Assessment Brief for Minor Injuries Module

Welcome to your new module. We hope you enjoy your studies. This document specifies the assessment/s for this module. We want you to be successful at the highest possible levels.  You should find these assessment/s to be clear, relevant, accessible, appropriate and challenging.

All assessment briefs have a set structure.  So you will become familiar with the 8 main sections in them. This assessment brief tells you:

1.What the module is about overall.

2.What the module Learning Outcomes are.  

3.What assessment/s you must pass, in order to successfully complete the module.

4.What you need to do in the assessment/s.

5.How your work will be assessed and marked.

6.How to present your work for marking.

7.Where to access the University of Derby Assessment regulations.

8.Where to get other assessment related help and support.

1. Module Overview

The aim of this module is to develop knowledge and understanding of the assessment, diagnosis and management of people presenting with minor injuries. This will provide healthcare professionals with a solid theoretical foundation to inform future practice. Whilst the module does include examination techniques it is not possible to assess the application of this knowledge within the students own clinical setting. As with all aspects of clinical practice, this would need to be agreed with the student’s employer, in line with regulatory body guidance and other national and local guidelines.

2. Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this module, you will be able to:

1.Critically apply the relevant anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology to the care of patients with minor injury.

2.Formulate a diagnosis, treatment and appropriate referral plan for patients presenting with minor injury.

3. Assessment types used in this module

Formative Assessment

Formative Activities and Assessments are opportunities for you to apply, practice and make sense of the learning materials and content that you have encountered. These may be an individual task, such as reading some text or watching a video and documenting your reaction to it, responding to some discussion points on the discussion forum or participating in a ‘live online classroom’ session. The main aim of formative activities is that you receive feedback on your contribution or performance, which will help you in preparation for your final module assessment(s). There is opportunity during the module to engage in formative assessment; this is related to the summative assessment for the module.

There will be two forms of formative assessment within the module:

1.Throughout the Minor Injuries module you will undertake several activities where you are asked to post your thoughts into the discussion forum. Academic staff will provide feedback to support your learning.

2.In preparation for the reflective analysis all students will be required to submit a draft plan for their assignment – further details including the deadline date will be available in the assessment section in Course Resources.

Summative Assessment

Summative assessments are the pieces of coursework that you complete, which contribute towards your final grade in this module. You should take the feedback that you receive from the completion of coursework in this module and use it to help you improve your performance in future assessments.

Summative assessment in this module is in two pieces of submitted coursework. You will be expected to submit your summative assignments via the Turnitin assessment points on the Assessment page in Course Resources.

Students will be assessed short discussion forum postings to build up their portfolio of patchwork evidence and a reflective account. The discussion postings enables