Select one of the communication models explored in class; demonstrate a critical understanding of this model by applying the model to a communication interaction you have experienced on placement; critically reflect on the interaction and your learning
Category: Healthcare & Medicine
Critically examine literature on a public health/health and social care topic area using a systematic approach.Identify and provide a detailed rationale for a business proposal.
Corruption and healthquality
Identify and provide a detailed rationale for a business proposal.
Critically examine literature on a public health/health and social care topic area using a systematic approach.
Formulate a business proposal that demonstrates a systematic approach to project planning.
Critically discuss issues concerning sustainability of a business proposal.
Critically examine personal learning through a process of reflection and reflexivity.
Critically defend a business proposal via a viva voce.
Critically examine the significance of leadership competence in Professional Public Health Practice, using the related frameworks to support your discussion.+ PPDP Create a Personal & Professional development plan aligned to Leadership competencies
Critically examine the significance of leadership competence in Professional Public Health Practice, using the related frameworks to support your discussion.+ PPDP Create a Personal & Professional development plan aligned to Leadership competencies
What is pilocarpine (or carbachol if it was chosen in the experiment) ? what is its mechanism of action? discuss briefly its therapeutic applications. Analyse the effect of the antagonists on the dose-response curves for both drugs. How would you describe the mechanism of action of the antagonist on the muscarinic receptors?
Data analysis and interpretation Applied Pharmacology
What is Acetylcholine and how does it produce contraction of the smooth muscle (dynamics:
receptors, type and drug-receptor interaction)?
What is pilocarpine (or carbachol if it was chosen in the experiment) ? what is its mechanism of action? discuss briefly its therapeutic applications
Identify two drugs that can be used for their effect on smooth muscles within the body (urinary tract, blood vessels, or respiratory system) and briefly discuss the following:
The mechanism of action
Drug-drug interaction
Therapeutic application
2. Using Excel, or Graphpad Prism:
Convert the contraction values into %response and the dose into log10 for each drug
Plot the following graphs :
the %response vs. log10 dose for acetylcholine (with and without the antagonist, 2 curves in the same graph)
the %response vs. log10 dose for pilocarpine or carbachol (with and without the antagonist, 2 curves in the same graph)
Describe both graphs:
Compare the 2 dose-response curves (without antagonists): which agonist is the most potent? And which one is the most effective? provide evidence from your data.
Provide an approximate value of ED50 for both acetylcholine and pilocarpine or carbachol.
Analyse the effect of the antagonists on the dose-response curves for both drugs. How would you describe the mechanism of action of the antagonist on the muscarinic receptors?
Discuss more than 1 clinical decision making model i.e. compare and contrast models.What tools do you utilise to justify your decisions and ensure your patient is safe?
Emergency Clinical Decision Making and Problem Solving
Define clinical judgement and clinical decision making.
Critically analyse the theories associated with clinical decision making.
Discuss more than 1 clinical decision making model i.e. compare and contrast models.
Define and discuss problem solving models and demonstrate how these were applied.
Give an example of this in one of the case studies provided in your appendix.
Learning Outcome 2
Enhance your knowledge and skills in the management of uncertainty and the application of reasoning in the assessment and management of care.
Discuss assessment theories, i.e. SOCRATES, OLDCARTS, GCS, NEWS2, AVPU, Pain scores for example… AVPU and SOCRATES
How do you manage uncertainty?
What tools do you utilise to justify your decisions and ensure your patient is safe?
What methods were applied to manage your clinical uncertainty (referral, senior support, support from expertise..)
Give an example of this in one of your case studies provided in your appendix.
Discuss the effect of noise on the auditory system firstly, and if a particular drug affects a certain part of the system, discuss that, so the reader has a better understanding on how the drug may or may not work.
Audiology
Choose one or more otoprotectant and discuss its effectiveness in protecting the auditory system.
Background – You are in your clinic and a patient hands you a snippet from a paper that claims to have found a new type of drug that can reduce the impact of noise and actively protects our auditory system! The patient asks for your thoughts, as the paper is well known for its misleading articles and hyperbole. You decide to do some research and find out for yourself.
Task – Choose an otoprotectant (drug) and discuss its effectiveness in protecting the auditory system. Some otoprotectants have been researched more than others, so feel free to evaluate the efficacy of more than one if needed.
