HS808-6-FY-CA:
Becoming a Professional: Professional Skills

The details
2023/24
Health and Social Care (School of)
Colchester Campus & Apprenticeship Location
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 6
Current
Thursday 05 October 2023
Friday 28 June 2024
30
05 April 2023

 

Requisites for this module
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Key module for

BSC B939OD Occupational Therapy (Degree Apprenticeship)

Module description

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 apprentice 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 (HCPC, 2012) which has been agreed and negotiated with your educator.

Module aims

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.

Module learning outcomes

1. 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)
2. Synthesise theory and practice for effective service delivery (PP-Manage)
3. Effectively manage self to respond to changing and complex situations and initiate appropriate action (PP-Manage)
4. 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)

Module information

Introduction to module, assessment and placement preparation briefing
Online and practical mandatory requirements for placement incl. Simulation training
CPD Portfolio development and revisiting reflective practice
Placement debriefing
Reflection in action
Evidencing practice
Core occupational therapy skills transferrable across diverse settings
Digital literacy
Teaching and supervising others
Professional, regulatory, and organisational standards and competencies

Learning and teaching methods

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, drawing upon the developed portfolio during the programme demonstrate professional skill competences for the transition from apprentice to practitioner. Placement: You will draw upon your placement experiences and final 10-week practice placement, in order to further develop your learning within this module. Preparation and debriefing workshop details will be available to learners. Online: E-resources and library facilities will support your learning within this module. Tutorials: There will be opportunities to meet with personal tutors to discuss CPD portfolios. Skills: Throughout this module learners will draw on their current occupational therapy skills to consider their readiness for employment as an Occupational Therapist. Learners will also identify the skills that they need to further develop as identified within regulatory, professional and organisational standards and competencies.

Bibliography

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   Final Mark    100% 
Coursework   Summative - Placement Paperwork Submission     
Coursework   Summative - Skills portfolio submission     

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 either passed or marked as not completed.

Reassessment

Module is either passed or marked as not completed.

Module supervisor and teaching staff
hsccolapp@essex.ac.uk

 

Availability
No
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External examiner

Mrs Ruth Squire
Cardiff University
Senior Lecturer
Resources
Available via Moodle
Of 37 hours, 9 (24.3%) hours available to students:
28 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s), module, or event type.

 

Further information
Health and Social Care (School of)

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