Infection Prevention and Control
Description of the assessment
Summative Assessment [Graded Assessment] Guidelines
Coursework 1 – Presentation (Learning Outcomes 1 & 2- 30% of the module mark).
1. Choose a specific area of infection prevention and control that is important to your work now (or work you may have undertaken previously).
2. Produce both a practice based (make sure you ensure confidentiality) and literature based rationale for your choice of area.
3. Draw on the chain of infection framework and choose the most relevant link in the chain.
4. Explain to colleagues what they should be doing to break that link (include when, where and why etc).
5. Ensure that each part of your explanation can clearly be linked back to your critical reading of the relevant and contemporary evidence (policy, research, guidelines etc).
6. ‘Students will prepare and present a presentation which could be used within a department meeting for colleagues’.
7. Your tutor will give you instructions on exactly how and where to submit your presentation.
8. Presentation
Maximum of 10 slides excluding your title slide and reference list and up to 10 minutes of audio (in total for whole presentation).
Title and brief description a specific area of Infection Prevention Control (IPC) that is important to your work now (or previously).
Consider practice based and literature based rationale for your choice of IPC. Demonstrate original thinking, critical analysis and evaluation.
Use the materials from unit 10 to present your rationale.
Use the materials from units 2-7 to discuss the most relevant link in the chain of infection framework. Including an explanation to colleagues of what they should be doing to break that link and when, were and why.
Provide a script to support your audio
Coursework 2 – Essay (Learning Outcome 2 & 3 – 70% of the module mark).
Using a critical incident approach critically appraise applicable infection prevention and control protocols, taking account of contemporary issues and debates in this field.
Your essay should be structured in a formal academic manner with an Introduction, Main Body discussion and Conclusions, followed by a Reference List and (if necessary) Appendices. The Reference List and any Appendices are excluded from the word count.
Module Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module, you will be able to:
1. Critically appraise existing knowledge and understanding of infection prevention and control.
2. Critically analyse the need for strict infection prevention and control within any care environment.
3. Examine current and future issues and debates around infectious diseases, epidemiology, prevalence and morbidity.
