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Module Title
Practice Education And Reflection

Keywords
Competence; CPD, facilitation; coaching and mentoring, integration; multi-disciplinary learning, portfolio assessment; reflection; supervision; teaching practice

ReferenceCLM005
SCQF LevelSCQF 11
SCQF Points15
ECTS Points7.5
CreatedAugust 2004
ApprovedOctober 2004
Amended
Version No.1

Prerequisites for Module

Completed a degree (preferably at honours level) or the equivalent in an appropriate discipline.
Students will also normally be expected to have completed Modules CLM001 (Principles of Teaching, Learning and Assessment), CLM002 (Teaching and Learning Methods) and CLM003 (Assessment Methods) or the equivalent.


Corequisite Modules

None.

Precluded Modules

None.

Aims of Module

To provide an opportunity for students to integrate and apply what they have learned about the principles and practice of professional education within practice setting.

Learning Outcomes for Module

On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to:

1. Critically analyse the role and importance of multi-disciplinary learning within a practice setting.

2. Justify the strategies and interventions used in the planning and implementation of a learning development plan for a learner (or a group of learners) within the practice setting.

3. Work effectively with other professionals and under the guidance of an experienced member of staff and to engage in constructive, critical dialogue in personal, professional and organisational development contexts.

4. Critically evaluate the implementation of a learning and development plan within a practice setting and reflect on your own learning and practice.

5. Reflect on policy and practice of supporting learning within a practice setting with reference to contemporary and evidence/practice-based research.


Indicative Module Content

Training Needs Analysis. Preparation of the he Learning Environment: Drivers for Learning (PESTLE – Policy, political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal, Ecological), Multi-professional dimension, managed clinical networks. Muliti-disciplinary Learning. Facilitation. Continuing Professional Development (CPD). Mentoring. Clinical Supervision. Personal Development Planning. Appraisal. Influencing organisational learning and development, Case Studies. Peer Observation of Teaching and Reflective Practice. Action Research/Evidence Based
Practice (underpinned by ethics), Management Report and Academic Writing.

This module synthesises together the materials covered in the preceding three modules. Students are expected to re-visit this material on a regular basis as they carry out the work of the module.


Indicative Student Workload

Contact Hours

Part Time
Individual tutorials, critique lessons and
10

Directed Study

 
Performance of various tasks associated with the module including the project and construction of a portfolio of evidence
120

Private Study

 

20

Mode of Delivery

This involves planning, delivering and assessing a major element of initial and/or continuing professional development of learners under the supervision of an experienced peer, reflecting deeply and critically on
their work, and producing portfolio evidence of their competence. The detailed programme is agreed with the student¿s course tutor and
supervisor.


Assessment Plan

Learning Outcomes Assessed
Component 1 1,2,3,4,5
Component 2 1,2,3,4,5

This component is assessed by a project report.

This component is assessed by a piece of analytical reflection.

Indicative Bibliography

1.All Indicative Bibliography as listed for Modules CLM001 – CLM003
QAA Codes of Practice - http://www.qaa.ac.uk/public/srhbook/contents.htm
Professional Codes of Practice
Professional Standards for Training
MORTON-COOPER, A. AND PALMER, A., 2000.
Mentorship, Preceptorship and Clinical Supervision. 2nd ed.
Oxford: Blackwell Science.


Additional Notes

This module constitutes one of the core modules of the core - credit Postgraduate Certificate Higher Education Learning and Teaching run by The Robert Gordon University, constituting the integrative module of this course. It is not intended that it should be undertaken outwith the context of the course other than in exceptional circumstances.
The module can be taken in an online mode. The Indicaive Student Workload is the same as for the traditional part time mode except online discussions (for support only) are also included.


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