Unit of Study PBHL5008 Social and Emotional Competence in Health Care (2024)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

PG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Health
Placement

No

Unit description

Extends students’ theoretical knowledge and social and emotional skills to improve communication, teamwork and client safety. Students learn mindfulness and reflection to understand self and others. Teamwork skills are developed including: basic project planning; fostering a team climate; facilitating the contributions of others; giving and receiving feedback. Leadership skills are developed to manage conflict and aggression using diplomacy and assertiveness in line with organisational policies and processes.

Unit content

Factors affecting teamwork and client safety and introduction to neuroscience
Theoretical foundations of social and emotional competence
Mindfulness and critical self reflection
Skills for fostering a team climate; including leadership, project planning, group facilitation and coordination
Skills for giving and receiving feedback to peers and subordinates
Conflict management skills; dealing with aggression, boundaries, bullying and mobbing

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
SCU Online	Summer Term Term4	Summer Term Term4

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

integrate knowledge from neuroscience to explain the relationships between thoughts, feelings and behaviour

integrate critical mindfulness techniques into daily life to increase awareness and management of own values, thoughts and emotions

critically evaluate the emotions and behaviours of self and others to enable learning from experience using a model of reflection

implement models of social and emotional intelligence to foster a team climate, manage boundaries, task allocation, giving and receiving feedback

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Structured online learning (6 weeks)

Assessment
Quiz	10%
Reflective writing	40%
Reflective writing	50%

Prescribed learning resources

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Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.

Fee information

Domestic

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