HPC launch new student resources

23/10/2009

New student resources online

The Health Professions Council (HPC) have today launched a variety of new resources for students and those working on approved programmes via a newly dedicated area of the HPC website.

The new area of the website aimed at students, trainees and approved programme lecturers provides information for students, which includes information on applying for registration, application forms and guidance notes.

The web page can be found under the ‘Apply’ and ‘Education’ section of the website and is titled ‘Student Information’.

An Audio-visual presentation is now available to view with information on:
• the role of the Health Professions Council;
• information on regulation;
• how to apply for registration; and
• how to stay registered.

The presentation also includes subtitles and a transcript. It is suitable for use as part of a lecture on professional regulation and the HPC hope that students and lecturers will be encouraged to watch this.

PowerPoint slides and handouts have been produced to complement the audio-visual presentation. They aim to allow lecturers to deliver the above information in their own style. The transcript for the presentation could also serve as a tool for delivering the slides.

The HPC’s new voluntary guidance on conduct and ethics for students based on the standards of conduct, performance and ethics is due to be published in late autumn and will be located in the student information section of the website. This guidance offers principles which the HPC would encourage students to use during their training.

Notes to Editors:

1. The Health Professions Council is an independent, UK-wide health regulator set up by the Health Professions Order (2001).  The HPC keeps a register for fourteen different health professions and only  registers people who meet the standards it sets for their training, professional skills, behaviour and health. The HPC will take action against health professionals who do not meet these standards or who use a protected title illegally.

2. Information about the HPC’s new student pages can be found on the HPC website here: www.hpc-uk.org/students and www.hpc-uk.org/education

3. The HPC currently regulates the following 14 professions. Each of these professions has one or more ‘protected titles’. Anyone who uses one of these titles must register with the HPC. To see the full list of protected titles please see: www.hpc-uk.org/aboutregistration/protectedtitles/
Arts therapists
Biomedical scientists
Chiropodists / podiatrists
Clinical scientists
Dietitians
Occupational therapists
Operating department practitioners
Orthoptists
Paramedics
Physiotherapists
Practitioner psychologists
Prosthetists / orthotists
Radiographers
Speech and language therapists

Amy Morgan
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