In this assignment I will critically evaluate upon my teaching experience with a student nurse during an 11 week practical placement within the primary care community setting. I will analyse my mentor role within the context of care and in promoting evidence based practice in relation to the teaching experiences. I will appraise the learning and teaching strategies I used during the placement. I will also detail how I assessed that effective learning was taking place for my student and how she was integrated into the clinical setting.

I have been a Nursing care practitioner working in the community setting caring for patients predominantly in their own homes and clinic settings for over 10 years. I have developed many, varied, transferable skills. I have buddy mentored many students and embraced the opportunity to progress to becoming a qualified mentor. I would consider one of the most important aspects of a students training is the clinical or practical placement during which many skills are learnt. Walsh (2010) p1, states all qualified nurses have a duty via their code of professional conduct to pass on their knowledge and to effectively mentor students. Since commencing the Certificate of Achievement in the Assessment of Professional Practice I understand what it takes to become an effective
Mentor, understanding the teaching and learning theories, examining the concepts of learning styles and its application in the mentoring process. Upon the completion of the mentorship course I will have met the NMC mentor standards as published in the document ‘Standards to support Learning and Assessment in Practice (NMC 2006).

The NMC (2008) defines a mentor as a registrant who has met the outcomes of stage 2 and who facilitates learning and supervises and assesses students in a clinical setting. This document also outlines that a mentor should use knowledge of the