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To be used for all types of assessment and provided to students at the start of the module.
Information provided should be compatible with the detail contained in the approved module
specification although may contain more information for clarity.

Module title Voices and Choices

CRN 63762/63770

Level 4

Assessment title Person Centred Care

Weighting within This assessment is worth 100% of the overall module mark.
module (Summative 3000 word written assignment).

If you have any module specific questions or have a Reasonable

Module
Adjustment Plan, please contact Rebecca Hall
Leader/Assessment set
(R.A.Hall3@salford.ac.uk, Mary Seacole, room 3.22), Vanessa Guest
by
(v.s.guest@salford.ac.uk Mary Seacole -3.11)

Please note, we work between the hours of 9-5pm and will respond
to your email within three working days, as per university policy.

Submission deadline
The submission deadline is Tuesday [DATE] by no later than 16:00.
date and time
Any submission received after 16:00 (even if only by a few seconds
will be considered as late).

For coursework assessments only: students with a Reasonable

Adjustment Plan (RAP) or Carer Support Plan should check your plan
to see if an extension to this submission date has been agreed.
You should submit your assessment via the Voices and Choices
How to submit
Blackboard Site in the assessment area.

As the University will mark assessments anonymously where

possible, please use your student roll number and do not add your
name anywhere on your submission. When you submit an
assessment, you are declaring that it is entirely your own work.

You should write a 3000-word assignment on person centred care

Assessment task details
and instructions that focuses on an individual’s particular health care needs.

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  This assignment will be based on an episode of care. You can
choose to focus on an episode of care from your placement
experience, or you can choose to use an episode of care
from your simulated learning week. You will find a summary
of these in the ‘Simulation Week Case Studies’ folder on
Blackboard.
 Identify within your introduction if you are referring to a
simulated case study or an episode of care from your
practice experience.
 Concisely define any key terms and concepts and support
with evidence.
 Explore the importance of adopting a person-centred
approach in nursing. Support your discussion by referring to
a model of person-centred care and apply this to your
chosen simulated practice case study.
 The assignment must be written in the third person, avoiding
personal pronouns such as I, you, we.
 Take care to write in an academic style, avoiding informal
language and slang.
 In accordance with the NMC (2018) Code of Conduct,
confidentiality must be maintained throughout the
assignment to ensure places, people and specific events are
not identifiable, any names and identifiable
information must be anonymised.

Assessment Criteria
To help you meet the assessment criteria, you need to:
 Meet all of the Intended learning outcomes on page 4.
 Write a clear introduction for the assignment [200-300 words]
 Briefly summarise your chosen person’s episode of care. [200-
300 words]
This links to Intended Learning Outcome (IOL) 1. See page 4

 Consider person centred approaches in relation to nursing and

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 explore one-person centred model, and link this to your episode
of care. [700-800 words]

This links to Intended Learning Outcome (IOL) 2. See page 4

 Effective communication and interpersonal skills are essential in

nursing practice. Discuss how these skills can help a nurse to
maintain a person-centred approach and link this to your
episode of care. [400-500 words]

This links to Intended Learning Outcome (ILO) 3 and 6 see page 4

• Define and discuss interprofessional teamwork in relation to the

episode of care and explore potential advantages and barriers that
this approach may present to person centred care. [400-500 words]
This links to Intended Learning Outcome (ILO) 4 see page 4

 Explore how social prescribing can support the health and

wellbeing of service users and their family and carers [400-500
words] This links to Intended Learning Outcome (ILO) 5 see page 4

 Summarise only the key points you have discussed in a

conclusion [200-300 words)

 Provide a full reference list for the sources of literature you have
used following the current APA 7th Harvard guidelines.
Please note: Final reference list is NOT included in your
word count.

 Use a range of credible literature to support your discussion.

It is essential that you maintain any individual’s anonymity. You

should use pseudonyms for all names: patient, staff, clinical area,
Trust and so on. Please read the Confidentiality guidelines in
Assessment guidance area.

Presentation/formatting guidelines:

 Your student roll number should be the title of the final

document. Do NOT insert your name anywhere in your
assessment as anonymous making is used.

 Please do not use bullet points, headings, diagrams or pictures.

 Ensure the assignment is proofread and spell checked before
submission.

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  Select a neutral and readable font like Calibri or Arial.
 Font size should be 12 and line spaced at 1.5. Please justify and
format text.
 Number all pages.
 Your student roll number should be the title of the final
document.
 Your ‘in-text’ citations and final reference list should be written
in APA 7th Harvard style. Please use the University of Salford’s
referencing handbook to avoid errors in referencing – see guide
here

 Provide a final word count (not including your final reference

list) at the end of your assessment. There are suggested word
counts for each section of the assessment criteria, but the
overall word limit should not exceed 3000 words. The word limit
is 3000 words.