1 Discuss the effect of noise on the auditory system firstly, and if a particular drug affects a certain part of the system, discuss that, so the reader has a better understanding on how the drug may or may not work.
2 If choosing 1 otoprotectant to discuss, make sure there is enough papers, research and information out there to write your essay. Also, if discussing more than one drug then make sure you are writing enough information for each and that you include enough articles/evidence.
3 Don’t forget that the effectiveness can be proven as effective or non-effective, so finding no links to protecting the auditory system is fine.
4 Make sure you are looking at reliable & scientific sources! Watch out for homeopathic reviews or papers with conflicts of interest.
5 For your introduction you could base it on the background story or simply start as if doing a normal paper. promote academic freedom of writing, just make sure your introduction is clear in what you are looking into and why.
How to protect yourself, employees, patients, and community. (Refer to CDC guidelines) and others.Describe how you will alter your usual operations to reduce Covid-19 exposure e.g. creating more space to allow for social distancing,infection control etc.
COVID-19 Policy for health care clinic
Create a health care policy for a family practice clinic. Include:
1. How to protect yourself, employees, patients, and community. (Refer to CDC guidelines) and others.
2. List measures you will use to prepare physical clinical space
3. Describe employee training
4. Describe how you will alter your usual operations to reduce Covid-19 exposure e.g. creating more space to allow for social distancing,infection control etc.
5. List 2 types of Covid-19 testing methods you will offer, and why
Use APA 7 format
Describe the person, the service, and the nature of your involvement with them.Identify and analyse the biopsychosocial factors which have contributed to the development and maintenance of the person’s mental disorder and account for their physical health status.
COMPLEXITY IN MENTAL HEALTH NURSING
An essay (4000 words) (100% of grade). A written critical analysis of a case scenario identified in practice, exploring the biopsychosocial determinants of ill health and a critical appraisal of actual or proposed biopsychosocial interventions within the context of contemporary clinical care.
Summative assignment – 4,000-word essay.
Give a brief introduction outlining what you intend to do in the assignment.
Describe the person, the service, and the nature of your involvement with them.
Contextualise the service with reference to contemporary mental health policy.
Identify and analyse the biopsychosocial factors which have contributed to the development and maintenance of the person’s mental disorder and account for their physical health status.
Describe and analyse the process of prioritising health and well-being needs using relevant assessment tools and showing awareness of relevant psychological theory.
Demonstrate collaboration with the person, carers, and the family in the context of the service, identifying potential and actual barriers to engagement and address any safeguarding concerns in formulating and executing your plan of care.
Critically appraise your interventions with reference to a contemporary evidence base and analyse their effectiveness in the promotion of health and wellbeing.
Provide a brief conclusion, summarising the main points of the assignment
Evaluate the opportunities to provide health advice to service users and their families and integrate these in to care and treatment selecting appropriate approaches to modifying health behaviour and providing signposting to other agencies where appropriate.
Population Health and Behavioral Science
Essay – Scoping the Health Needs of a Local Authority in London
This summative assessment addresses the following learning outcome:
Analyse models of health and illness and critically discuss the impact of social, cultural, psychological, economic and lifestyle factors on the mental and physical health of populations and individuals.
Examine the complex role that paramedics play in a multi-agency approach to safeguarding, the prevention of ill health and the promotion of physical and mental wellbeing.
Evaluate the opportunities to provide health advice to service users and their families and integrate these in to care and treatment selecting appropriate approaches to modifying health behaviour and providing signposting to other agencies where appropriate.
Evaluate population behaviour as it impacts on the prioritisation of ambulance deployment
Describe how your personal, educational, and professional background will help you achieve your goals.
Pharmacy School Admission Essay
Your Personal Essay should address why you selected pharmacy as a career and how the Doctor of Pharmacy degree relates to your immediate and long-term professional goals.
Describe how your personal, educational, and professional background will help you achieve your goals. The personal essay is an important part of your application for admission and provides you with an opportunity for you to clearly and effectively express your ideas.
Do not personalize your essay for a particular pharmacy degree institution. You cannot make any edits to your Personal Essay after you have e-submitted your completed application to PharmCAS.