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1 ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS Assessment Coursework (Essay) Assessment element and code: Research Skills 2 – 014 Academic Year: 2020/2021 Trimester: 2 Module Title: Research Skills 2 (Skills for Higher Education) Module Code: MOD006960 Level: 3 Module Leader: Tanya Parsons Word Limit: 1500 words This excludes bibliography and other items listed in rule 6.75 of the Academic Regulations: http://web.anglia.ac.uk/anet/academic/public/academic_regs.pdf Assessed Learning Outcomes 1 – 3 Submission Deadline: This assignment must be received by no later than 14:00 on Friday 07 May 2021 WRITING YOUR ASSIGNMENT: • This assignment must be completed individually. • You must use the Harvard referencing system. • Your work must indicate the number of words you have used. Written assignments must not exceed the specified maximum number of words. When a written assignment is marked, the excessive use of words beyond the word limit is reflected in the academic judgement of the piece of work which results in a lower mark being awarded for the piece of work (regulation 6.74). • Assignment submissions are to be made anonymously. Do not write your name anywhere on your work. • Write your student ID number at the top of every page. • Where the assignment comprises more than one task, all tasks must be submitted in a single document. • You must number all pages. SUBMITTING YOUR ASSIGNMENT: In order to achieve full marks, you must submit your work before the deadline. Work that is submitted late – up to five working days after the published submission deadline - will be accepted and marked. However, the element of the module’s assessment to which the work contributes will be capped with a maximum mark of 40%. Work cannot be submitted if the period of 5 working days after the deadline has passed (unless there is an approved extension). Failure to submit within the relevant period will mean that you have failed the assessment. http://web.anglia.ac.uk/anet/academic/public/academic_regs.pdf 2 Requests for short-term extensions will only be considered in the case of illness or other cause considered valid by the iCentre Adviser. Please contact
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[email protected] http://web.anglia.ac.uk/anet/academic/public/academic_regs.pdf 3 ASSIGNMENT QUESTION Write a 1500-word essay that examines Social Cognitive theory factors in application to the case study on pp.6-10. You are expected to examine aspects of personal, environmental, behavioural factors from Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory model discussed in the course. • You must support your explanation with THREE academic sources from the module’s Key Reading list and ONE additional source from the Recommended Reading list that you can access through the Anglia Ruskin Library website. • Your arguments should be clearly structured and written in an appropriate style. 4 ASSESSMENT CRITERIA This is a skills module. As a result, you will be assessed on how well you have developed the research and writing skills practised during the year. Allocation of Marks Your grade will be based on how well you address the following points: 1. Task response: a direct answer to the task, supported by explanation of relevant theory, and direct application to an organisation from the case study. 2. Structure: clear paragraphs and logical flow. 3. Use of information from sources: including interpretation, evaluation and application. 4. Clarity of expression. Guidance Make sure that you use texts from the reading list in the module guide, and that additional sources you select are relevant and academic. Points to consider: • Be careful to make sure that you focus on the task. There is a lot that can be said about the organisations in the case study, but your task is specific, and you will be penalised for examining irrelevant points. Make sure that your essay is focused on identifying factors and their reciprocal relationships. • You might choose to examine some of the more complex sides of the model: ▪ How the factors impact each other, ▪ How the model relates to change and learning, o but always staff focused on answering the task set. • Note: managing your word count is challenging. You need to find a balance: o Write about enough factors that your essay is a full response to the task, but o Examine each factor in detail, ▪ Interpreting the theory ▪ Explaining the impact on behaviour, and ▪ Applying the factor and its impact to the organisation. On the VLE, you will find guidance on the key writing skills from the module. • Paragraph structure and flow • Applying theory to an organisational context • Appropriateness of the sources for the academic assignment 5 The guidance documents from Research Skills 1 will also be helpful: • Writing in a clear and formal style • Selecting relevant and reliable evidence from texts • Using evidence from texts to support ideas in writing • Interpreting and explaining sources in your own words 6 Case Study: Royal Bournemouth and Poole hospital Part 1 A&E to be downgraded in major overhaul of hospital services Following its clinical service review, Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) decided that Royal Bournemouth Hospital will become an emergency hospital while Poole Hospital will be the elective centre. The decision means Poole will see its emergency department downgraded to a 24/7 urgent care centre. The CCG’s decision also paved the way for the Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals Foundation Trust and Poole Hospital Foundation Trust to ask the Competitions and Markets Authority to lift or change undertakings that block them from submitting merger proposals. Last year, the CCG announced Bournemouth as its preferred site for the emergency hospital on the basis that the capital costs (£147m) would be less than for Poole (£189m) and it has better access. Capital funding for the scheme has been secured from the Treasury, pending submission of the full business case. The capital cost of reconfiguring Royal Bournemouth and Poole hospitals is estimated to be £85m and £62m respectively. But the success of the plans is linked to whether the trusts will be allowed to merge. Both leadership teams believe the changes will be easier to achieve under one management structure. Tim Goodson, chief officer of Dorset CCG, said the trusts now “stand a far better chance” of being allowed to merge, compared to their previous attempt in 2013 that was thwarted by the CMA. Adapted from: Carding, N (2017) HSJ 20th September 2018 Available online at: https://www.hsj.co.uk/nhs-dorset-ccg/aande-to-be-downgraded-in-major- overhaul-of-hospital-services/7020616.article [accessed 22/10/18] BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-45482517 [accessed 22/07/2020] Part 2 Record patient numbers at Poole Hospital's closing A&E A hospital's A&E department which is due to close was attended by a record number of patients on Saturday. Poole Hospital's A&E unit dealt with 235 patients across the day, as well as receiving 77 ambulances, bosses said. One visitor reported a 14-hour wait in the department by Sunday morning, although the hospital said the average waiting time was four hours. http://www.dorsetccg.nhs.uk/Downloads/aboutus/CCG%20Board/2017/20%20Sept%20Special/04.1%20x%20Appendix%202%20200917%20.pdf https://www.hsj.co.uk/the-royal-bournemouth-and-christchurch-hospitals-nhs-foundation-trust/leading-acs-to-ask-competition-regulator-to-overturn-restrictions/7018124.article https://www.hsj.co.uk/the-royal-bournemouth-and-christchurch-hospitals-nhs-foundation-trust/bournemouth-is-ccgs-preferred-choice-for-emergency-centre/7004706.article https://www.hsj.co.uk/sectors/acute-care/bournemouth-and-poole-merger-is-blocked/5064392.article https://www.hsj.co.uk/nhs-dorset-ccg/aande-to-be-downgraded-in-major-overhaul-of-hospital-services/7020616.article https://www.hsj.co.uk/nhs-dorset-ccg/aande-to-be-downgraded-in-major-overhaul-of-hospital-services/7020616.article https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-45482517 7 The A&E service is set to move from Poole to Bournemouth under a shake-up of healthcare in Dorset. Poole Hospital's chief operating officer Mark Mould thanked staff for ensuring "safe care" was provided at the weekend in the face of "operational challenge". The emergency department move is one of a raft of measures planned by Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) to try to avoid a projected funding shortfall of £158m by 2021. Nearly 25,000 people signed a petition asking the CCG to keep Poole Hospital A&E and maternity departments open. A legal challenge to the changes was rejected by the High Court (see article of 5th September). The hospital said there was no particular reason for the "unprecedented demand" over the weekend. One visitor to the hospital on Saturday night claimed "ambulance trolleys queued down the corridor" and there were "nowhere near" enough doctors and nurses. Under the healthcare shake-up, Poole would become a "planned care" hospital, although it would retain a 24-hour "urgent care centre" for less serious emergencies. Dorset CCG said the creation of specialist centres would save lives. The changes will be brought in over the next five years. Adapted from BBC News 11 September 2018 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england- dorset-45482517 [accessed 22/07/2020] Dorset NHS changes: Campaigners lose legal challenge Campaigners have lost their legal bid to stop the reorganisation of hospital services in Dorset. Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) agreed changes, including the closure of Poole's A&E, last October. Defend Dorset NHS brought a judicial review against the proposals, claiming longer travel times for emergency care would risk patient safety. However, a High Court judge has ruled in favour of the CCG. Defend Dorset said it was considering its next move. The group, which crowdfunded the challenge, has 21 days in which to launch an appeal. During a hearing at London's Administrative Court in July, lawyers argued health bosses were not informed about the risks arising from moving emergency services out of Poole Hospital. Under the plans, its A&E, maternity and paediatric services will be lost to Bournemouth, which will become the area's main emergency hospital. Poole is set to become a centre for planned treatment and operations. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-41255167 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-41255167 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-45419208 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-45419208 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-45482517 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-45482517 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-44891168 https://www.bbc