Appraise your current level of your graduate skills and critically analyse how these can be applied to postgraduate study.
The evidence submitted needs to meet the following criteria.
Validity – Is it relevant?
Evidence must be directly related to the learning claimed of a particular learning outcome. If you claim that you have an ability or skill, your evidence is only valid if it illustrates that ability or skill.
Authenticity – Is it your work?
It must be clear that any evidence submitted originates from you or refers especially to you.
Currency – Is it up to date?
Evidence should be recent and dated if possible. Where you are claiming for prior learning, supplementary evidence may be necessary to show that you are still capable of achieving the same level of leaning. Evidence that is associated with learning undertaken, five years ago or earlier, should only be included if you are able to demonstrate that the learning has been updated or been in used recently.
Ethical aspects – Have you maintained confidentiality?
You should always seek not to disclose and protect any person or organisation names in your evidence by keeping them anonymous, unless you get written permission to use the names of individuals or organisations.
The evidence you select to use in your portfolio needs to be in line with GDPR regulations and must respect the confidentiality of others. Do not include names, data and images of people and organisations without their written permission or consent.
Module Aim
The aim of this module is to enable you to evidence via a portfolio evidencing graduate and transferable skills required for post-graduate study in nursing.
Module Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module you will be to be able to:
- Appraise your current level of your graduate skills and critically analyse how these can be applied to postgraduate study.
- Critically examine and discuss different sources of evidence and discuss the importance of an evidence base for care.
- Critically reflect upon the importance of resilience and self-management and demonstrate strategies that could be applied in the development of you as professional on this course.
- Through critical self-reflection demonstrate the ability to seek and positively to support and feedback aimed developing personal effectiveness as a future nurse.
- Identify future learning needs and construct a development plan to address these effectively.
