HS706-5-AU-CO:
Public Health and Wellbeing
2023/24
Health and Social Care (School of)
Colchester Campus
Autumn
Undergraduate: Level 5
Current
Monday 02 October 2023
Friday 08 December 2023
15
03 August 2023
Requisites for this module
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FDSCL515 Assistant Practitioner,
FDSCL515SO Assistant Practitioner
Promoting the health and wellbeing of the individual requires an understanding of the wider issues, including environment and work safety issues, heredity, lifestyle, education, social economic factors and media influence. This module expands on some of the themes introduced previously.
The aim of this module is:
- To stimulate the learner to have a wider interest in issues of public health, health promotion and disease prevention.
By the end of this module, students will be expected to be able to:
- Discuss the role of local, national, international and environmental health agencies in the relationship to lifestyle, economic status and health including measures/calculations to interpret and present information.
- Examine the effects of drug, alcohol, diet and smoking on health, mental and wellbeing.
- Critique the local and national disease prevention and health promotion measures and consider the role of the Assistant Practitioner/Nursing Associate in promoting health and wellbeing.
- Outline the principles of the Health and Safety at Work Act and the role of the Assistant Practitioner/Nursing Associate in maintaining and monitoring health, safety and security of self and others.
Promoting the health and wellbeing of the individual requires an understanding of the wider issues, including environment and work safety issues, heredity, lifestyle, education, social economic factors and media influence.
This module will be delivered via a variety of teaching methods:
- Lectures will cover key concepts, supported by practical sessions and the use of simulated practice to enable the students to make the links between theory and practice.
- Students will deliver a poster presentation exploring local, national and international approached related to a lifestyle issue.
- Additional support will be provided through individual and group tutorial sessions.
- Some student-led sessions are included.
Lectures: Will be undertaken by the module lead and other members of the lecturing team.
Independent: Some independent group work is undertaken during sessions. Time has been specifically allocated for self-directed and student led learning at various points in the module.
Placement: The learner is employed in clinical practice and will not attend additional placement.
Online: Some elements of e learning are included which may involve making contributions to a discussion forum or accessing self-directed teaching and learning exercises.
Tutorials: All students are expected to meet with the tutor at least once during the module. Personal /group tutorials can be arranged with the module lead. It is the student's responsibility to attend group tutorials and to arrange any personal tutorials with the module lead.
Skills: Students will be provided with opportunities to practice skills relevant to the module. Practical sessions to support clinical practice and assessment will provide opportunity to reflect on practice.
This module does not appear to have any essential texts. To see non - essential items, please refer to the module's
reading list.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
SAT Exam |
|
100% |
Additional coursework information
Short Answer Test - Exam Conditions
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
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Mrs Gemma Bidwell, email: gjbidw@essex.ac.uk.
Gemma Bidwell
Callum Marshall - hsccolapp@essex.ac.uk
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No
No
Dr Lindsay Welch
University of Southampton
Lecturer
Miss Joanne Bartlett
The Open University
Academic Lead/Practice Tutor
Available via Moodle
Of 64 hours, 58 (90.6%) hours available to students:
6 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s), module, or event type.
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