Effective Practitioner

 

Further information


For further details about this module and to apply, please contact the Module Leader:

Heather Passmore

h.passmoreucs.ac.uk|

Dates

6 study days, starting in September 2011:

  • Thursday 22 September 2011
  • Thursday 13 October 2011
  • Thursday 24 November 2011
  • Thursday 19 January 2012
  • Thursday 1 March 2012
  • Thursday 26 April 2012

Student Hours

 

400 total student hours:

  • 30 contact hours
  • 30 VLE hours
  • 6 hours academic tutorials
  • 334 hours self directed study

Rationale

 

During this module the student will follow a path that requires engagement in critical evaluation of their current practice and make proposals regarding themselves as effective practitioners and the nature of effective practice. The journey of self-reflective enquiry undertaken by each student will improve the rationality and justice of their own practices, their understanding of these practices and the situations in which these practices are carried out.

Action learning sets will give structure to this complex process, enabling peer and lecturer exploration of the many facets pertinent to practice and personal development. The principles of action learning will enhance self-awareness and reflexivity on practice and performance. This module will be assessed via a ‘patchwork text’ approach in which the student will be required to submit staged formative pieces of work that support the developmental journey planned during this module.

The knowledge and learning generated by this activity is of primary benefit to the individual student as a professional practitioner but also to their area of practice. They will develop a sharper image of the effectiveness of their practice and its articulation with the health and social care system and agendas within which they work. Careful examination of the evidence base for practice and the QIPP agenda will provide frameworks for analysis.

Aims of the Module

 

  • To facilitate situational analysis of professional practice within the health and social care context.
  • To determine strategies for practice enhancement and/or development.
  • To establish personal and professional and practice development activities.
  • To encourage critical thinking about, and creative visioning of, potential future professional role development.

 

Learning Outcomes

 

On completion of the module students will be able to:

  • Generate critical dialogue regarding the nature of an effective practitioner, incorporating issues relating to interprofessional working.
  • Explore the factors that may impact on the practitioner’s effectiveness and consider creative responses.
  • Devise a simple means of improving productivity and effectiveness in practice
  • Discuss responses of self and others to change and consider strategies and tactics of effective change management.
  • Utilise a framework to analyse how self and others can be involved to develop effective practice.
  • Provide rigorous self-evaluation of the processes and outcomes of the formative, developmental activities undertaken.

Assessment

 

Formative

A series of staged formative assessments through the course of this double module reviewed by self, peer and academic will contribute to achievement of the learning outcomes of the module.

 

 

Staged formative assessments to be undertaken (total 5000 words)

  • Mind map of effective attributes of the effective practitioner and critical review of attributes to be presented at an action learning set. (1000 words)
  • Critical review of the use of evidence to support practice within own area. (1000 words)
  • Identification of an area suitable for change and determine strategy for effective change management with anticipated responses from self and others. (1000 words)
  • Create a poster (or negotiated alternative) that will improve productivity in your practice area (posted on Wolsey as a wiki /blog for critical review). (500 words)
  • Utilisation of ‘Skilled Helper’ framework (or alternative) as strategy to develop effective practice. (1000 words)
  • Undertake an analysis of own performance with the aid of at least one reflective process. (1000 words) 

Summative

3000 word portfolio Weighting 100%

Students are required to summarise their personal and practice development throughout the module. This portfolio will also include the ‘stitching together’ of the variety of formative patches undertake on the student journey through the module. The above formative texts will be included as submitted evidence within this portfolio.

 

- 3000 word portfolio that summarises personal and practice development.

 

- 5000 words taken from formative assessments

 

 

 

 

Key facts

Module code:
HPGCPRM01

Level of study: 7

Year: First year

Mandatory or optional module: Mandatory

Location: Ipswich  

Prerequisites for this module: None

Professional applicability: A, B, C, D, E, G 

DARZI category: 9

Darzi Category and Professional Applicability Coding|

Students already registered on a diploma or degree course are advised to make their course leader aware that they plan to undertake this module.