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WEYM1062
Communication in Care
Effective interpersonal skills are an essential part of any healthy relationship. Being able to communicate is the basis of interaction; communication skills, in particular listening skills, are essential in health and social care for effective delivery of services and productive teamwork. To be truly effective in interpersonal skills practitioners must be aware of our own behaviour, and how their behaviour might affect others
WEYM1063
Foundations of Health and Welfare
This module enables students to gain understanding of the shifting boundaries between health and social care and the notion of care. Students will explore who gives and who receives care; its history and development and the changing notions of welfare. The module focuses on the impact that social inequalities in society have on life chances and opportunities
WEYM1064
Causes and Impact of Illness and Disease
The study of health and illness is essential in care and will encourage you to think about health beyond traditional boundaries. The module will explore the influence of biomedicine on health care policy and practice, along with the social challenges to that model. The module will consider health inequalities, their link to social and economic factors and the strategies that have been developed to tackle them.
WEYM1065
The Role of Public Health
This module requires students to investigate the roles of different agencies working within communities to reduce the incidence of disease and illness. Students will investigate infectious and non-infectious diseases that are widespread and analyse the effectiveness of strategies that are in place to control the incidence of disease. Regional, national and international perspectives and priorities will be considered
WEYM1066
Safeguarding in Health & Social Care
This module enables students to understand different types of abuse that can occur within the community and with care users. Students will study signs of abuse and factors that contribute towards individuals being vulnerable. This will be followed by identifying legislation and policies, how professionals work within the guidelines and standards to safeguard both practitioners and users of care services
WEYM1067
Study Skills & Professional Development
Students will be introduced to and allowed to develop a range of study skills so as to ensure academic standards relevant to a higher programme are established and maintained. Students will be required to develop planning, reading, writing, communicative and IT based abilities. Students will also continuously reflect on their work based learning placement and develop the skills required to be reflective practitioners
WEYM2058
Health Promotion
Defining health is complex. We all have our own ideas and experiences of health and the way in which it is promoted. The aims of this module are to show the dynamic nature of the subject and focus on the different perspectives that feed into it. Attempts to define the strategies for improving the health promotion is a core feature of this particular module
WEYM2059
Organisational Management in Health & Social Care
Students will investigate the processes involved in the management of individuals in the health and social care workplace. This not only includes the recruitment of the most appropriate personnel but importantly the support of employees in carrying out their work effectively in teams and developing their knowledge and skills so that they can contribute to the delivery of a quality service
WEYM2060
Research Project and Work Based Learning
To introduce the students to the range of methods which can be used to carry out research and to understand how to select and justify methods for a particular topic. This will enable the student to become more confident, evaluative reader of research and give them tools to interpret and evaluate current and contemporary research in health and social care
WEYM2061
Ethics, Values, Diversity & Rights
The need to practise in a non-judgemental and anti-discriminatory way towards people requires us to have an awareness of our own prejudices, values and beliefs. By exploring values and issues of prejudice, discrimination and inequality and discussing and reflecting on these things the module will be introducing diversity and equality and what these mean to the care professions and those who use their services
WEYM2062
Health & Social Policy
This module covers the factors that influence social policy, including historical, political, regional, national and other agents of social change. Analysis of social policy will enable students to evaluate sufficiency and deficiency in provision. Tracing developments from 1945 to the present, students will compare competing perspectives and examine contemporary issues for policy makers, welfare recipients and providers.
WEYM2063
Mental Health and Well-Being in Health and Social Care
Students will understand the psychological factors which influence human behaviour and the effects these factors may have on users of health and social care services. Students will focus on the basic approaches to understanding human behaviour drawn from psychology. Students will examine and evaluate the impact of a range of mental health conditions and recovery and their impact on society
* UK Government announcement on tuition fees
On Monday 4 November 2024 the UK Government announced a proposal to increase tuition fees for home undergraduate students from £9,250 to £9,535 per annum from September 2025 onwards. The University of Plymouth intends to apply this new fee from September 2025. However, implementation of this increase will be subject to Parliamentary procedure. The University will give further details to both prospective and current students as soon as more information becomes available.
Completing this course enables you to progress onto these related courses and programmes with the University of Plymouth at level 5 or level 6, as specifically defined by this programme’s progression agreement.
For further information, including the progression from foundation degree form, please visit https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/business-partners/partnerships/academic-partnerships/study-guide/progression-to-honours-degree
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You are also very welcome to attend a University of Plymouth open day, to get a flavour of the courses you can progress to from a partner college. There will however be limited information on this specific course and college.
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