Task Description:

The Discussion Board is an important forum that promotes interaction and discussion between you and your fellow students. Online studies can be isolating if there is no contact with other students. In this unit you are required to interact with fellow students through the Discussion Board.

Modules 1, 2 and 3 each have a number of tasks (tasks are clearly identified with the heading Task). You are to answer one task of your choice from each module (ie 3 tasks in total across the semester). The tasks must be submitted via the MyLO DropBox by the due date shown in the unit schedule. Your response should be approximately 300 words with appropriate referencing included where the work of others is discussed or quoted.

Before submitting your final response to a task post your initial thoughts on the Discussion Board and engage in discussion with other students to refine your ideas. You should briefly comment on the responses of at least 2 other students for each module. Please note that your responses must be respectful of other students’ views.

The task you submit for assessment must clearly state the task that you are answering in the subject line (ie Task 1.1a, Task 1.1b etc. for Module 1, Task 1.2a, Task 1.2b Task 1.2c for Module 2 and Task 1.3a, Task 1.3b for Module 3).

In addition to the Tasks you will find a number of Reflection questions – these are clearly marked with the heading ‘Reflection’. The Reflections are moments for you to pause during your reading to reflect on the material and your workplace experience. They relate to your preparation for the assessment tasks and you are required to participate in discussion of the Reflection Questions on the Discussion Board. Select a few of interest to you in each module for brief comment. However, you must ensure that in the subject title that it is clear that you are discussing a reflection topic and that this is not the task that you have submitted to be assessed. Care must be taken if discussing workplace examples to provide appropriate levels of confidentiality regarding individual people, services and sensitive issues.

In addition to the above you are also required to post one brief initial Discussion Board post to introduce yourself to other students.

The Discussion Board for each Module closes on the due date for the Assessments 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3. Therefore it is not possible to have an extension for Assessment 1.

Discussion post 1 due week 4
Discussion post 2 due week 7
Discussion post 3 due week 11

Second discussion post is due on Wednesday the 17th of April at 12pm.
Third discussion post is due on Wednesday the 15th of May at 12pm.

Task Length:

Due Date:

Week 4 (20/Mar/2024)

Weight:

30 %

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CRITERION

Task Description:

This essay task is in two parts and requires you to:

1. Critically analyse and discuss 3 conceptual models of clinical supervision activity that you have studied in this unit. You are expected to comment on the core concepts of each model, their relevance to quality and safety in health, plus analyse their strengths and weaknesses with reference to current national and international literature.

2. Identify a conceptual model that you use in your professional practice. Give a rationale for its use. From the range of conceptual models that you have read about in the literature, describe how including another model could value add to your supervisory practice and justify its inclusion and the benefits and risks associated with this.

Task Length:

Due Date:

Week 8 (29/Apr/2024)

Weight:

35 %

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CRITERION

Task Description:

The goal of this assignment is to give you the opportunity to describe, analyse and reflect on how you would apply the knowledge and skills you have developed in this unit to your workplace/professional practice.

Drawing on all the materials you have studied in modules 1, 2 and 3 develop a plan of how you would implement, deliver and evaluate a supervision arrangement in your professional practice. You must clearly identify the knowledge and resources you have used to complete this assessment task.

Your essay must identify the:
- method of supervision
- the conceptual model/s you will use
- any tools or templates that you would use to support supervision including an evaluation tool
- the issues you need to consider during the relationship
- anticipated challenges and your response to these,
- ethical and professional frameworks, and
- the leadership issues associated with this task.

Task Length:

Due Date:

Week 13 (03/Jun/2024)

Weight:

35 %

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CRITERION