Professional Practice Essay

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Professional and ethical responsibilities of the radiographer 
<ul><li>Professional, Statutory and Regulatory Body requirements (Health Care and Professions Council (HCPC), College of Radiographers (CoR) </li></ul>
<ul><li>Professionalism and professional behaviours </li></ul>
<ul><li>NHS Constitution and the ‘Core Values’ </li></ul>
<ul><li>Recognise the impact of culture, equality, and diversity on practice - equality, diversity, and inclusion referring to Equality Act (2010) including cultural competence </li></ul>
<ul><li>Promoting public health and preventing ill-health including health beliefs </li></ul>
<ul><li>Principles of healthcare ethics and informed consent  </li></ul>
<ul><li>Evidence based practice; what is it and searching for evidence </li></ul>
<ul><li>Effective communication - interpersonal and communication skills </li></ul>
<ul><li>Working with other - the multidisciplinary team and interprofessional working  </li></ul>
<ul><li>Reflective practice: models and approaches  </li></ul>
<ul><li>Registrants’ mental health - personal and professional resilience </li></ul>
<ul><li>Social media and your digital presence  </li></ul>
<ul><li>Digital skills and new technologies  </li></ul>
<ul><li>Establish and maintain a safe practice environment relevant to radiography  </li></ul>
<ul><li>Health and Safety at Work Act (1974) </li></ul>
<ul><li>Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) </li></ul>
<ul><li>Healthcare associated infections (HCAIs)  </li></ul>
<ul><li>Information Governance (Data Protection Act 2018) </li></ul>
<ul><li>Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults </li></ul>
<ul><li>Principles of radiation protection including legislation IR(ME)R 2017 and IRR17  </li></ul>
<ul><li>Cardiopulmonary resuscitation </li></ul>
<ul><li>Moving and handling  </li></ul>

Feedback is provided in a number of ways throughout your module. This includes feedback you receive during teaching from both peers and lecturers and that provided for formative assessment. Following an assessment, you will be given your marks and feedback in line with the assessment regulations and policy. More information on the timing and type of feedback that will be provided for each assessment will be available from the module leader. <a href='https://www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/governance/policies/student-policies-and-regulations'>https://www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/governance/policies/student-policies-and-regulations</a>

This module will support the development of all the graduate attributes. Your module leader will provide you with information about how your learning, teaching and assessment activities support your development of these attributes. The graduate attributes are: - Always learning - Engaged in the world - Technical and digital - Connected Professional - Creating Impact

Hybrid - 

Self-directed - 

Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics

Equality Act

Guidance on Health and Character

The Ionising Radiations Regulations 2017 IRR

Reflective Practice Writing and Professional Development. 

How to Raise a Concern

Radiography 26(2) S37-S41.

Implementing Evidence-Based Practice: A Guide for Radiographers

Standards of Proficiency – Radiographers.

The NHS Constitution for England

The Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2017 IR(ME)R

Communication and Interpersonal Skills in Nursing.

Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)

Infection Control in Clinical Practice

Interprofessional Working: An Essential Guide for Health and Social Care Professionals

Code of Professional Conduct

Resuscitation Council UK.

Health and Safety at Work Act (1974) 

Health and Safety Executive.

Professional Development, Reflection and Decision-Making in Nursing and Healthcare

Principles of Biomedical Ethics

Beginning Reflective Practice

Guidance on Conduct and Ethics for Students

RC1041 - Preparation for Professional Practice

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You will learn through interactive lectures and seminars during which you will develop your knowledge and understanding of professional practice.   
 
The learning and teaching methods will take into consideration that this is the first module that you will study, and that you all will commence the programme with a variety of past life experience and educational backgrounds.  
 
You will be introduced to essential academic skills to support active engagement in learning, this will include academic writing and referencing skills.  You will have the opportunity to learn with, learn from and about each other through interprofessional learning opportunities with the diagnostic and therapeutic radiography students during this module.  
 
The opportunity to meet service users and carers will form part of the ‘Lived Experiences of Service Users’ seminar. This will provide you with the opportunity to actively listen and engage with servicer users and carers who are sharing their stories. 
 
This module includes a mixture of different approaches for example, you may have a combination of in-person sessions (i.e., face to face on campus), and / or online synchronous sessions (participants are engaged at the same time online) and online asynchronous guided activities (you need to plan time to engage with these, so you are prepared for the in person and synchronous sessions. These may include viewing recorded lectures and / or other online resources, reading materials, undertaking quizzes and completing exercises). There will also be the opportunity for discussions and group work exploring key issues relating theory to practice to enable you to question and explore the fundamentals of becoming a professional health care practitioner. 
 
Lectures – The focus will be on helping you to feel confident in developing your understanding of complex knowledge required for you to competently practice during your clinical placement and point you to significant areas for further study to deepen your understanding. 
  
Seminars – These sessions will provide you with the opportunity to work in small group and encourage you to apply theory to practice to develop a deep and systematic understanding of the module subject matter. The aim for your learning will be for you to enhance your communication skills and challenge your powers of reasoning.   
 
Guided Independent Study – During the module you will have time allocated to undertake set activities individually or in study groups. These activities may form part of the formative assessment strategy to help you to complete the summative module assessment or may be set tasks which you should complete prior to attendance at a taught session. In addition, there are self-directed study hours allocated for you to pursue your own independent lines of inquiry.  
 
Self-Directed Learning – You may also use some of the additional study time to explore areas of interest, practise skills and prepare for assessments. Whilst this time counts towards the theoretical hours for the module, it will be up to you to decide exactly how you spend this time and which areas of learning you wish to pursue; this will encourage you to foster an independent and autonomous attitude towards your studies. 
 
E Learning for Health will be used as the platform for you to access mandatory training which must be successfully completed before you can go into clinical practice.

Preparation for Professional Practice

Describe the professional and ethical responsibilities of a radiographer. 

Knowledge

Describe mechanisms to establish and maintain a safe practice environment relevant to radiography. 

Demonstrate the successful completion of all mandatory training.  

Skills

Actively listen and engage with servicer users and carers who are sharing their stories. 

Respect the attitudes and behaviours associated with being a caring professional in line with the NHS Values and HCPC / CoR Codes of Professional Conduct.

Values and attitudes

Recognise the importance of reflective practice and how this aids your professional development. 

Respect the value of multidisciplinary team working, and the need to build and sustain professional relationships as both a professional and collaboratively as a team member. 

Recognise the importance of professionalism and professional behaviours. 