for PEMs and PEFs. It sets out what to check at each stage of placement, along with the red flags that mean it's time to step in. Print it for the practice education office, or share it with your placement areas and ward managers.
Download the placement-cycle checklist (PDF) here:
Making the checklist quick, not another job
Every item on the checklist depends on information your trust already records in MyProgress. What makes the difference is whether you can see it all in one place, at the moment you need it.
MyProgress brings learner progress, assessor activity and outstanding sign-offs together in views and dashboards built for practice education teams. That means you can run through this checklist in minutes rather than chasing records one by one.
See it live: MyProgress for PEMs and PEFs webinar
Join our free webinar for practice education teams at MyProgress customer trusts. We'll show you how to:
find any learner and see their progress in seconds
use dashboards to prepare for practice learning meetings
identify assessors and supervisors who need support
spot learners with outstanding sign-offs early and act
fix the common issues yourself and raise tickets that get resolved fast
There'll be time for your questions, too.
Wednesday, 25 November · 12:00 - 12:30pm · Online via Microsoft Teams · Free for MyProgress customers
Can't make it live? Register anyway and we'll send you the recording.
Not using MyProgress yet? Get in touch to find out how it could give your practice education team the same visibility.
