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Level 3 Foundation Diploma in Health and Social Care

Support mechanisms for professional learning

HSC302 · Personal and Professional Development in Health and Social Care — Week 10 of 16

CourseHSC302
Week10 of 16
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This week’s topics

Support mechanisms for professional learning

  1. Clinical supervision and line management
  2. Internal vs external training
  3. Peer mentoring
  4. Funding and learning opportunities
  5. Clinical Supervision for Nurses - Nurse Education
  6. CareTutor Webinar: How to Access Government Funding for Adult Social Care Training in England

What you will be able to do

  • 4.1 Identify sources of support for planning and reviewing own development.
  • 4.2 Review and prioritise own learning needs and development opportunities.

Activity

Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: identify sources of support for planning and reviewing own development.

Study materials

Videos

  • Clinical Supervision for Nurses - Nurse Education · YouTube · Carol Forde-Johnston · 33 min · for registered students
  • CareTutor Webinar: How to Access Government Funding for Adult Social Care Training in England · YouTube · CareTutor · 51 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
  • Human Resource Management, ch. 8: Training and Development · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 244–288 · for registered students
  • Principles of Management, ch. 11.6: Talent development and succession planning · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 315–326 · 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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