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Level 4 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management

Monitoring Progress and Continuous Review

HSC402 · Professional Development and Academic Writing Skills — Week 11 of 16

CourseHSC402
Week11 of 16
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This week’s topics

Monitoring Progress and Continuous Review

  1. Milestone tracking techniques
  2. Professional appraisal and feedback
  3. Evaluating reflective competence
  4. Reviewing academic writing progression
  5. How to Improve Your Reflective Essay and Academic Writing: Key Tips for Student Nurses
  6. Acting on feedback

What you will be able to do

  • 3.2 Apply techniques to review progress toward personal and professional objectives.
  • 4.3 Evaluate the effectiveness of own reflective practice.
  • 5.3 Apply techniques to review on own academic writing skills.

Activity

Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: apply techniques to review progress toward personal and professional objectives.

Study materials

Videos

  • How to Improve Your Reflective Essay and Academic Writing: Key Tips for Student Nurses · YouTube · Carol Forde-Johnston · 36 min · for registered students
  • Acting on feedback · YouTube · University of Staffordshire Student Life · 15 min · for registered students
  • Reflective writing · YouTube · Academic Skills, The University of Melbourne · 6 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Organizational Behavior, ch. 8.1–8.2: Appraisal systems and techniques · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 218–232 · for registered students
  • Writing Guide with Handbook, ch. 20: Portfolio Reflection – your growth as a writer · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 663–687 · for registered students
  • Supporting learners' agentic engagement with feedback: a systematic review · PDF · Reading, article · 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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