Promoting Personal Outcomes for people with complex needs [LD]16/09/2022
Promoting Personal Outcomes for people with complex needs [LD]16/09/2022
Module Assessment: Written Information sheet on Malnutrition
Length: 2,000 words
How to complete your written information sheet:
allocated a topic is malnutrition which could affect the health of people with learning disabilities. The aim of the information sheet is to disseminate knowledge you have learned when researching your topic to a wider audience.
Structure of your information sheet: Having a structure to your information sheet helps to guide the reader and also helps you to develop your ideas and understanding. Here is an example of the basic structure that we recommend you use for your essay and also for your formative presentation assessment.
Definition how is the topic defined?
Incidence how many people does it affect? Is this different from general population? What are the key statistics?
Problems associated with topic why is this topic important? How does it affect people?
Possible interventions what can be done to support people?
Research on topic what research has been done into this topic? Please give short summaries of at least 2 research based Journal articles in this section.
How to go about this assessment
The best way to approach this assignment is to start with an initial literature search around your topic. This would involve putting key words and synonyms into data bases via the Library. You will then be able to source a wide variety of published literature including Journal articles related to your topic. If you are unsure about how to go about literature searching using the Library data base[s] then there are on line resources that you can access via the Library web pages including drop in session on literature searching.
We would recommend that you use the headings above in your essay as this will help you to focus on the key sections and will help the reader to understand the information being presented. Please read and follow the programme guidance for academic referencing in both your information sheet and your formative assessment.
Formative Assessment: Seminar Presentation
Date: TBC you will be allocated a date/time during week one
You will give a short [5 mins] seminar presentation to the class on the research and wider reading that you have conducted for your information sheet so far. We would recommend that you use Powerpoint or similar to help you to organise your presentation. This should follow the structure of the information sheet above but also have a final slide with your reference list [6 slides in total]
How will I get feedback?
Your facilitator will give you verbal feedback after your presentation. You will have the opportunity to ask questions about your assessment during this class
What support will I get for this assignment
You will get support from your group facilitator via email / or phone and you can also ask questions during class
If you need assistance with finding literature for your assignment the Library run workshops to help you with further developing your literature searching skills
