Explain key influences on personal learning processes of individuals
Unit 6:
Personal and Professional
Development in Health and
Social Care
Unit code:
D/600/8958
QCF Level 3:
BTEC Nationals
Credit value:
20
Guided learning hours: 120
Aim and purpose
This unit aims to enable learners to understand the learning process and to give them the skills they need to plan for, monitor and reflect on their professional development. Learners will then be able to investigate and gain an understanding of health or social care provision. Learners must complete 100 hours work experience as a requirement of this unit.
Unit introduction
Initially, learners will explore factors that affect learning, then plan and monitor their personal and professional development and reflect on it. They will gain a key understanding of the health and social care sectors, including aspects of service delivery and the fundamentals of research methodology. Learners will consider their personal and professional development holistically, linking different units within their programmes and also their personal experiences.
This unit explores the different ways in which learning can take place and how learning from individual experiences can be used to enhance the quality of knowledge, skills and practice. Learners will explore concepts of learning and relate these to their preferred learning styles and other factors that influence their learning. Learners will initially consider their knowledge, skills, practice, values and beliefs in relation to working in health and social care. They will then draw up a personal plan for self-development over the duration of their programme, as appropriate to their personal abilities, goals and career aspirations. Learners will review their progress against these plans at intervals throughout the programme, adjusting them as appropriate to changing circumstances. They will develop the ability to draw on a range of sources of information to assess their personal and professional
Personal and Professional
Development in Health and
Social Care
Unit code:
D/600/8958
QCF Level 3:
BTEC Nationals
Credit value:
20
Guided learning hours: 120
Aim and purpose
This unit aims to enable learners to understand the learning process and to give them the skills they need to plan for, monitor and reflect on their professional development. Learners will then be able to investigate and gain an understanding of health or social care provision. Learners must complete 100 hours work experience as a requirement of this unit.
Unit introduction
Initially, learners will explore factors that affect learning, then plan and monitor their personal and professional development and reflect on it. They will gain a key understanding of the health and social care sectors, including aspects of service delivery and the fundamentals of research methodology. Learners will consider their personal and professional development holistically, linking different units within their programmes and also their personal experiences.
This unit explores the different ways in which learning can take place and how learning from individual experiences can be used to enhance the quality of knowledge, skills and practice. Learners will explore concepts of learning and relate these to their preferred learning styles and other factors that influence their learning. Learners will initially consider their knowledge, skills, practice, values and beliefs in relation to working in health and social care. They will then draw up a personal plan for self-development over the duration of their programme, as appropriate to their personal abilities, goals and career aspirations. Learners will review their progress against these plans at intervals throughout the programme, adjusting them as appropriate to changing circumstances. They will develop the ability to draw on a range of sources of information to assess their personal and professional
Links: Textbooks Boys D and Langridge E – BTEC National Health and Social Care Book 1 (Nelson Thornes, 2007) ISBN 9780748784042 Crawford P and Bonham P – Communication in Clinical Settings (Nelson Thornes, 2006) ISBN 9780748797165 Jasper M – Beginning Reflective Practice (Nelson Thornes, 2003) ISBN 9780748771172 Miller J – Care Practice for S/NVQ 3 (Hodder Arnold, 2005) ISBN 9780340889336 Nolan Y – S/NVQ Level 3 Health and Social Care Candidate Handbook (Heinemann, 2005) ISBN 9780435453732 Nolan Y – S/NVQ Level 3 Health and Social Care Candidate Book Options Plus (Heinemann, 2006) ISBN 9780435464653 Stretch B – Core Themes in Health and Social Care (Heinemann, 2007) ISBN 9780435464257 Stretch B and Whitehouse M – BTEC National Health and Social Care Book 1 (Heinemann, 2007) ISBN 9780435499150 Stretch B and Whitehouse M – BTEC Level 3 Nationals in Health and Social Care Student Book 1 (Pearson, 2010) ISBN 9781846907663 Stretch B and Whitehouse M – BTEC Level 3 Nationals in Health and Social Care Student Book 2 (Pearson, 2010) ISBN 9781846907470