6HC514: This module prepares practitioners with an educational aspect within their role, to develop the skills and knowledge to facilitate effective learning: Educating in Health and social care Assessment, UD, UK

Module Overview

This module prepares practitioners with an educational aspect within their role, to develop the skills and knowledge to facilitate effective learning and holistically assess the total performance of a range of learners in their health or social care workplace.

The development of an interprofessional learning culture underpinned by evidence-based practice and reflection on the role of a practitioner educator will be integral to this module.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this assessment and this module, learners will have demonstrated their ability to:

1. Analyze a range of teaching and learning theories and apply them to their own practice
2. Identify barriers to assessment in their workplace and critically review assessment theory related to practice-based assessment
3. Develop a learning culture in their work supporting colleagues and learners to achieve their goals.

Assessment types used in this module

Formative Assessment

Formative assessments and activities are opportunities for you to apply, practice, and make sense of the learning materials and content that you have worked with. These will mainly be located at the End of Unit Activities.

These may take the form of individual tasks, such as: reading some text, or watching a video and documenting your reaction to it; responding to some discussion points on the discussion forum; considering a case study, or participating in a live online classroom session.

The main aim of formative activities is for you to receive feedback on your contribution, performance, or progress that will help you prepare for and complete your final summative module assessment.

All modules you take will vary in several ways, and the type of feedback you get for each formative assessment or activity will vary too. If your tutors give you marks as part of the feedback, these will not be counted in your final module grade.

Activity A: Induction – detailed guidance.

Write an account of where you work and how a learner is inducted into your placement area. Include the learning opportunities you can identify for them.

You can use a real-life example if you have supported learners in practice in your educator role already, or you can take a placement area as an example and create the activity for this account for a specific learner of your choice. Please ensure that you do not name your workplace, in order to maintain confidentiality.

The template has these questions to structure your work for this induction activity:

• What kind of placement do you work in?
• What learners do you get? (Profession? Year of student program?)
• How do you welcome and induct them on their first day?
• What learning opportunities are there for learners? (Give up to five examples.)
• Who else might the learner work with (roles in your professional team and senior/expert staff)?
• How do you ensure that the learner is settled in and that learning is taking place?

This activity links to learning outcome three: Develop a learning culture in their work supporting colleagues and learners to achieve their goals.

Activity B: Facilitating Learning – detailed guidance.

Critically analyze how you have planned and facilitated learning for a learner or a group of learners to enhance their learning. Analyze learning theories covered in the content of the module within this activity.