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Level 6 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management

Designing the Personal Development Plan (PDP)

HSC601 · Personal and Professional Development in Health and Social Care — Week 5 of 16

CourseHSC601
Week5 of 16
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This week’s topics

Designing the Personal Development Plan (PDP)

  1. SMART objective formulation
  2. Aligning personal goals with organisational needs
  3. Resource identification and budgeting
  4. Risk mitigation in professional development
  5. Strategic Planning: Setting objectives using SMART
  6. Competence toolkit: How do you plan your learning and development
  7. CIPD - HRM experts on continuing professional development

What you will be able to do

  • 1.2 Produce a personal development plan.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: produce a personal development plan.

Study materials

Videos

  • Strategic Planning: Setting objectives using SMART · YouTube · Galton College · 22 min · for registered students
  • Competence toolkit: How do you plan your learning and development · YouTube · Solicitors Regulation Authority · 4 min · for registered students
  • CIPD - HRM experts on continuing professional development · YouTube · Kogan Page · 3 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Principles of Management, ch. 9.5: SMART goals · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; p. 259 · for registered students
  • College Success, 4.1: Defining Values and Setting Goals · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 104–109 · for registered students
  • Human Resource Management, ch. 8: Training and Development · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 244–288 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Self-Assessment and Learning Styles in Leadership
  • Week 2: Theoretical Frameworks of Reflective Practice
  • Week 3: Reflective Practice and Continuous Quality Improvement
  • Week 4: Critical Reflection on Daily Work Practice
  • Week 5: Designing the Personal Development Plan (PDP)
  • Week 6: Collaborative Working in Multidisciplinary Teams
  • Week 7: Mitigating Barriers to Effective Teamwork
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Optimising Team Effectiveness and Synergy
  • Week 10: Evaluating Personal Development and Career Progression
  • Week 11: Strategic Professionalism and Lifelong Learning
  • 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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