right38422Assessment Brief

right38422Assessment Brief

Module name:

Advanced Concepts in Palliative Care

Module code: 6NU545

Trimester: T2 January 2024

00Assessment Brief

Module name:

Advanced Concepts in Palliative Care

Module code: 6NU545

Trimester: T2 January 2024

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this assessment and this module, you will have demonstrated your ability to:

1. Critically analyse influences that have an effect on palliative care, and the strategies employed by the practitioner in the delivery of quality palliative care.

2. Critically discuss a variety of physical, psychological, spiritual and social factors which impact on the clients experience in relation to palliative care.

2. Specific assessment component guidelinesAssessment description: Component 1: COURSEWORK Summary of Assessment Method: A case report of a palliative care client analysing evidence-based care (3000 words).

Assessment component: Assessment weighting: Assessment limits: Assessed module learning outcome(s):

1 100% 3000 words LO 1+2

Submission date/time: Provisional feedback released:

DRAFT (Guidance within the assessment brief):

Please confirm with your module tutor when the draft submission deadline is. DRAFT feedback:

Please confirm with your module tutor when formative feedback will be available

Completed final work:

Thursday 11th April at 12.00 midday UK time. Completed final work feedback (provisional grade):

Thursday 9th May 2024 at 09.00 UK time.

Your work will be marked anonymously: Markers will not be aware of which student has written the work that is being marked. Provisional grades will be reviewed by an Internal Moderator and the External Examiner.

Detailed guidance

The assignment will be based on a case study of a patient undergoing palliative and end of life care, identifying and discussing effective holistic patient care and how this may influence the experiences of all concerned within the palliative care situation. Managing symptoms such as pain, breathlessness, nausea and agitation, supporting patients and their significant others and utilising ones own and others expertise to the benefit of the patient are all important aspects of the role of the palliative care practitioner.

A case study is written for a clear purpose and to a particular audience. Specific information and evidence are presented, analysed and applied. Reports are presented in a clearly structured format making use of sections and headings so that the information is easy to locate and follow. Case studies are used as forms of written assessment to identify what you have learned from your reading, research and experience and giving you an experience of a skill that is used in practice and research (e.g., incident, development, progress and scientific reports). Case writing skills may be increasingly useful as your career progresses. Case studies allow episodes of care to inform the delivery of high-quality healthcare. Furthermore, a case study discusses practice, research or educational purposes. Case studies written without structure are insufficiently rigorous to guide clinical practice and research needs.

Focus

The focus is the patient and palliative and end of life care.

Therefore, what is presented in the discussion needs to be related to the patient and must critically discuss a variety of physical, psychological, spiritual and social factors.

What is presented needs to be explicitly related to palliative care (see book Case studies in palliative and end-of-life care for examples).

Case

The case can be a:

Patient currently or previously encountered, or confidentiality discussed by you or other professionals.

Simulated case, accommodating palliative care issues you would like to put forward and discussCannot be from:

The course/work of others.

Journals.

The internet.

Books.

Published sources.

Similar sources to the above.

Confidentiality needs to be maintained including the explicit use of pseudonyms and, as appropriate, removal or modification of personal identifiers.

Headings

These are the headings that need to be used.

History

Physical examination

Diagnostics

Clinical question/s

Patient discussion

Follow-up

References

What should be includedSee book Case studies in palliative and end-of-life care.

Therefore, what is relevant from the following should be considered:

History: relevant key background information including explaining the palliative care situation.

Physical examination: relevant signs, symptoms, vital signs, observations, physical examination findings.

Diagnostics: relevant laboratory test, imaging, survey results.

Clinical question/s: question/s related to what the assignment will analyse. Only one or two questions.

Patient discussion: discussion related to the clinical question/s (one or two clinical questions are advised) and relevant literature. Arguments with rationale with inferences explained. You can think about your recommendations as this will help you make discussions in relation to these here.

Follow-up: relevant changes to care (if any) with rationale, recommendations for practice and research going forward considering Patient discussion, strengths and limitations of the assignment.

Word count queries

The word count for each heading will vary according to each case study as you can see in examples on book entitled Case studies in palliative and end-of-life care.

The following can be used as an approximate guide:

History (100-400 words),

Physical examination (100-200 words),

Diagnostics (100-200 words),

Clinical question/s (50-150 words),

Patient discussion (1700-2300 words)

Follow-up (300-600 words).

References

Campbell, ML (2012) Case Studies in Palliative and End-Of-Life Care. Available at: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/derby/detail.action?docID=894272 (Accessed: 16 December 2023).

Formative Assessment: Proposal (0% weighting)

The formative assessment is designed to help you with your summative assessment and is not graded, however feedback can be provided by your tutor.

Length: 500 word draft or an outline. Maximum two pages.

Please check with your module tutor about the date for draft submission.

If your submission is later than this, please confirm with your module tutor in advance.

