Practice educators – yes!!!
Another week another conference, but it was social-work-run this time so no multi-coloured pens. It was a South-East London Skills for Care conference for practice educators and students. Yes, I wrote that right. They’re called educators in official speak now, after a period of being assessors. This is good because it reflects the full range of what they do, and not only the surveillance and checking role. As someone who chaired a lot of examination boards in his life, I know the assessment role is important, but it’s only a part of education, and it should never be presented as the whole. So whoever has moved to this new terminology – good on them.