The overarching aim of this module is to enable students to critically reflect on their learning and experience and apply subject specialist knowledge to develop their own and others practice.  In doing so they will demonstrate substantial leadership, autonomy, innovation and creativity in relation to the four domains of advanced practice: clinical care, leadership and management, facilitation of learning and evidence, research and development.  To enable students to demonstrate the above, the module will provide opportunity for students to complete a work based project with intention to improve the quality of outcomes for people and / or services and to critically reflect on their role as a future community specialist practitioner within the field of District Nursing.  

This Work Based Learning module allows for flexibility as it will have negotiated learning outcomes relevant to the focus of the students project and the four field specific domains of advanced practice.

Learning Outcomes

Purposely reflect on clinical practice to identify a practice, organisational or service issue that will be the focus of a work-based project 

Demonstrate original and innovative practice through the completion of a  work based project 

Critically apply subject specialist knowledge to demonstrate how the project will lead to improvements in safety and / or improve consistency and sustainability in the quality of care delivery and promote the sharing and adoption of best practice. 

Deconstruct and reconstruct their professional practice to validate the interrelationships of knowledge derived from experience and scholarship 

Critically appraise their professional experience to identify significant learning within the domains of clinical care, leadership and management, facilitation of learning and evidence, research and development and the implications for their future role as a specialist practitioner within the field district nursing. 

Assessment

Students will be required complete a work based project designed to develop their own professional practice and address a practice, organisational or service issue. The project will be presented in one of the following formats:  

Project report 

Critical commentary  

Portfolio of evidence

Students will be required to negotiate the focus of their project and the format with their supervisor.  

They will draw up the specific rationale, aims and learning outcomes of the project in a learning contract

Part 2 - The portfolio will comprise a critical commentary of their significant learning that has occurred within the context of the module within the domains of clinical care, leadership and management, facilitation of learning and evidence, research and development.  

---

This module can contribute to the following programme(s)

P14299: Post Graduate Diploma Community Specialist Practice: District Nursing (Work Based Learning Route) – 12 Month