As part of the formal assessment for the programme you are required to submit a
Communication and Interprofessional Collaboration assignment. Please refer to your Student Handbook for full details of the programme assessment scheme and general information on preparing and submitting assignments.
After completing the module, you should be able to:
1. Evaluate appropriate communication skills with team members, patients and other stakeholders involved in person-centred care.
2. Appraise the different types of communication and their impact on the professional work environment during multi-disciplinary teamworking.
3. Discuss conflict management frameworks and their use in resolving issues that arise during team negotiations.
4. Recognise the value of shared leadership skills and team spirit when collaborating with others during interprofessional working.
5. Graduate Attribute: Professional Skills
Perform effectively within the professional environment. Work within a team, demonstrating interpersonal skills such as effective listening, negotiating, persuading and presentation. Be flexible and adaptable to changes within the professional environment
Assignment Task
Deliver a ten-minute podcast, discussing communication and interprofessional collaboration, to demonstrate the learning outcomes of the module.
Select a role, service area, or organisation and deliver a ten-minute audio presentation on the communication skills involved in the area and how collaboration features as part of a multidisciplinary team approach.
You should include an introduction to the area you have chosen, to set the context of your audio piece.
You should include a description of what you have learnt about the role of different types of communication and how they can impact on different areas of work.
You should talk about the role of communication in managing potential conflict and negotiation.
You should talk about the role of interprofessional working and how it features in the context of the area you have chosen.
Your work should refer to the sources of your knowledge where you are using theory, concepts, published material etc. to support your views and opinion. This can be addressed verbally as “name” or “name in year”, as you would within a written piece.
Your submission should consist of uploading a PowerPoint document, with a Title slide, a Content slide containing only the link to the recording (you will be given guidance on this separately), and a Reference slide. Formatting/design of the slides is not important. You are responsible for making sure the audio file is accessible for the marker
