Module - Contemporary Mentoring & Assessment in Diverse Clinical Environments (Level 7)
Mentorship and assessment of learners are becoming an increasingly important role for Registered Health Care Professionals from diverse backgrounds such as Paramedics, Nurses, OTs and Physiotherapists. With more learners coming on to placements, it is vital that mentors and PEds have an advanced understanding of the principles of contemporary learning teaching and assessment in practice placements in order to enhance the learner’s experience and for the future development of the profession.
The module aims to provide registered healthcare professionals with the opportunity to examine theories which underpin approaches to learning, facilitation, assessment and support in practice-based settings. This will enable them to apply their skills and effectively fulfil their role as a mentor/practice educator, practice supervisor or practice assessor in professional practice taking into account their responsibility and accountability for teaching and learning.
- Explore and review, with an evidence base, management, organisational issues, working relationships and inter-professional team working, of everyone involved in effective mentoring placements, which recognises the diversity of all individuals.
- Critique and apply the theories of learning and teaching and contemporary approaches to mentorship to facilitate learning within practice based settings.
- Critically analyse and evaluate the principles of assessment in diverse clinical environments with consideration of leadership, accountability, responsibility and failure to fail with reference to your own professional code.
- Critically analyse how learning from this module has transformed your understanding of your practice.
Principles of mentorship which incorporates evidence based practice, leadership, professional role modelling, diversity, equality and inclusivity; Mentoring in different professional contexts; Mentoring throughout the student practice placement journey - from induction to placement evaluation; Learning theories and their uses in practice; Principles of assessment, accountability, responsibility and failure to fail; Feedback and difficult conversations; ‘Toxic’ mentoring; Reflective case studies.
Modules
- HCPD7100
Contemporary Mentoring & Assessment in Diverse Clinical Environments
How you will learn
Participation in the formative components of the module will help prepare you to undertake and succeed in the summative assessment. Work completed as part of this module can be counted towards professional CPD for your relevant professional context.
How you will be assessed
Formative Assessment – Formative assessment on this module will be ongoing peer discussions, reflection and feedback from online or face to face activities.
Summative Assessment – 4000 word written assignment
Evidence of prior successful study at underpinning level (level 6)
To be eligible to study this module, you must demonstrate the ability to study at this level and commit to attempting the assessment. When taken as part of a specific named award, the module content and assessment must be focussed towards the subject of that award.
If this module has previously been studied at a lower academic level, or non-credit bearing level, it cannot subsequently be accessed again at a higher academic level.
20 Credit Health Module Pricing
Tuition fees are set annually and are subject to review each year. The University may therefore raise tuition fees in the second or subsequent years of a course, in line with inflation and/or the maximum permitted by law or government policy. Students will be notified of any changes as soon as possible.
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