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Level 6 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management

Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing

HSC601 · Personal and Professional Development in Health and Social Care — Week 13 of 16

CourseHSC601
Week13 of 16
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This week’s topics

Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing

  1. Unpacking the assignment brief and criteria
  2. Finding and evaluating sources
  3. Planning and referencing
  4. Planning your writing, and How to organize an essay: 3 techniques with examples from nursing
  5. Planning your search strategy 2025
  6. Citing and referencing using the Harvard Style

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Assess current skills ability and learning style.
  • 1.2 Produce a personal development plan.
  • 1.3 Evaluate the effectiveness of the development plan in relation to their own progression as a health and social care manager.
  • 2.1 Explain the cyclical process of reflection.
  • 2.2 Explain the importance of reflective practice in continuously improving the quality of service provided.
  • 2.3 Reflect on day to day work practice.
  • 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 3 videos, then: Plan the unit assignment against every criterion; source and reference the evidence.

Study materials

Videos

  • Planning your writing, and How to organize an essay: 3 techniques with examples from nursing · YouTube · Jennifer Jackson PhD RN · 24 min · for registered students
  • Planning your search strategy 2025 · YouTube · University of Staffordshire Student Life · 24 min · for registered students
  • Citing and referencing using the Harvard Style · YouTube · UCDLibrary · 7 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Writing for Success, ch. 8.1–8.3: Prewriting, outlining and drafting · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 281–318 · for registered students
  • Harvard Referencing quick guide 2025 (York St John University) · PDF · Other, report · for registered students
  • Evaluating Information: Applying the CRAAP Test · PDF · Other, report · 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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