Professional Portfolio Development within the context of Health & Community Care

Credits: 20

*If you an employed by the NHS, your employer may have CPD funding available for this module. You should seek the advice of your NHS employer at the same time as making the application.

Module Summary

The aim of the module is to enable students to reflect on their past experience, identifying future learning needs in the context of their own role, and current health and social care policy.

Learning Activities

Students are expected to attend all key lectures and contribute meaningfully to group work, case studies and worked examples. They are also expected to support their learning by engaging in the activities, additional reading and support materials on the VLE. They should access library online including the electronic databases for literature searching to develop information literacy skills

Students are also expected to reflect on the theoretical issues and concepts explored, and use their experiences in practice to inform the discussions and debate in the taught component. 

• Critical reflection on your experiences
• Past learning and achievements
• Discussion in detail on the relevance of the proposed scheme of study for both your personal and professional development drawing on the contemporary literature on professional development
• Negotiation and articulation of individual learning outcomes
• For your future scheme of study, critical exploration of current health and social care policy and implications for service users/patients