HS372-6-FY-CO:
Becoming a Practitioner
2024/25
Health and Social Care (School of)
Colchester Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 6
Current
Thursday 03 October 2024
Friday 27 June 2025
30
03 June 2024
Requisites for this module
(none)
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BSC B939 Occupational Therapy
This module including the final placement will require you to manage your own learning and consolidate skills for practice. ‘Practice placement – Manage' requires demonstration of a highly professional level of skills and the use of critical evaluation and reflection to continually develop practice from a robust evidence base fully engaging with the practice setting and its broader context. You will be required to demonstrate evidence of competent practice and readiness for transition from student to therapist. You will be required to share your knowledge and skills reflecting on areas for further development. You will demonstrate your learning as you progress through the placement using the placement assessment document and summarise your achievements using a continuing professional development activity which has been agreed and negotiated with your educator.
- You will draw on your own learning and experiences throughout the programme, drawing upon key evidence and reflections to address the consolidation of skills for practice.
- Over the final ten-week placement, you will manage your provision of occupational therapy in a specific setting.
- By the end you will be able to critically analyse and evaluate practice from multiple perspectives, self-managing.
By the end of this module, students will be expected to be able to:
- Draw upon and critically evaluate relevant knowledge from a wide range of sources to demonstrate understanding of key factors within the placement setting (PP-Manage)
- Synthesise theory and practice for effective service delivery (PP-Manage)
- Effectively manage self to respond to changing and complex situations and initiate appropriate action (PP-Manage)
- Align your skills, behaviour and knowledge to regulatory, professional and organisational standards to reflect your contribution to relevant organisations, service users and carers (Skills Portfolio & CPD evidence)
Within this module you will explore your learning throughout the programme, through personal reflection and identify strengths and areas for further development that will contribute to your continuing professional development.
The interactive nature of this module is supported by practice placements, simulation/practical skills training and small group work, tutorials which will form the basis of the learning methods within this module.
Learners will draw upon knowledge, skills and behaviours established throughout the programme to demonstrate professional skill competences for the transition from student to practitioner.
You will draw upon your placement experiences and final 10-week placement, in order to further develop your learning within this module. Preparation and debriefing workshops will be available to learners.
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Pollard, N., Sakellariou, D. and Kronenberg, F. (2009)
A political practice of occupational therapy. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier. Available at:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/universityofessex-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1721204.
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Dimond, B. (2010)
Legal aspects of occupational therapy. 3rd ed. Chichester: Blackwell. Available at:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/universityofessex-ebooks/detail.action?docID=547209.
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Boniface, G. and Seymour, A. (2012)
Using occupational therapy theory in practice. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell. Available at:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/universityofessex-ebooks/detail.action?docID=832262.
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Atwal, A. (ed.) (2022)
Preparing for Professional Practice in Health and Social Care. Second Edition. John Wiley & Sons Inc. Available at:
https://app.kortext.com/Shibboleth.sso/Login?entityID=https://idp0.essex.ac.uk/shibboleth&target=https://app.kortext.com/borrow/1909706.
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Alsop, A. and Alsop, A. (2013)
Continuing professional development in health and social care: strategies for lifelong learning. Second Edition. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell. Available at:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/universityofessex-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1120722.
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HCPC Standards for Continuing Professional Development (no date). Available at:
https://www.hcpc-uk.org/cpd/your-cpd/our-standards-for-cpd/.
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CPD @ RCOT (Career Development Framework) (no date). Available at:
https://www.rcot.co.uk/cpd-rcot.
The above list is indicative of the essential reading for the course.
The library makes provision for all reading list items, with digital provision where possible, and these resources are shared between students.
Further reading can be obtained from this module's
reading list.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Skills portfolio |
25/06/2025 |
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| Practical |
PP3 Paperwork |
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Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Module is not taken for marks.
Reassessment
Module is not taken for marks.
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Mrs Selena Goodchild, email: s.goodchild@essex.ac.uk.
HSC Occupational Therapy staff, external clinicians & service users
Charlotte Fairminer
No
No
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No external examiner information available for this module.
Available via Moodle
Of 50 hours, 40 (80%) hours available to students:
0 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
10 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s), module, or event type.
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