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Summary
This article describes and provides examples of Independent Learning Experiences.
What is an Independent Learning Experience?
Independent Learning Experiences allow ANZCAP members to autonomously record, self evaluate and self-reflect on a variety of significant professional experiences.
Compared to other categories of learning experiences Independent Learning Experiences do not require collaboration with peers for feedback or for the professional experience to be peer reviewed.
Independent Learning Experiences can contribute towards recognition of professional practice in a variety of ways by inclusion in both recognition portfolios and custom portfolios.
Types of Independent Learning Experiences
There are 11 different types of Independent Learning Experiences that can be used to document a broad variety of professional experiences. Please see the list below for the names and definitions of each type of Independent Learning Experience.
Conference/Seminar report | Self-evaluation of attendance/involvement at seminar or conference and reflection of subsequent impact on practice |
Consumer Survey | Evaluates the individual's communication and consultation skills from the consumer perspective |
Independent Case Presentation | Self-evaluation of the ability to present a case to colleagues |
Independent Journal Club Presentation | Self-evaluation of the ability to present and discuss scientific findings from a published journal with colleagues |
Independent LEADER | Self-evaluates the individual's leadership and management capabilities |
Independent Non-Clinical Skill | Self-evaluates the individuals' non-clinical skills |
Independent QiPAT | Self-evaluates the individual's ability when involved in a quality improvement project |
Independent Supervision report | Self-evaluates an individual's ability to supervise a learner in either the clinical or non-clinical space. |
Independent Research Activity | Self-evaluates the individual's contribution to a research project |
Independent TEACH | Self-evaluates the individual's ability to deliver and/or develop educational content to a group of learners |
Reflective Report | Self-evaluates and guides individual reflection of a significant professional experience they have observed or been involved in |
Some types of Learning Experiences are available in both the Independent and Collaborative category e.g. Supervision Report. The ANZCAP member may choose which category of LX is most appropriate for the professional experience they are recording.
Independent Learning Experience Workflow
All Independent Learning Experiences involved 3 steps for completion:
Prepare
Engage and
Reflect
🧩 Prepare
🎯 Engage
💠Reflect*
Pharmacist identifies an appropriate professional experience that is significant to their practice or is a significant learning experience and aligns it with the appropriate type of Independent Learning Experience.
The pharmacist must independently determine:
Area of Practice
Pharmacist engages in the professional experience (skill or situation)
Pharmacist completes the LX digital tool, which guides the pharmacist to:
Engage in self-evaluation of key skills of the experience
Reflect on the experience by identifying strengths, areas for development & development goals
Upload evidence to support the Independent Learning Experience (optional)
*Pharmacists may have engaged in discussion with professional peers, mentors or managers to encourage reflective practice. However, the Independent Learning Experience digital tool should be completed by the pharmacist without collaboration.
Each type of Independent Learning Experience has it’s own digital tool on the AZCAP platform that will automatically guide ANZCAP members through each step of the process. Alternatively pharmacists may use a comparative workplace based assessment tool from their own workplace or organisation and upload it to the ANZCAP digital platform where they can then confirm completion of an Independent Learning Experience.
National Competency Standards Framework for Pharmacists in Australia
Each type of Independent Learning Experience has been mapped to the relevant domains within the National Competency Standards Framework for Pharmacists in Australia 2016.
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