Patchwork 4 is self-reflecting on your strengths and weaknesses and applying them to a third-year skill of managing a patient’s care (including assessment, planning, referrals, interventions and initiations) and planning discharge.
750 – 1000 words (+10% allowance)
Introduce what the essay is covering
Model Selection with referenced rationale
SNOB ( strengths, needs, opportunities and barriers)
SNOT (strengths, needs, opportunities and threats)
SWOB (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and barriers)
SWOT ( strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats)
Strength
Choose a personal strength or characteristic which enables you to carry out effective management of patient care and planning discharge
What does literature say about this strength in relation to managing patient care and planning discharge?
Weakness
Choose a personal weakness or characteristic which might inhibit you to carry out effective management of patient care and planning discharge
What does literature say about this weakness in relation to managing patient care and planning discharge?
Opportunity
Identify opportunities in practice and university which will allow you to develop your identified weakness from the previous section (This also needs supporting with literature)
Threat
Identify threats either personal or environmental which may prevent you from being able to improve your identified weakness
What can you do to minimise this?
Conclusion
Nothing new to be included in the conclusion
Summarise the learning from carrying out this self-assessment
Summarising the learning from the literature
How will you apply this in your future practice?
Conclusion should be referenced using literature previously used from the main body
Structure & clarity: 15 marks
Well-structured logical organization
Elements clearly identified
Grammatically correct
Spelling and punctuation
Coherent & well expressed
Logical flow
Beginning, middle and end
Concise
Application: 30 marks
Credible literature focussed on topics
Theory directly related to practice
Contextualised personal reflection
Clear demonstration of theory/practice links
Evaluation: 30 marks
Analysis: what does it mean?
Well organised arguments
Use of literature to support arguments
Drawing evidence based conclusions
