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Level 4 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management

Evaluating Knowledge Against Professional Standards

HSC402 · Professional Development and Academic Writing Skills — Week 5 of 16

CourseHSC402
Week5 of 16
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This week’s topics

Evaluating Knowledge Against Professional Standards

  1. National occupational standards
  2. Health and social care regulatory codes
  3. Skill audit tools
  4. Gap analysis methodology

What you will be able to do

  • 2.1 Evaluate own knowledge against standards and benchmarks.

Activity

Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: evaluate own knowledge against standards and benchmarks.

Study materials

Videos

  • What is GAP Analysis? | From A Business Professor · YouTube · Business School 101 · 7 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • CQC: Regulations for service providers and managers · Reading · Other, guidance · for registered students
  • CQC: Assessment framework (quality statements) · Reading · Other, guidance · for registered students
  • Leadership for a collaborative and inclusive future (Messenger review, 2022) · Reading · GOV.UK, report · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Principles of Academic Writing
  • Week 2: Academic Conventions and Self-Review
  • Week 3: Introduction to Professional Development
  • Week 4: Overcoming Barriers and Selecting CPD
  • Week 5: Evaluating Knowledge Against Professional Standards
  • Week 6: Goal Setting and Learning Preferences
  • Week 7: Constructing a Professional Development Plan
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Theories and Models of Reflective Practice
  • Week 10: Applying Reflection to Care Practice
  • Week 11: Monitoring Progress and Continuous Review
  • Week 12: Applying Professional Development and Academic Writing Skil…
  • 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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