This module enables you to study a contemporary topic of your choice in some depth and meets the Care Certificate Standards: 1: Understanding your role, as well as others, depending upon which topic you choose to study. 2. Your Personal Development.

You will consider:

Analysis of current policy and/or practice.

Systematic literature search skills and strategies.

Principles and practice of critical appraisal of evidence.

Conceptual frameworks.

Writing a critical literature review.

Presentation of study findings and their relevance to health and social care practice.

The report will include a review of relevant literature, a critical analysis of the context and issues that are influencing current policy/practice, and the identification of how the policy/practice could be developed.

The assessment assesses all the learning outcomes.

A planning form introducing the topic to be developed as part of the extended study project will be submitted so that full guidance can be given and supervisors can be allocated according to chosen topic (assessing LO 1).

Additional Assessment Details (include formative feedback / assessment):

Students will be able to choose a contemporary Health and Social Care topic area of interest to themselves or a topic from a list provided by the tutor at the start of the module.

Students will be supported on 1:1 basis by an appropriate supervisor and given on-going formative feedback and tutorial support as part of a mechanism to develop their project.

The module is designed to allow flexibility in approach to remain responsive to student’s individual identified needs.

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: (48¿hours)¿¿

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: (58 hours)

15 hours Lead lectures

23 hours group work, seminar discussion

10 hours individual/small group tutorials

10 hours 1:1 supervision

Guided Independent Study: (342¿hours)¿¿

250 hours Carrying out literature search and individual work including writing up

82¿hours: Independent reading - You will be expected to read the recommended reading and utilise the learning materials which you will have full access to via Blackboard.¿

1. Analyse current Health and Social Care Practice or policies in order to identify the context and issues related to the practice/policy (Enquiry, Learning)

Learning, Enquiry

2. Search for and critically appraise relevant literature/ research and use this information to prepare a review of the literature (Analysis, Learning)

Knowledge and Understanding, Learning, Analysis

3. Critically examine the concepts and issues of the practice/policy to determine their implications for the individual/group/community to which the chosen topic is applicable
Application

4. Examine ways in which the Health and Social Care outcomes for the individual/group/community could be improved

Application, Problem Solving

You will have access to a range of materials on Blackboard VLE including articles, session slides, and interactive activities. You will also be able to access a variety of digital material through our Library and specialist databases.

Text books and articles specific to topic area will be negotiated between individual student and supervisor.

Aveyard, H. (2018) Doing a literature review in health and social care: a practical guide. Open University Press.

Bogg, D. (2016) Report Writing Social Work Pocketbooks (UK Higher Education OUP Humanities & Social Sciences Health & Social Welfare) 2nd Edition. Open University Press

This module enables you to study a topic of your choice in some depth and provides learners with the opportunity to consider analysis of current practice and policy; literature search skills and strategies; principles and practice of critical appraisal of evidence; conceptual frameworks; writing a literature review; presentation of study findings and their relevance to practice.