You will receive feedback on the formative assessment. Please discuss with your module tutor when this will be.

3. Feedback, marking criteria and grading of your assessment

This section tells you how the marker will assess your work fairly. All markers aim for our feedback to be timely, individual to you, helpful, empowering and manageable.

They will also offer you opportunities to discuss the marking criteria they intend to use, and the type of feedback they intend to give you. You should create a shared understanding of this with them and your peers during the course of the module. They may also give you opportunities to assess your own work and the work of your peers. Look out for these opportunities.

Assessment markers can give you feedback and allocate marks to you using a range of methods and tools that are appropriate to the specific module and assessment. The marker may make comments within your script (in bubbles) and may also give you written comments in the long box. They may give you a form of audio or video feedback.

When they give you feedback on your assessment, as a minimum, your marker will tell you:

if and how you have met the relevant learning outcomes

the areas within which you did well in this assessment (they will commend you)

the areas you could have improved in this assessment (they will make suggestions)

what activities you can work on to help you in your next studies (you can take these ideas forward with you and may discuss them with your Personal Tutor. You can also build them into your Action Planning.

In this module specifically, they will use the following tools. This feedback and marking structure will be specific to each component as relevant.

Your work will be marked based on the rubric below.

Level 6 Rubric

Excellent

(70-100) Very Good

(60-69) Good(50-59) Satisfactory

(40-49) Unsatisfactory

(35-39) Poor

(21-34) Very Poor(1-20)

Critical Analysis and Evaluation

(25%) A high level of critical analysis and evaluation A very good level of critical analysis and evaluation A fairly good level of critical analysis and evaluation A fair level of critical analysis and evaluation Lack of critical analysis and evaluation Significant lack of critical analysis and evaluation Very significant lack of critical analysis and evaluation

Originality of Ideas

(10%) Commendable originality of ideas Significant originality of ideas Some originality of ideas Little originality of ideas Lack of originality of ideas Lack of evidence of originality of ideas Significant lack of evidence of originality of ideas

Research Informed(Evidence)

(20%) Exceptionally well researched Well researched Quite well researched Adequately researched Some lack of research evidence Lack of research evidence Significant lack of research evidence

Knowledge and Understanding

(Learning outcomes and assessment description or components)

(25%) Trivial or very minor errors Minor errors only Some evidence of misunderstandings Some significant misunderstandings and errors Some lack of knowledge and understanding Lack of knowledge and understanding Significant lack of knowledge and understanding

Clarity and Coherence(Logical flow, introduction, conclusion)

(10%) Excellent clarity of ideas, coherence and logic Commendable clarity of ideas; very good sense of coherence and logic Ideas generally clear and coherent Ideas fairly clear and coherent Ideas lack some clarity and coherence Ideas lack clarity and coherence Ideas significantly lack clarity and coherence

Presentation(Structure, grammar, spelling, referencing)

(10%) High quality presentation A very good standard of presentation A good standard of presentation A sound standard of presentation Presentation needs improvement Presentation significantly needs improvement Presentation very significantly needs improvement

4. Assessment presentation

Presentation is an important part of your academic work. Please follow the presentation guidelines below.

Title page

Your title page must include:

1) the name of the university

2) the course title3) the module code and title

4) the name of the module tutor (even if you have a group tutor for the duration of the module)

5) the word count6) declarations (see below).

Originality statement

I declare that this assessment is my own work and that I have correctly acknowledged the work of others using the Harvard referencing. This assessment is in accordance with University guidance on good academic conduct.

Confidentiality statement (if applicable)

I declare that confidentiality of people discussed in this work is maintained; there is no identifiable information of these individuals.

Manuscript

Your manuscript needs to;Include page numbers (pages should be numbered at the top right).

Be double-spaced

Have a 1-inch (2.54 cm) margin, Times New Roman or Arial, 12 font.

Maintain the confidentiality of service users/patients/clients and persons associated with them, service colleagues and organisations.

Include a reference list (Harvard referencing), headed with References centred, do not make it bold. Please refer to Cite Them Right.

Use the author to describe yourself (however you can use I or my etc. in self-reflection e.g., this phenomenon was often present in my practice).

5. Assessment regulations

The standard University assessment regulations apply for this assessment. Please note that in line with the University common assessment regulations, failure to submit coursework (i.e. non-submission) could lead to you failing the module.

Details of assessment regulations are available at: https://www.derby.ac.uk/about/organisation/academic-regulations/ (sections F and G).

Work submitted late will be marked according to University regulations, please see the University guidance on Late Submissions within the UDo Student Portal.

6. Where to get other help to do your assessment

During the course of the module your tutor will offer you a range of help and support. There are contact details for them within the module.

Other colleagues will offer help and guidance on the Student Portal.

In addition, the Academic Administrators will post helpful notices on your module announcement board.

You could also use the following links if you want extra help with:

Referencing and avoiding making an academic offenceStudy skills support