HS897-7-SU-CO:
Practice Placement Two: INITIATE
2021/22
Health and Social Care (School of)
Colchester Campus
Summer
Postgraduate: Level 7
Future
Monday 24 April 2023
Friday 30 June 2023
15
23 August 2022
Requisites for this module
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This placement requires active participation in practice; initiating elements of the occupational therapy process and sharing your professional reasoning at each stage.
Your reasoning will involve thinking critically about the different aspects of practice and the knowledge and evidence which informs your practice. You will use reflection to develop awareness of yourself as a practitioner and identify areas for further learning.
You will initiate interactions with other team members and those involved in this setting, based on the understanding of the contexts for practice. You will demonstrate your learning as you progress through the placement and summarise your achievements using a continuing professional development activity (HCPC, 2012) which has been agreed and negotiated with your educator.
Over a 6-week placement, you will initiate occupational therapy in a specific setting. By the end you will be able to question situations to identify problems and demonstrate the application of solutions within your initiatives.
1. Critically evaluate sources of knowledge, evidence, and information for practice in a specific setting
2. Use critical reflection and professional reasoning to guide the occupational therapy process and develop own practice for the benefit of service users, carers, and the service as a whole
3. Critically apply and critically evaluate appropriate actions to initiate occupational therapy in a specific setting
Module content:
Placement preparation session for placement: SWAIN, learning outcomes, placement expectations, assessment documentation
Placement debriefing session
Practice- based learning practice experience in a relevant practice setting
Preparation and debriefing workshop details will be available to students prior to sessions on Pre-registration occupational therapy Placement Moodle page
Students to draw upon previous experiences and learning to date to inform their practice placement.
Students will develop relevant skills for their practice placement setting in line with the assessment criteria
Learning support: You will have access to support from your practice educator, peers, personal tutor, Practice Placement Lead and student support during the practice placement. The practice educator acts as facilitator; mentor and assessor of the student's development and learning. Where two students are on placement together, they can provide peer support; opportunities for self-directed study and an increased depth of experience for all parties.
You are encouraged to disclose any learning needs to the practice educator(s) and consider strategies to support learning. This is indicated on completion of the SWAIN form. Support from the University of Essex occupational therapy placement tutor is available to both students and educators throughout the placement together with support from other tutors at half-way tutorial.
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography for this year.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
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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
Module is either passed or marked as not completed.
Reassessment
Module is either passed or marked as not completed.
Module supervisor and teaching staff
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No external examiner information available for this module.
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
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