EVIDENCING YOUR PRACTICE - 2020/1

Module Overview

The Module gives students from a wide range of disciplines in health and social care the opportunity to evidence their practice in their own speciality. They will develop an eportfolio of evidence in line with the four pillars of the advanced clinical practice framework 

Module provider

School of Health Sciences

Module Leader

HUGHES Karen (Health Sci.)

Number of Credits: 15

ECTS Credits: 7.5

Framework: FHEQ Level 7

Module cap (Maximum number of students): N/A

Module Availability

Year long

Prerequisites / Co-requisites

NA

Module content

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  Theoretical underpinnings to evidence their advanced practice:
  
  
  
  
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    Creating a culture for learning and development
    
  
  
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    Critiquing and utilising current research to inform best practice
    
  
  
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    Exploring opportunities to lead practice
    
  
  
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    Developing your profession specific skills as an advanced practitioner 
    
  
  
  
  

Assessment pattern

Alternative Assessment

NA

Assessment Strategy

The assessment strategy is designed to provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate the advancement of their practice in clinical settings and critical analysis of the underpinning evidence for practice.

Thus, the summative assessment for this module consists of:

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  An eportfolio relevant to own area of practice, demonstrating advancement of their knowledge and skills in line with professional registration in a specialist role.
  
  Please note that any evidence of unsafe practice or breach of confidentiality will result in an automatic refer for the module.
  

Module aims

• Enable healthcare practitioners to demonstrate advancement of their knowledge, skills and understanding in relation to the relevant underpinning evidence base within their area of practice.
• Explore opportunities to enhance care delivery utilising the evidence base
• Support practitioners to empower and support the development of healthcare workers
• Facilitate the development of critical thinking and an enquiring mind

Learning outcomes

Methods of Teaching / Learning

The learning and teaching strategy is designed to:

Enable students to develop and demonstrate the development of their skills and knowledge utilising the evidence base.

The learning and teaching methods include:

Delivery of Module

This an ONLINE, e-learning module accessible via the University Surrey Learn platform.

Indicated Lecture Hours (which may also include seminars, tutorials, workshops and other contact time) are approximate and may include in-class tests where one or more of these are an assessment on the module. In-class tests are scheduled/organised separately to taught content and will be published on to student personal timetables, where they apply to taken modules, as soon as they are finalised by central administration. This will usually be after the initial publication of the teaching timetable for the relevant semester.

Reading list

https://readinglists.surrey.ac.uk
Upon accessing the reading list, please search for the module using the module code: HCRM019

Please note that the information detailed within this record is accurate at the time of publishing and may be subject to change. This record contains information for the most up to date version of the programme / module for the 2020/1 academic year.