Last modified: 01 May 2024 13:16
This work-based placement elective offers a professional placement with a civic, government, industrial, public, research or voluntary health and/or development sector organisation. You will undertake a ten-week placement with your host organisation, either within the organisation, remotely from Aberdeen, or using a combination of both. Placements are subject to availability and are offered on a best match basis.
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Term | Summer School | Credit Points | 30 credits (15 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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The aims of this course are to:
This is a project-based course, the content and structure of which is largely student-directed. Students will contribute work activities for your host organisation (16-20 hours per week over ten weeks = 160-200 hours) and teaching and learning for this course will also involve a combination of host organisation and University-facilitated structured education (22 hours through 11 compulsory two-hour University personal reflection and professional development training sessions, plus work-related training and meetings with your placement host and course staff (8 hours), with the remaining hours devoted to self-study and preparation for assessments (totalling 70-110 hours).
A placement allocations process will take place during the January – April sub session (over academic weeks 26-40). It may involve meetings with the course staff, discussions with placement hosts (potentially including filling out surveys, submitting expressions of interest; CV sharing; informal interviews (where required) and appointment confirmation) ahead of the course start date.
Some placements will be group-based, but each student will be assigned individual roles and assessments will be completed individually.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 20 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 46 | Feedback Weeks | 49 | |
| Feedback |
Written feedback provided via rubric and comments and final grade. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Factual | Evaluate | Evaluate and describe the work of a health and/or development sector organisation as it is situated within the broader context of everyday life. |
| Procedural | Create | Undertake a risk/needs assessment and prepare a formal agreement with the placement host. |
| Procedural | Create | Develop work placement roles and responsibilities and negotiate these with all stakeholders. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 40 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 1 | Feedback Weeks | 4 | |
| Feedback |
Written feedback provided via rubric and comments and final grade. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Create | Demonstrate evidence of the application of academic skills in the workplace, including collection of relevant data, synthesis, analysis, interpretation, and communication of output. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 40 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 1 | Feedback Weeks | 4 | |
| Feedback |
Written feedback provided via rubric and comments and final grade. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Reflection | Create | Set and review skills/attributes and create SMART action plans to achieve personal, employability and academic goals and objectives through recognition of strengths and areas for further development. |
| Reflection | Evaluate | Reflect on contribution to organisation. |
| Reflection | Evaluate | Evaluate achievement of continuing professional development goals. |
There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 5 | Feedback Weeks | 6 | |
| Feedback |
Outcome will be communicated by email. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Reflection | Evaluate | Evaluate achievement of continuing professional development goals. |
| Procedural | Create | Undertake a risk/needs assessment and prepare a formal agreement with the placement host. |
| Reflection | Create | Set and review skills/attributes and create SMART action plans to achieve personal, employability and academic goals and objectives through recognition of strengths and areas for further development. |
| Factual | Evaluate | Evaluate and describe the work of a health and/or development sector organisation as it is situated within the broader context of everyday life. |
| Procedural | Create | Develop work placement roles and responsibilities and negotiate these with all stakeholders. |
| Conceptual | Create | Demonstrate evidence of the application of academic skills in the workplace, including collection of relevant data, synthesis, analysis, interpretation, and communication of output. |
| Reflection | Evaluate | Reflect on contribution to organisation. |
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