Module overview
This module provides an introduction to, and an opportunity to experience, the large diversity of current healthcare services in Audiology. At the heart of the module are the short introductory placements: 3 weeks within audiology services, usually split into two or three blocks. These will give you experience of different services, and potentially different sectors, in audiology as well as an opportunity to apply and develop the reflection skills you began to develop in Introduction to Professional Practice in Semester 1. This module also includes an introduction to the complex landscape of audiology services and the forces that shape it, preparation for those placements (including professional practice while on placements), an introduction to the Professional Development Portfolio (PDP), exploration of issues that arise for students on placement and for service users interacting with services, and preparation in case you wish to seek employment as an assistant audiologist or Hearing Care Assistant after completing Part 1. The latter also serves as an introduction to graduate employability issues.
The module builds on the development of your knowledge of healthcare services and professional practice in healthcare generally in Introduction to Professional Practice in Semester 1. It will also consolidate and contextualise your professional and clinical audiology skills being developed in Clinical and Professional Practice 1 by providing opportunities to put them into practice in the dynamic, challenging and hectic world of real clinical services.
See also the Terms of Placement, which can be found in Appendix 1 of your Programme Specification.
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Learning Outcomes
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Consolidate and contextualise your professional and clinical knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours from other Part 1 modules, including patient-centred communication and care (with other healthcare professionals and service users).
- Develop your awareness of the concepts of reflective practice and continual professional development
- Provide you an opportunity to experience how an Audiology service functions by actively observing and assisting the work of staff at a variety of levels.
- Introduce you to the landscape of audiology services in the UK and the forces that shape it.
- Develop your employability skills in audiology.
Syllabus
- Awareness of professional image and behaviour
- Introduction to Audiology healthcare structure, the different sectors, funding and management
- Introduction to, and debriefing after, taster placements, including the expectations placement centres will have of you and you can have of them
- Application of patient-centred communication with hearing-impaired people to placement
- Introduction to liaising with other professionals and reporting concerns
- Awareness of national standards for Audiology. E.g. ‘CQC’, ‘IQIPS’ and waiting targets.
- Introduction to reflective practice
- Introduction to Professional Development Portfolios (PDPs)
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
- Lectures and seminars
- Guided reading
- Web based resources (including Blackboard learning support)
- Introduction to and debriefing after taster placements
- Work on the PDP
- The clinical taster placements (3 weeks within audiology services, usually split into two or three blocks)
- Alternative activities if it is not possible to provide the taster placements despite our best efforts
- A formative counterpart to the summative assessment
- Tutorials with your clinical placement supervisor
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Preparation for scheduled sessions | 5 |
| Wider reading or practice | 7 |
| Completion of assessment task | 8 |
| Lecture | 5 |
| Follow-up work | 7 |
| Placement | 113 |
| Seminar | 5 |
| Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Internet Resources
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| PDP | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| PDP | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal