CREDIT POINTS: 20 / UNIT CODE: HHS515
FHEQ LEVEL: 5 / DELIVERING FACULTY: FBSE/NHS Trust
UNIT DESIGNATION: Collaboration provision / School: Health, Exercise and Social Science
Date validated: April 2013 / Date last modified:
Unit delivery model: BLK
Max & Min Student No.N/A
TOTAL STUDENT WORKLOAD
Students are required to attend and participate in all the formal timetabled sessions for the unit. Students are also expected to manage their directed learning and independent study in support of the unit. Where normal timetabled sessions do not take place, additional directed learning may be provided, and/or students are expected to undertake additional independent learning.
PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES: This unit can be taken as part of the whole Foundation Degree pathway or as an individual professional development unit.
Evidence of ability to study at FHEQ level 4.
If taken as an individual PDU students must provide evidence of acquired knowledge, skills and attributes that they are currently demonstrating in their role.
UNIT DESCRIPTION
This unit is intended for year 2 (HE level 5) students and will give them the theoretical knowledge required to support the healthcare science professionals in clinical practice. This module forms part of the vocational programme and is the foundation of being an associate practitioner in respiratory and sleep physiology.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the unit, students should be able to:
Knowledge and Understanding
K1 Appraise the principles and practice of static volumes and gas transfer techniques
K2 Describe the partial polysomnological recording channels
Cognitive Skills
C1 Interpret abnormal spirometric traces, including variations related to unique patient attributes
C2 Evaluate the risks and benefits of performing a clinical procedure within respiratory
Practical and Professional Skills
P1 Discuss scientific information with peers and patients with appropriate language
Transferable and Key Skills
T1 Organise and manage workload within the clinical setting
AREAS OF STUDY
The unit will provide the student with the concepts of recording static lung volumes and gas transfer indices as well as partial polysomnological channels. Students will learn how to recognise normal volumes and lung function indices as well as normal sleep by prescribed criteria and identify abnormal findings and determine clinical significance in relation to respiration and sleep. The unit will discover the pathophysiology of respiratory diseases as well as sleep disorders and the impact on the patient. National protocols and procedures to ensure patient safety will be introduced. In addition, this unit will introduce the student to the concept of basic non-invasive ventilation. Students will learn to evaluate the benefits of these procedures in relation to the patient’s care pathway.
Other topics include:
· Applied respiratory anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology of respiratory and sleep medicine
· Diagnostic testing
· Interpretation of diagnostic data
· Clinical decision making
· Identification and collation of abnormal sleep data from multiple sources
· Anatomy and physiology of the respiratory system.
· the manifestation of symptoms associated with respiratory pathophysiology
· safe clinical practice in physiological measurement
· Problems associated with recording accurate diagnostic physiological data during sleep.
· Common sleep disorders
· Normal stages of sleep
LEARNING AND TEACHING STRATEGY
The teaching strategy is a combination of formal lectures, problem solving tutorials, self-directed learning and informal discussions. Formal lectures will be classroom based and delivered in a conventional format. Self-directed learning will lead to presentation of evidence based articles to their peers. Students will engage in question and answer sessions to develop problem solving skills. Using a range of methods to disseminate material including library based facilities and web based resources. In addition course material will be accessible remotely.
ASSESSMENT STRATEGY
Summative assessment of this module will comprise of two elements:
ASSESSMENT
AE1 weighting: 50%
assessment type: Unseen written exam
length/duration: 1.5 Hours
anonymous marking: yes
AE2 weighting: 50%
assessment type: Essay
length/duration: 1500 words
anonymous marking: Yes
Aggregation & Re-assessment Rules
Students MUST PASS all the elements of assessment in order to pass the unit. Arrangements for referrals will follow University Assessment regulations.
If they are referred on the assessments they will re-submit their case study, and have the opportunity to be re examined with a new paper
Unit Author: Tess Compton-Price
Date of version: September 2013
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