Subject Code & Title :- SSC120 Dimensions of Health And Social Care
Exam Length or Word length :- 2,000 word
Summary :- Essay assessing learning outcomes 1-5
Title :- Essay
Write a 2000 Word Essay by Choosing ONE of the following Questions
1. Discuss how one’s Social Position in Society is a key Determinant of Health.
2. Explain Men and Womens Health Differences in Health illness and Mortality.
3. Ethnicity and Health: Outline the Inequalities in Health and give explanations for
under standing the relationship
4. How do we Define Health? And what are the theoretical under pinnings of different interpretations of Health and Illness?
SSC120 Dimensions of Health And Social Care Assignment – UK
GUIDANCE FOR STUDENTS IN THE COMPLETION OF TASKS
NOTE: The guidance offered below is linked to the five common assessment criteria
Research‐informed Literature
Your work must be informed and supported by scholarly material that is relevant to & focused on the task(s) set.
You should provide evidence that you have accessed a wide range of sources which may be academic governmental and industrial these sources may include academic journal articles text books current news articles organisational documents and websites.
You should consider the credibility of your sources academic journals are normally highly credible sources while websites require careful consideration selection and should be used sparingly.
Any sources you use should be current and up to date mostly published with in the last five years or so though seminal important works in the field may be older.
SSC120 Dimensions of Health And Social Care Assignment – UK
You must provide evidence of your research own reading throughout your work using
in text citations in the main body of your work and a reference list that is alphabetical at the end of your work. Please use the Harvard referencing system.
Knowledge and Under standing of Subject
Your work must demonstrate the growing extent of your knowledge and under standing of concepts and under lying principles associated with the subject area.
Knowledge relates to the facts information and skills you have acquired through your learning. You demonstrate your under standing by interpreting the meaning of the facts and information knowledge.
This means that you need to select and include in your work the concepts techniques
models theories etc. appropriate to the task(s) set. You should be able to explain the
theories concepts etc. meaning fully to show your under standing.
Your mark grade will also depend upon the extent to which you demonstrate your knowledge and under standing ideally each should be complete and detailed with comprehensive coverage.
Analysis :-
Your work must contain evidence of logical analytical thinking evaluation and synthesis. For example :- to examine and break information down into parts make inferences compile compare and contrast information.
This means not just describing What! but also justifying:
Why? How? When? Who? Where? At all times you must provide justification for your
arguments and judgements. Evidence that you have reflected upon the ideas of others with in the subject area is crucial to you providing a reasoned and informed debate with in your work.
Further more you should provide evidence that you are able to make sound judgements and convincing arguments using data and concepts. Sound valid conclusions are necessary and must be derived from the content of your work.
There should be no new information presented with in your conclusion. Where relevant alternative solutions and recommendations may be proposed.
Practical Application and Deployment
You should be able to demonstrate how the subject related concepts and ideas relate to real world situations or a particular context.
How do they work in practice? You will deploy models methods techniques and/or theories in that context to assess current situations perhaps to formulate plans or solutions to solve problems some of which may be innovative and creative.
This is likely to involve for instance the use of real world examples and cases the application of a model with in an organisation and or bench marking one organisation against others based on stated criteria. You should show aware ness of the limitations of concepts and theories when applied in particular contexts.
SSC120 Dimensions of Health And Social Care Assignment – UK
Skills for Professional Practice
Your work must provide evidence of the attributes expected in professional practice.
This includes demonstrating your individual initiative and/or collaborative working. You must communicate effectively in a suitable format which may be written and/or oral for example essay management report presentation. Work should be coherent and well structured in presentation and organisation.
Essential Resources:
• Resources listed on the lecture schedule and on Canvas
• Programme of Study Handbook
Submission guidelines
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Your submission will be on your module space on Canvas. Please refer to the General Assessment Guidance under the Assignment tab for detailed instructions on how to submit and how to check for your marks and feedback.
SSC120 Dimensions of Health And Social Care Assignment – UK
Grading
Your mark and feed back will be made available to you electronically once the internal moderation has taken place which is after 4 weeks from your submission deadline.
Infringement :-
The University is committed to the universal academic standard which requires that
students must not submit materials which contain some one else’s work with out appropriate acknowledgement.
By submitting you confirm that the work you submit is your own and that you have read and under stood the guide to academic integrity and academic mis conduct.
