Module FOUN0577: Reflective Skills for Professionals

Department: Foundation Year

FOUN0577: Reflective Skills for Professionals

Prerequisites

• None.

Corequisites

• None.

Excluded Combination of Modules

• None.

Aims

• To encourage students to reflect on their own experience.
• To develop student’s appreciation of the role of communication in interpersonal interactions.
• To develop student’s appreciation of the social context of health.
• To develop student’s appreciation of the complexities of decision making.
• To encourage students to be aware of, and challenge their own assumptions and beliefs.
• To encourage students to reflect on the roles and responsibilities of being a professional.

Content

• Communication – verbal and non-verbal skills, awareness of communication difficulties Decision Making – different perspectives, subjective nature, incomplete information, Social Context of Health – health from an individual, family, area, region, and cultural perspective, wider issues affecting an individuals health Challenging Assumptions and Beliefs – facing up to and owning prejudices, dealing with stereotypes Preparation for Work Placements – ground rules, appropriate and acceptable behaviour, negotiation.

Learning Outcomes

• Knowledge of the importance of decision making in professional contexts.
• Knowledge of the potential for personal belief to influence decision making.
• Knowledge of reflective learning cycles.

• By the end of this module the student will have acquired the skills to be able to:
• Demonstrate an ability to reflect on the role of communication when interacting with people.
• Demonstrate an ability to reflect to reflect on how the health of an individual exists within and interacts with the larger social group.
• Demonstrate an ability to reflect on the multiple perspectives in decision making.
• Demonstrate an ability to reflect on personal learning which challenges assumptions and beliefs about people.
• Demonstrate an ability to reflect on the influence of personal assumptions and beliefs about people.

• Ability to argue logically orally.
• Ability to give effective presentations.
• Ability to use software for effective presentations.
• Assignment 1 will assess: SK1, SK2, SK3, SS1, SS2, SS3, SS4, SS5.
• Assignment 2 will assess: SK1, SK2, SK3, SS1, SS4, SS5, KS1, KS2, KS3.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• The concepts will be introduced during tutorials and much of the understanding and consolidation of the required skills will take place through the use of structured exercises, discussions and group work. Skills will be assessed by a presentation and a reflective piece of work.
• Skills will be introduced through practicals and much of the understanding and consolidation of the required skills will take place through the use of structured activities and discussions. Skills and understanding will be assessed thorough coursework and an examination.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

Weekly exercises.

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University