Developing Professional Practice

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Using a structured reflective process, identify your learning needs for this developing professional practice experience and your transition to becoming a registered nurse
• Identify and negotiate a specific topic for independent study and explore the relevance to your nursing practice.
• Critically evaluate how you achieved your PPDP and consider your future learning needs.
• Work independently and autonomously to create an agreed professional practice development plan (PPDP) to enable you to achieve your identified learning needs.

This is an opportunity for students to undertake a period of negotiated self-directed learning. This experience can be in or outside of the United Kingdom. The aim is to embellish their knowledge, skills and capabilities in preparation for their final year and transition into professional practice.

A preparatory study day will include exploration of learning opportunities, project planning, career development, critical reflection, risk assessment and documentation, developing a digital profile and guidance on professional CVs.

The formative comprises a professional practice development plan (PPDP) that needs to be approved prior to commencing the project.

There are options for the summative assessment. This comprises two elements, a poster and either an individual oral presentation or a written project report.

Teaching and learning methods

Introductory study day

Self-directed learning

Resources & Reading list

General Resources

Developing Professional Practice. A dedicated Blackboard site for this module. Designed to support students to progress their ideas forward into successful DPP experiences. This site contains all the documentation and associated templates for learning contracts, risk assessments and insurance.

Careers advise for health sciences. Blackboard website; all SOHS students are automatically enrolled on this site. It contains all the resources regarding career action planning, CV and portfolio development. Materials have been developed in conjunction with our Careers and Employability service, University of Southampton. This BB site inks to the main UoS Careers Hub which is the central platform.

Textbooks

Temple, J. (2012). Becoming a registered nurse: making the transition to Practice. Learning Matters.

Assessment strategy

Poster presentation plus either a) an individual oral presentation or b) an individual written project report which summarises and evaluates this developing professional practice experience.

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.