HS240-5-AP-CO:
Professional Enquiry
2024/25
Health and Social Care (School of)
Colchester Campus
Autumn & Spring
Undergraduate: Level 5
Current
Thursday 03 October 2024
Friday 27 June 2025
15
04 March 2024
Requisites for this module
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BSC B939 Occupational Therapy
This module focuses on facilitating an understanding of evidence in its widest sense; evidence and using a variety of sources leading to research design, analysis and synthesis. This module will focus on: the development of literature searching, synthesising literature within a critical review and identification of a specific topic for professional enquiry.
The development of students' understanding of research will be facilitated through the use of practical experience in collecting and handling a variety of data. The implications of the nature and overall quality of professional research literature as potential 'evidence' to inform practice will be considered.
The aim of this module is:
- To develop students' understanding and appreciation of research and evidence-informed practice from the 1st IPL module, where the paradigms and basic literature search skills have been introduced.
By the end of this module, students will be expected to be able to:
- Demonstrate the ability to search for, analyse, critique, and synthesise research relevant to the student’s profession.
- Critically evaluate the appropriateness of different research approaches and their importance to using and developing evidence-based practice.
- Identify a specific topic and evaluate the evidence base in relation to this selected topic
This is an advanced module where the students will provide clear rationale for the evidence they have chosen based on the critique of the literature. Students are expected to select a topic relevant to their own profession and inter-professional specific interest.
This module will be delivered via classroom based interactive and practical lectures designed to introduce new ideas and revisit familiar concepts.
Lectures:
- Keynote lectures based on specific topics.
- Revisiting literature searching.
- Introducing critical appraisal tools and skills.
- Re-visiting familiar research concepts.
Independent:
- Preparation for assignment.
- Independent Literature searching.
Tutorials:
There is an opportunity for assignment tutorials.
Skills:
Practical data collection and analysis skills.
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography for this year.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
SLT: 3000-Word Assignment |
|
100% |
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Mrs Selena Goodchild, email: s.goodchild@essex.ac.uk.
hscsltadmin@essex.ac.uk & hscot@essex.ac.uk (SLT & OT Administrators)
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Mrs Rachel Jane Starkey
University of Manchester
Senior Clinical Lecturer
Available via Moodle
Of 60 hours, 60 (100%) hours available to students:
0 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s), module, or event type.
* Please note: due to differing publication schedules, items marked with an asterisk (*) base their information upon the previous academic year.
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