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Level 3 Foundation Diploma in Health and Social Care

Benchmarking knowledge and competence

HSC302 · Personal and Professional Development in Health and Social Care — Week 7 of 16

CourseHSC302
Week7 of 16
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This week’s topics

Benchmarking knowledge and competence

  1. National Occupational Standards
  2. Skills audits
  3. Identifying proficiency levels
  4. Aligning practice with occupational requirements
  5. Competence Based Training

What you will be able to do

  • 3.2 Evaluate own knowledge, competence and understanding against relevant standards.

Activity

Start with this week’s video, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: evaluate own knowledge, competence and understanding against relevant standards.

Study materials

Videos

  • Competence Based Training · YouTube · Galton College · 29 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • The Cavendish Review: healthcare assistants and support workers in NHS and social care (2013) · Reading · GOV.UK, report · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Roles, responsibilities, and professional boundaries
  • Week 2: National standards and codes of conduct
  • Week 3: Personal values and professional practice
  • Week 4: Introduction to reflective practice
  • Week 5: Applying reflection to care scenarios
  • Week 6: Evaluating own performance in practice
  • Week 7: Benchmarking knowledge and competence
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: The role of feedback in professional growth
  • Week 10: Support mechanisms for professional learning
  • Week 11: Personal development planning
  • Week 12: Applying Personal and Professional Development in Health an…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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