Student Name…………………………………………………………………. Health professionals require good communication skills in order to carry out their roles effectively. It is therefore important for those embarking on a career in health and social care that they gain knowledge and understanding of skills involved in communication. This unit will develop and enhance communication and interpersonal skills, and will consider communication theories. On completion of this unit a learner should: Understand effective communication and interpersonal interaction in health and social care. Understand factors that influence communication and …show more content…
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Miller, Anna Medaris. "U.S News Health." US News. U.S.News & World Report, 16 Jan. 2015. Web. 1 July 2015.
Haworth, E., Higgins, H., Hoyle, H., Lavers, S. and Lewis, C. (2010) BTEC Level 2 First Health and Social Care Teaching Resource Pack, Harlow: Pearson Education, 978-1-84690-671-8
The article is from the American Journal of Public health and provides surveys, graphs and statistics. The article has multiple authors and they are all in the medical field or professors that work at high prestige Universities like Harvard or Northwestern University.It was last modified on February of 2013.The article is a peer review journal and because of the credentials of the authors it seems reliable and credible
These outcomes are linked to the health and social care act. I have taken some direct text from the act and copied below;
For this assignment I am going to choose two different job roles and investigate the health care sector. The job roles I have chosen are midwifery and mental health worker. For each job role I am going to explain the following requirements:
A course assignment presented to the College of Graduate Health Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctor of Health Science Degree A. T. Still University
Task D Presentation or report Prepare a presentation or report on an issue or area of public concern related to the care profession. Your presentation or report should include: • • • • A description of the issue or area of public concern raised An outline of the different points of view regarding the issue or area of public concern raised A description of how the issue or area of public concern has affected service provision and methods of working A description of how public opinion is affected by issues and areas of concern in either the health, social care or children’s and young people's sectors
Stretch B. and Whitehouse M. –Health and Social Care Level 3 Book 1 BTEC National. London: Pearson Education Limited, 2010
P4: explain strategies used in health and social care environments to overcome barriers to effective communication and interpersonal interactions.
Daniel Fuller, Lise Gauvin, Yan Kestens, Mark Daniel, Michel Fournier, Patrick Morency, and Louis Drouin American Journal of Public Health 2013 !03;3. e85-e92. Print.
Unit aim: This unit is aimed at those who work in health or social care settings or with children or young people in a wide range of settings. The unit explores the central importance of communication in such settings, and ways to meet individual needs and preferences in communication. It also considers issues of confidentiality.
US Department of Health and Human Services (2014) Healthy People.Gov: 2020 Topics and Objectives. Retrieved from: http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topicsobjectives2020/default.aspx
Complete Exercises 11 and 16 in Statistics for Health Care Research: A Practical Workbook, and submit as directed by the instructor (e.g., as a Microsoft Word document in the LoudCloud classroom).
For this unit I need to research the impact of one national policy on care practice and provision. I will be accurately and independently applying an in depth knowledge and understanding to give a comprehension explanation of the impact of one national policy on care practice and provision.
The Open University (2012) L185 English for academic purposes, Block 2 Session 2 ‘Text 2.4: OU student assignment for Y158 Understanding Health’ [online], https://learn2.open.ac.uk/pluginfile.php/717534/m