LO1: develop an understanding and appreciation of the roles and responsibilities of your own and other relevant professions in support of service users.

Assignment Brief

 “2500 word critical discussion from your professional perspective and that of other relevant Professions on a significant episode of practice, where Ethical, Legal and Professional issues are central to the delivery of care”.

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- A case study is to be chosen from practice. This can be from later in Year 1 or from your early placements in Year 2.

- A case study is an episode of practice that you have been involved in or observed, that addresses areas of your modular content that is being assessed within your assignment.

- Please note that your assignment is not a way to escalate or raise concerns regarding poor or unsafe practice. You should raise this in the clinical area following the correct procedures and at the time the incidence occurs. Any areas of poor or unsafe practice highlighted in your assignment will be escalated further by your facilitator/ named marker.

- You should not use a case study that has previously been used and submitted as part of a module assessment. This may result in Academic Misconduct.

- The three areas that need to be apparent are Ethical, Legal and Professional Issues.

- Your assignment will be written in the third person: e.g. this case study will examine rather than I will examine in this case study.

- You need to provide a critical discussion of your chosen case study focusing on the ethical, legal and professional issues that are apparent and that have arisen from this episode.

- You need to discuss this from your own field and professional perspective (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., but also from that of other relevant Professions (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. that were involved or should have been involved.

- You need to be able to discuss how the law (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. and ethics (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. and elements of your professional practice have influenced either your care or professional judgements within this case study, and why. This may and will differ across Professions and you need to demonstrate an awareness of that within your own practice. Explore and recognise inter-professional collaboration and the impact a different professional perspective may bring.

- Think about what shaped your thinking and practice and what actions influenced the decisions made, and the care delivered by the Multi-disciplinary team.

- You will need to draw on all module content.

- Wide reading will need to be evident, references and evidence to support your critical discussion is crucial.

- Please ensure that you are familiar with the level 5 descriptors for your academic writing.

he assignment brief and learning outcomes are;
2500 word critical discussion from your professional perspective and that of other relevant Professions on a significant episode of practice, where Ethical, Legal and Professional issues are central to the delivery of care”.

• LO1: develop an understanding and appreciation of the roles and responsibilities of your own and other relevant professions in support of service users.
• LO2: analyse and discuss common ethical principles that are relevant to all professional practices.
• LO3: examine and reflect upon how law guides and informs inter-professional practice.