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Level 6 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management

Applying Personal and Professional Development in Health and Social Care in practice: case studies

HSC601 · Personal and Professional Development in Health and Social Care — Week 12 of 16

CourseHSC601
Week12 of 16
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This week’s topics

Applying Personal and Professional Development in Health and Social Care in practice: case studies

  1. Case analysis
  2. Linking theory to practice
  3. Evaluating evidence
  4. Making evidence-based decisions: context and opportunities

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Assess current skills ability and learning style.
  • 1.3 Evaluate the effectiveness of the development plan in relation to their own progression as a health and social care manager.
  • 3.1 Evaluate the effectiveness of personal contributions when working with others in health and social care practice.
  • 3.2 Analyse own role in minimising barriers to effective teamwork in health and social care practice.
  • 3.3 Discuss how to improve personal contributions to the collective effectiveness of a team.

Activity

Start with this week’s video, then: Case-study workshop: apply the unit’s concepts to a real or realistic case and evaluate the outcome.

Study materials

Videos

  • Making evidence-based decisions: context and opportunities · YouTube · The Health Foundation · 54 min · for registered students
  • Rapid evaluation 2024: Making evidence based decisions · YouTube · Nuffield Trust · 54 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Leadership for a collaborative and inclusive future (Messenger review, 2022) · Reading · GOV.UK, report · for registered students
  • Transforming care: a national response to Winterbourne View Hospital (DH, 2012) · Reading · GOV.UK, report · for registered students
  • Workplace Dispute Resolution and the Management of Individual Conflict: Five Case Studies · PDF · Reading, article · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
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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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