In this module you will expand and develop your understanding of professional autonomy, accountability and responsibility and your wider contribution to effective service provision and development, bringing with it the culmination of your work-based training and education as a soon-to-be biomedical scientist.

The module will cover three distinct areas interwoven with the common themes of safe, ethical and autonomous practice developing the principles of Good Scientific Practice (HEE), Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics (HCPC) and Good Professional Practice in Biomedical Science (IBMS).

The module will begin by discussing personal and professional responsibilities and the application of these within a regulated healthcare environment. You will be encouraged to reflect upon your experiences and your engagement with other professionals and service users and use these reflections to inform your own practice.

The module will then consider effective leadership and governance and your role in developing staff and services. Various leadership and management strategies will be discussed before developing the notion of shared leadership and collective responsibility as applicable to an autonomous professional. Within this, the relationship between patient safety and effective leadership and governance will be explored to consider the role of the scientific workforce in improving patient outcomes.

This module serves as the final gateway to your autonomous practice and embeds the verification of your IBMS Registration Portfolio. Upon completion of all other aspects of your degree, and evidence that all compliance aspects of your apprenticeship have been met, you will undergo a ‘gateway review’ and be eligible to sit the final ’End Point’ Assessment.

This module is mapped against the Quality Assurance Agency Benchmark for Biomedical Science and the National School of Healthcare Science Practitioner Training Programme curriculum and contributes to the Healthcare Science Practitioner Degree Apprenticeship Standard by developing your knowledge of the underlying scientific principles of the investigations offered by healthcare science services. It also evidences your knowledge and skills in person-centred and professional care, personal and professional development, health, safety and security, quality, clinical care, audit and service improvement, research and innovation, and leadership.

This module is delivered as a blend of asynchronous online learning sessions, on campus study days and work-based study. Within each learning unit you will be given a range of learning outcomes and directed through a variety of learning material (for example recorded lectures, online exercises or collaborative activities) to work though asynchronously together with an opportunity to check and develop your learning (for example through online quizzes, challenge questions or discussion fora). You are encouraged to reflect upon the academic content of the module and consider how this is applicable within your workplace.

Fundamental to this module is the integration of your work-based experiences, training and development, and of the reflection upon these as part of the demonstration of your fitness for autonomous practice.

Your learning is supported by a group discussion board and weekly online sessions where you can discuss your learning with the academic teaching team.

1. Demonstrate understanding, application and critical evaluation of shared leadership and associated personal qualities, behaviours and communications in the provision of a safe, effective and efficient clinical pathology service. Knowledge and understanding, Application

2. Prioritise and undertake core investigations within named pathology discipline in conformance with standard operating procedures (including the referral, validation and communication of results) and as appropriate for a registered healthcare professional. Application, Analysis

3. Discuss and critically evaluate the role of the biomedical scientist as a registered and regulated autonomous professional, reflecting upon own clinical practice to inform that evaluation. Reflection, Analysis

You will require access to a computer with internet access.
Access to specialist facilities on campus.

The IBMS Fundamentals series will be used throughout to support discussions.
https://global.oup.com/academic/content/series/f/fundamentals-of-biomedical-science-ibms/?cc=gb&lang=en&

Reference to primary literature will be strongly encouraged.

In this module you will expand and develop your understanding of professional autonomy, accountability and responsibility and your wider contribution to effective service provision and development, bringing with it the culmination of your work-based training and education as a soon-to-be biomedical scientist.

The module will cover three distinct areas interwoven with the common themes of safe, ethical and autonomous practice developing the principles of Good Scientific Practice (HEE), Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics (HCPC) and Good Professional Practice in Biomedical Science (IBMS).

Component 1:

A minimum of 40% (pass in registration portfolio) in all elements of the End Point assessment (Exam, professional discussion and poster) is required to pass the module.

Verification of Institute of Biomedical Science Registration Portfolio (30 pieces of evidence) LOs 1,2,3
Verification of the IBMS portfolio assesses the competent application of the skills required for clinical practice and adherence to the HCPC Standards of Proficiency for Biomedical Scientists. This component is zero weighted and must be passed for progression. The completed IBMS portfolio consists of 30 pieces of evidence and an assessed laboratory tour.

Component 2:

Situational and Professional Judgement Exam (2 hours) 100%. An essay-style unseen exam focussed upon contextual professional practice scenarios (covering areas such as ethics, safety, consent and situational judgement for example). (LOs 1,2,3)