Assessed intended learning outcomes

On successful completion of this assessment, you will be able to:
Knowledge and 1. View service users and carers as members of a community of
Understanding
health

2. Explain the importance of partnership working and co-productive

models of personalised care and support planning

3. Apply principles of personalised care and support planning with a

service user and carer

4. Identify how policy and socio-political drivers impact on

interprofessional teamwork and effective integrated service delivery
Practical, Professional or
Subject Specific Skills 5. Recognise the role of the voluntary, community and social
enterprise sector in supporting people to live well

6. Develop communication skills to enable effective communication

with service users and carers

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 7. Develop self-awareness of personal values, knowledge, beliefs,
and attitudes in relation to personalised and integrated care

You will develop a range of employability skills sought by employers

Employability Skills
developed / through each assessment.
demonstrated
Through this assessment will have an opportunity to develop and
demonstrate the following employability skills:

(please put a cross in the box for the skill and level demonstrated in
the assessment)

I U A D
Skill
Communication Yes Yes Yes Yes
Critical Thinking and Yes No No No
Problem Solving
Data Literacy Yes No No No
Digital Literacy Yes Yes No No
Industry Awareness Yes Yes Yes Yes
Innovation and No No No No
Creativity
Proactive Leadership No No No No
Reflection and Life- Yes Yes No No
Long Learning
Self-management and Yes No No No
Organisation
Team Working Yes No No No

I = You will have been introduced to this skill

U = You will have developed an understanding of this skill in the

context of your subject

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 A = You will be able to apply this skill in the context of your subject

D = You will have demonstrated an enhanced understanding and

application of this skill in a wider context

For this assessment the use of tools, software, or features of

Using Artificial
Intelligence (AI) Tools software which use artificial intelligence to generate content such as
text, images, or data, is not authorised. The work you submit must
be entirely your own, representing your own abilities and ideas. Use
of AI to generate a response to questions in this assessment, or the
assessment brief, is academic misconduct. Reliance upon AI tools
will also become problematic for you both in further study and your
future career as the knowledge, critical and analytical thinking
required for this assessment are essential, foundational skills you
are expected to acquire and develop independently.

Word count/ duration (if

Your assignment should be 3000 words. This includes the
applicable)
introduction, main body of your assessment and conclusion. The
word count does not include your final reference list. You must get
as close to the word limit as possible. In accordance with the

University’s Assessment and Feedback Policy 24/25 ‘No arbitrary

penalty shall be applied for exceeding the stated length of an
assessment however, markers will cease considering content for the
purpose of grading and feedback once the stated maximum length
has been exceeded. Content beyond this point will not contribute to
the determination of the awarded mark and will not be commented
upon in feedback.’

Feedback arrangements
You can expect to receive feedback within 15 working days of the
published assessment submission deadline i.e. [DATE] 4pm Your
feedback and grade will be made available through the Voices and
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 Choices Blackboard site.

Practice for Success

Practice for Success To support students with the summative
assessment, ‘Practice for Success’ opportunities will be available
during the face-to-face taught sessions.

Students are expected to learn and demonstrate skills associated

Academic Integrity and
Referencing with good academic conduct (academic integrity). Good academic
conduct includes the use of clear and correct referencing of source
materials. Here is a link to where you can find out more about the
skills which students need:
Academic integrity & referencing
Referencing

Academic Misconduct is an action which may give you an unfair

advantage in your academic work. This includes plagiarism, asking
someone else to write your assessment for you or taking notes into
an exam. The University takes all forms of academic misconduct
seriously.

Support for this Assessment

Assessment Information
and Support
You can obtain support for this assessment by accessing the
Summative Information Page on Blackboard.

You can find more information about understanding your

assessment brief and assessment tips for success here.

Assessment Rules and Processes

You can find information about assessment rules and processes in
the Assessment Support module in Blackboard.

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 Develop your Academic and Digital Skills

Find resources to help you develop your skills here.

Concerns about Studies or Progress

If you have any concerns about your studies, contact your Academic
Progress Review Tutor/Personal Tutor or your Student Progression
Administrator (SPA).

askUS Services
The University offers a range of support services for students
through askUS including Disability and Inclusion Service, Wellbeing
and Counselling Services.

Personal Mitigating Circumstances (PMCs)

If personal mitigating circumstances (e.g. illness or other personal
circumstances) may have affected your ability to complete this
assessment, you can find more information about the Personal
Mitigating Circumstances Procedure here. Independent advice is
available from the Students’ Union Advice Centre about this
process: https://www.salfordstudents.com/advice/centre

This assessment is eligible for In Year Retrieval (IYR). If your first

In Year Retrieval
Scheme submission is unsuccessful (39% and below) you will be informed
about the IYR Scheme and will be offered a further opportunity to
submit your work prior to ‘reassessment.’

You can find more information about this scheme in the Assessment
Support module in Blackboard.

If you fail your assessment and IYR, and are eligible for
Reassessment
reassessment, you will need to resubmit on or before 4pm on the
date to be confirmed. For students with accepted personal
mitigating circumstances for absence/non submission, this will be
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 your replacement assessment attempt.

We know that having to undergo a reassessment can be challenging

however support is available. Have a look at all the sources of
support outlined earlier in this brief and refer to the Personal
Effectiveness resources.

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