PTY-30084 - Module Specification
School of Allied Health Professions
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2024/25

This module aims to:
1. Provide students with another opportunity through a P&O practice placement to further develop and refine their communication
2. Apply their comprehension of the evidence base and skills in both P&O assessment and management approaches.

3. Develop P&O-specific skills to effectively and efficiently assess and critically evaluate patient/client interventions in a relevant external setting.

Intended Learning Outcomes

Contribute effectively to service user integrated care by evaluating and demonstrating effective communication skills with service users, carers and members of the inter-professional team: 1
Perform and modify (when necessary) an assessment, and subsequently identify a (prioritized) problem list to meet individual service users¿ needs (with supervision appropriate to the student¿s stage of learning): 1
Develop clinical reasoning skills to differentiate between diagnoses, evaluate the P&O evidence base and critically analyse the effectiveness of different P&O interventions: 1
Handle and record service user information in accordance with professional and regulatory body guidance/requirements, placement base policies, legal and ethical frameworks: 1
Pro-actively demonstrate self management skills by directing and managing own learning on placement; planning, organising and prioritising work/ placement activities as well as more complex tasks: 1
Demonstrate knowledge, understanding and application of the HCPC Guidance on Conduct and Ethics for Students and BAPO Standards of Best Practice.: 1

Study hours

tutor-led hours which includes:
~ 2 hours preparation lectures including, workshops, seminars, tutorials
~ 2 hours placement debrief lectures
Guided Independent Study:
~4 hours guided evidence-based literature
225 hours of placement learning
Students will be expected to undertake self-directed study throughout the placement.

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment