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| Module Availability |
| To be arranged with the module leader |
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| Assessment Pattern |
This module will be assessed through the completion of a Reflection on Practice. This reflective account should demonstrate the ability to critically analyse the complex nature of practice and a contemporary knowledge and understanding of theoretical/evidence-based approaches that impact on and support practice.
Word Count: 1,500 words (100%)
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| Module Overview |
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| Prerequisites/Co-requisites |
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| Module Aims |
| The aim of this module is to enable health care professionals to gain academic credit for learning that has occurred at work, through experience and/or prior study. |
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| Learning Outcomes |
On completion of the module, the student should be able to:
Subject knowledge and understanding
• Utilise a recognised model of reflection
• Demonstrate the ability to critically analyse principles and concepts of practice, utilising knowledge from different subject areas to review and evaluate practice
Cognitive skills
• Explore and reflect on their current practice and consider a range of strategies to develop and enhance practice
• Explore the contemporary nature of practice and analyse relevant literature that supports care delivery
• Develop problem solving and enquiry-based techniques through reflections on practice utilising relevant evidence
Practical skills
• Demonstrate personal and professional development through the reflective process
• Explore the needs of practice and engage with colleagues to target appropriate resources to enhance quality
• Participate in identifying needs and targeting resources
• Demonstrate leadership skills to show responsible and accountable practice
Key / transferable skills
• Effectively utilise learning resources to support lifelong learning
• Evaluate their own strengths and weaknesses and be a self-directed learner
• Further develop their communication skills to ensure effective interventions
• Develop a personal profile
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| Module Content |
The module will broadly explore the following themes:
• What is evidence?
• Turning experience into practice
• Models of reflection
• Portfolio development
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| Methods of Teaching/Learning |
This module is delivered through a blended approach of work-based learning, tutorial support, self-directed study and electronic platforms (ULearn/email).
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| Selected Texts/Journals |
Essential Text and Recommended Text:
The student will be advised by the module leader and the specialist tutor of appropriate reading material to support the identified assignment topic.
Background Reading
Dawes M, Davies P, Gray A, Mant J, Seers K, Snowball R 2005 Evidence-Based Practice: A Primer for Health Care Professionals 2nd edn Churchill Livingstone Elsevier,Philadelphia
Hamer S, Collinson G 2005 Achieving Evidence-based Practice: A Handbook for Practitioners 2nd edn Balliere Tindall Elsevier, Philadelphia
Johns C, Freshwater D 1998 Transforming nursing through reflective practice Blackwell Science, Oxford
Price B 2003 Studying Nursing Using Problem-Based and Enquiry-Based Learning Palgrave Macmillan, Hampshire
Rolfe G, Freshwater D, Jasper M 2001 Critical Reflection for Nursing: a user’s guide Palgrave Macmillan, Hampshire
Rose M, Best D 2005 Transforming Practice through Clinical Education, Professional Supervision and Mentoring Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, Philadelphia
Smith P, James T, Lorentzon M, Pope R 2004 Shaping the Facts: Evidence-based Nursing and Health Care Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, Philadelphia
Journals
The student will be advised by the module leader and the specialist tutor of appropriate reading material to support the identified assignment topic.
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| Last Updated |
| 29TH JULY 2010 |
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