Calendar 2012-2013 - Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing

equiring attention and criteria of evidence of improvement. The student must beprovided with sufficient clinical practice time to be able to demonstrate improvement.(ii)(iii)(iv)The clinical teacher will inform the course coordinator of concerns and a plan of action.The student may either demonstrate improvement in documented areas of concern or failto achieve the expected performance level required within the agreed time frame. If thereis not observed improvement in clinical practice, a second teacher, experienced in thesame clinical area, will be asked to independently review the documentation, observe thestudent in the clinical setting, and provide a written evaluation regarding the student‟sclinical performance.If it is determined that the student was not able to demonstrate evidence of improvementto a satisfactory level in meeting the clinical objectives the student will be assigned afailing grade in the clinical component of the course and will be assigned a grade pointvalue of 34% for the course.Unsafe PerformanceUnsafe performance may refer to either a series of incidents/indicators related to failure to applyknowledge, skill, and judgment at a level that would normally be expected of a student at thisstage of learning over a period of days or weeks or to a single incident of such seriousness thatclient /patient safety was or had the potential to be gravely compromised.Unsafe performance may indicate that the student is unfit to continue in a course or courses or tocontinue as a student in the program.The process in situations of unsafe performance is as follows:(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)When a situation or situations occur(s) that are judged as unsafe the clinical teacher mayremove the student from clinical practice immediately. The teacher will subsequentlymeet with the student to discuss the problem and provide written notification.The teacher will inform the Course Coordinator and Undergraduate Program Chair of thesituation as soon as possible.If required, a second teacher, experienced in the same clinical area, will be asked toindependently review the documentation and provide a written evaluation regarding thesafety of the student‟s clinical performance.If it is determined that the student‟s performance is unsafe, the student will be withdrawnfrom the course and will be assigned a grade point value of 34% for the course. It is atthe discretion of the Committee on Standing as to whether the student would be allowedto continue in the nursing program or if their registration would be cancelled.Note: If a clinical agency refuses to allow a student to continue their clinical practice atthat site for professional, ethical, or legal reasons the Faculty is not obligated to providean alternative learning experience for the student and the student‟s ability to successfullycomplete the clinical requirement of the course would be in jeopardy.University of Toronto Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing Calendar 2012-2013 88