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Current Academic Year 2023 - 2024

Please note that this information is subject to change.

Module Title Engagement Assessment & Decision Making
Module Code NS5001
School 38
Module Co-ordinatorSemester 1: Daniela Lehwaldt
Semester 2: Daniela Lehwaldt
Autumn: Daniela Lehwaldt
Module TeachersDaniela Lehwaldt
NFQ level 9 Credit Rating 10
Pre-requisite None
Co-requisite None
Compatibles None
Incompatibles None
None
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Description

This module enables students to critically explore how they are engaging with people in their daily work with regard to engagement, assessment and decision-making. Students are enabled to think and write critically about how they engage with people in undertaking both clinical and situational assessments. Critical thinking and writing about the decision-making processes that follow on from these assessments is also facilitated. In doing this students engage with the literature from nursing, psychology, sociology and other relevant backgrounds with reference to both clinical and managerial engagement, assessment and decision-making. The module content explores the nature of clinical and managerial engagement, assessment and decision-making within the context of collaborative and autonomous practice.

Learning Outcomes

1. Demonstrate a working knowledge of assessment processes and their underpinning ideologies, philosophies and intended purposes in terms of their contribution to decision-making and outcomes in their defined area of practice.
2. Examine how theories of engagement, assessment (judgement) and decision-making inform and influence organisational activity, e.g. interaction with service-users carrying a particular diagnosis.
3. Analyse the processes of judgement and decision-making within clinical and organisational practice in terms of the notion of collaborative intra- and inter-professional teamwork.
4. Explore ways of engaging with the values, goals and motivations of others in order to develop collaborative competence in judgement and decision-making.
5. Apply an understanding of judgement and decision-making to critically direct their approach to reflective and evidence-based practice.



Workload Full-time hours per semester
Type Hours Description
Lecture21No Description
Tutorial6No Description
Independent Study211No Description
Online activity12No Description
Total Workload: 250

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment100% Examination Weight0%
Course Work Breakdown
TypeDescription% of totalAssessment Date
ParticipationEvidence of online learning20%n/a
PortfolioStudents are reuired to complete a practice-based eportfolio guided through the tripartite model (student, academic supervisor, practice supervisor).50%n/a
PresentationStudents are required to present a case analysis related to engaging, assessing and decision making with patients / service-users.30%n/a
Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories;
1 = A resit is available for all components of the module
2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module
3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
This module is category 1
Indicative Reading List

  • Connolly T, Arkes H.R & Hammond K.R: 0, Judgement and Decision Making, An Interdisciplinary Reader, 2nd ed, Cambridge University Press,
  • Thomspon C & Dowling D: 2009, Essential Decision Making and Clinical Judgement for Nurses, Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh,
Other Resources

None
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Date of Last Revision02-FEB-11
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