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Level 3 Foundation Diploma in Health and Social Care

Applying Effective Handling of Information in Health and Social Care Settings in practice: case studies

HSC306 · Effective Handling of Information in Health and Social Care Settings — Week 12 of 16

CourseHSC306
Week12 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Applying Effective Handling of Information in Health and Social Care Settings in practice: case studies

  1. Case analysis
  2. Linking theory to practice
  3. Evaluating evidence

What you will be able to do

  • 3.2 Discuss how to maintain and promote confidentiality in day-to-day communication.

Activity

Case-study workshop: apply the unit’s concepts to a real or realistic case and evaluate the outcome.

Study materials

Further resources

  • The Caldicott Principles (National Data Guardian, 2020) · Reading · GOV.UK, guidance · for registered students
  • People's experience in adult social care services (NICE guideline NG86, 2018) · Reading · Nice, guidance · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Legislation Governing Information Handling
  • Week 2: Legal Requirements and Professional Codes
  • Week 3: Foundations of Confidentiality
  • Week 4: Confidentiality in Daily Communications
  • Week 5: Confidentiality vs Information Sharing Tensions
  • Week 6: Managing Disclosure Dilemmas
  • Week 7: Standards of Effective Record Keeping
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Maintaining Manual and Digital Storage Systems
  • Week 10: Operational Security and Access Controls
  • Week 11: Information Governance and Quality Monitoring
  • Week 12: Applying Effective Handling of Information in Health and So…
  • 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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