Essay on ethical issues for online health

Module Code:

HSC4001-20

Module Title:

Critical Thinking and Reflective Practice (20 credits)

Assignment:

S2

Word Count:

1600 words

Contribution to Module Mark:

40%

1^stJune 2025

Before 5 pm

Assessment outline (from the Module specification):

Essay on ethical issues for online health and social care bloggers

Learning outcome assessed:

LO2: Understand ethical online safety for health and social care professionals

Assessment Brief

S2: Essay on ethical issues for online health and social care bloggers

As mentioned before, thereis generally a journey towards becoming a thoughtful practitioner. With your previous assignment (S1), you have begun this personal journey in a collaborative way, engaging reflexively and critically with your colleagues work.

With this assignment (S2), you will have to now engage more theoretically with ethical and safety issues related to the practice of public Online blogging, especially in relation to health and social care practice.

Two-Stages:

1)Theoretical Engagement and draft writing (Over week 9, 10):

Based on existing theoretical frameworks (use these to back up your arguments, with references):

-Reflexively describe at least one potential ethical consideration in relation to public Online blogging related to health and social care practice (around 500 words);

-Critically describe at least one potential risk factor/ safety dilemma in relation to public Online blogging related to health and social care practice (around 500 words);

-Post the above Theoretical Engagement (by latest on week 12) to your group blog and read your colleagues replies.

2)Consolidation of work and submission on FSB Connect(end of week 12):

-Read again your Theoretical Engagement post and the replies that you have received from your colleagues from Stage 1, above;

-In the light of your colleagues replies and your consequent reflection, rearrange your Theoretical Engagement to form one compelling argument, i.e. well justified and clear, around ethical and safety matters related to public Online blogging within the health and social care practice.

-This will need to be 1600 words in length, which will constitute a combination of your previous writing from Stage 1, above, as well as your final comments and learning (positive or negative) for your future health and social care practice.

-Submit your work on FSB connect.

* S2 will be marked according to the following criteria; please also consult the marking criteria from Table below.

-Ability to explain key knowledge and skills (45%) around ethical development of a safe blogging practice, within the context of own health and social care practice;

-Ability to reflect and critically engage with own practical understanding from the Health and Social Care Practice (15%) need to think about solving problems;

-Amount of research and range of sources used (15%) the amount of sources as well as their quality and justification of choice;

-Written communication skills: structure (including word count) & appearance (15%);

-Written communication skills: spelling, punctuation, grammar and paragraphing (10%).

Elements of Criteria

Fail 0-39

Poor Quality

D. 40-49

Satisfactory Quality (Low Pass)

C. 50-59

Sound Quality

(High Pass)

B. 60-69

Good quality

(Low Merit)

A. 70-79

Excellent quality

(High Merit)

A. 80-100

Outstanding quality

(Distinction)

Ability to explain key knowledge and skills, around ethical development of a safe blogging practice, within the context of own health and social care practice

45%

Key concepts are misunderstood

Explanations are confusing.

The work does not cover any relevant knowledge or skills around an ethical development of a safe public blogging practice related to health and social care contexts.

Mostly adequate explanations and coverage of the key questions around the ethical development of a safe public blogging practice related to health and social care contexts. However, there are some minor misunderstandings or confusing explanations.

Good understanding of the literature read in relation to ethical frameworks of judging and conceiving a safe public blogging practice related to health and social care contexts.

Clearly explains the concepts around a safe public blogging practice and the value of approaching this from an ethical standpoint.

Very good understanding of the literature read.

Excellent grasp of key concepts, i.e. ethical engagement in public blogging and of the requirement for a safe approach of matters of discussion related to a health and social care context.

Excellent understanding of the literature read.

Outstanding engagement with main concepts, and beyond, around the ethical engagement and its value for a safe blogging practice related to health and social care contexts. Inspirational level of engagement of complex ideas and arguments.

Ability to reflect and critically engage with own practical understanding from the Health and Social Care Practice

15%

No reflective or critical engagement for example all authors ideas and opinions are taken at face value and are simply described.

Some attempts at reflective or critical engagement, although sometimes the arguments may be unclear.

Some of these engagements are especially disconnected from own professional experience.

Clear evidence of reflective or critical engagement in selecting, ordering and analysing content and tries to construct a sound argument.

There is a flow to the work and discussion of the key theories and models of reflection and critical thinking, in the context of own professional practice.

There is some excellent evidence of the ability to sustain an argument based on reflective or critical engagement with own practice.

There is an outstanding evidence of the ability to sustain an argument based on reflective or critical engagement with own practice.

Amount of research and range of sources used

15%

No, or little evidence, of reading from the recommended articles

No or little evidence of reading outside the sources provided. Inappropriate sources used, i.e. no connection to key literature on ethical frameworks and the safe practice.

Clear evidence of reading from the articles provided.

Little evidence of using examples from own professional practice to illustrate theoretical concepts from the domains of ethical frameworks and engagement in a safe practice.

Clear evidence of reading from the articles provided, appropriately used.

Additional reading, appropriately used.

Some evidence of using examples from own professional practice to illustrate theoretical concepts from the domains of ethical frameworks and engagement in a safe practice.

Very good breadth and depth of reading from outside those sources provided. Used examples from own professional practice to illustrate theoretical concepts from the domains of ethical frameworks and engagement in a safe practice.

An excellent reach of important literature (theories, concepts and principles related to domains of ethical frameworks and engagement in a safe practice).

An outstanding reach of important literature (theories, concepts and principles related to domains of ethical frameworks and engagement in a safe practice).

Written communication skills: structure (including word count) & appearance

15%

The work is poorly organised. The structure is confusing. The visual appearance is poor.

The structure is fairly clear.

Although rather standard, there are no problems with the visual appearance.

The structure is clear.

The work is well presented.

The structure is very clear. Care and thought have gone into visual presentation of the work.

The structure is very clear. The work is very well presented - real care and thought has gone into it.

An innovative presentation of ideas in the context of health and social care practice.

Written communication skills: spelling, punctuation, grammar and paragraphing

10%

Major improvement needed in more than one of the following: spelling, grammar, punctuation & paragraphing. High number of errors.

Major improvement need to be made to one of these 4 areas: spelling, grammar, punctuation or paragraphing.

There are a small number of minor errors in spelling, grammar, punctuation and paragraphing.

There are hardly any errors in spelling, grammar, punctuation and paragraphing.

There are no noticeable errors in spelling, grammar, punctuation and paragraphing.

The assignment is flawless also in terms the absence of any errors of grammar, spelling etc.