APPENDIX GA36b
LEVEL 5 ASSESSMENT SPECIFICATION |
| Student name: | Student ID number: | ||
| Programme: | BSc (Hons) Health and Social Care | ||
| Module: | Introduction to Independent Research Skills | ||
| Module code: | BMHP5019 | Contribution to Overall Module Assessment (%): |
90% |
| Lecturer: | Internal Verifier: | ||
| Assignment Title: | Component 2 Written Assignment (Research report) |
Word count (or equivalent): | 3,600 words |
| Submission deadline: | Return date of provisional marks & written feedback: |
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| Submission method: | All written assessments, where practical and possible, must be submitted via Turnitin unless otherwise instructed by the Lecturer. (Pl ease DO NOT put this assessment specification into Turnitin or it will match many similarities with other students’ submissions.)
Alternative submission method (if applicable): Late submission of the assessment will result in a late penalty mark: Work which is submitted up to 1 week late will be capp ed at 40% for the first attempt and will be awarded a mark of 0% for re-assessment. Late submission penalties may be lifted only if there is an approved extenuating circumstances claim. Work submitted more than 1 week late will be considere d as a non-submission and will not be marked. The work may be considere d as a submission for reassessment if offered by an Examining Board or if there is an approved extenuating circumstances claim. |
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| Academic honesty / referencing: |
Academic honesty is required. In the main body of your submission you must give credit to authors on whose research and ideas your work is based. Append to your submission a reference list that indicates the books, articles, etc. that you have used, cited or quoted in order to complete this assessment. | ||
| Module Learning Outcomes (from module syllabus) |
Upon the successful completion of this module, the student should be able to:.
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| Assessment Grid | ||||
| Type of assessment | Module Learning Outcome(s) |
Word count or equivalent |
Pass mark | Weighting |
| Written Assignment (Research report) | LO1, LO2 | 3,600 | 40 | 90% |
TASK DESCRIPTION |
Component 2: Written Assignment (Research report) – 3,600 words (+/-10%) – 90% weighting
Using the same topic that the student has submitted in their Research proposal (Component 1), the student should develop a Research report of 3,600 words (+/-10%), including a scoping review of primary and/or secondary research studies related to practice in the health, social care, and / or digital health professions and conduct a secondary research.
The 3,600-word research report should include the review question, objectives, rationale, background, methods, results, discussion, and recommendations of their secondary research.
The studies that the student will select to review in the Research report should be peer-reviewed research studies (i.e. academic journal articles).
The selection of the peer-reviewed primary and/or secondary research studies should be relevant to the review question of the student. Studies should be identified through reliable academic databases of academic journals. Should not include any policy papers, guidance reports, editorials, conference proceedings, commentary papers, etc.
The Research report should include the following elements:
- Introduction – including definitions of the main concepts, rationale, the review question, and objectives of the student’s scoping review
- Background – including information about the context, policies, legislation, guidance, services, practice, etc. in relation to the chosen topic
- Methods of data collection and data analysis of the student’s research, and ethical research considerations
- Results – the student’s scoping review, using thematic analysis, of published primary and/or secondary research studies related to the student’s review question
- Discussion of the findings of the scoping review of the student
- Conclusion and Recommendations for future research, policy, and/or practice.
Further guidance:
Students should provide in-text citations and a reference list using the University’s Harvard referencing style.
GENERAL SUBMISSION GUIDANCE
- All submissions must include a cover page with the student’s name, student number, module code and title.
- Use Arial font size 11 with 1.5 line spacing.
- Use an appropriate structure including a contents page with page numbers, clear sections with headings, and a reference list.
Use of Generative AI in Assessment
| RESEARCH | For this assessment, you can use Generative
AI to support you in research, including searching for bibliography, using tools to
materials. |
Yes ☐
No ☒ |
| STRUCTURE | For this assessment, you can use Generative
submission, including creating a draft argument structure, identifying parts and headings, etc. |
Yes ☒
No ☐ |
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| PROOFREADING | For this assessment, you can use Generative
AI to check your own text/creation for
including rephrasing of your own work within specific standards. |
Yes ☐
No ☒ |
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| WRITING | For this assessment, you can use Generative AI to create text for submission. | Yes ☐
No ☒ |
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| CREATIVE | For this assessment, you can use Generative AI to create creative materials, such as images. | Yes ☐
No ☒ |
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| PROGRAMING | For this assessment, you can use Generative AI to create and check code. | Yes ☐
No ☒ |
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| NONE | For this assessment, you are not allowed to use any type of Generative AI support. This includes research support, structure support,
support. |
Yes ☐
No ☐ |
Note: All students who use AI in their assignments must follow the University guidance for acknowledgement and use of AI (you can find the relevant information on the module’s page on Moodle). If you have any questions about this, please speak to your lecturer.
GUIDANCE FOR STUDENTS IN THE COMPLETION OF TASKS |
NOTE: The guidance offered below is linked to the five generic assessment criteria overleaf.
- Engagement with Literature Skills
Your work must be informed and supported by scholarly material that is relevant to and focused on the task(s) set. You should provide evidence that you have accessed an appropriate range of sources, which may be academic, governmental and industrial; these sources may include academic journal articles, textbooks, 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 within the last five years or so, though seminal/important works in the field may be older. You must provide evidence of your research/own reading throughout your work, using a suitable referencing system, including in-text citations in the main body of your work and a reference list at the end of your work.
Guidance specific to this assessment: The student should select to review appropriate peer-reviewed primary and/or secondary research studies on a topic related to practice in the health, social care, and / or digital health professions. Should demonstrate a wide level of reading, using a minimum of 20 references, from a variety of sources including reports, textbooks, academic journals, and reliable websites. All arguments should be supported by evidence using in-text citations and references following the University’s Harvard Referencing style.
- Knowledge and Understanding Skills
At level five, you should be able to demonstrate the following: sound knowledge and critical understanding of the well-established concepts and principles of the subject area and the way in which those principles have developed; and knowledge of the main methods of enquiry in the discipline. Knowledge relates to the facts, information and skills you have acquired through your learning. You demonstrate your understanding 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. meaningfully to show your understanding. Your mark/grade will also depend upon the extent to which you demonstrate your knowledge and understanding.Guidance specific to this assessment: Should demonstrated sound knowledge and critical understanding of conducting a scoping review process of peer-reviewed primary and/or secondary studies, with a clear description of the methods, including data collection, data analysis, and ethical research considerations.
- Cognitive and Intellectual Skills
You should be able to analyse information critically, and propose solutions to problems arising from that analysis, including the critical evaluation of the appropriateness of different approaches to solving problems. 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? It also involves justifying the following: why? How? When? Who? Where? At what cost? At all times, you must provide justification/evidence for your arguments and judgements. Evidence that you have reflected upon the ideas of others within the subject area is crucial to you providing a reasoned and informed debate within your work. Furthermore, you should provide evidence that you are able to make sound judgements and convincing arguments using data and concepts, with an understanding of the limits of knowledge, and how this influences analyses and interpretations. Sound, valid conclusions are necessary and must be derived from the content of your work. Where relevant, alternative solutions and recommendations should be proposed.
Guidance specific to this assessment: Should demonstrate independent research skills. There should be a clear synthesis of findings and critical analysis of the chosen health and social care topic, following the principles of scoping review using thematic analysis. The student should present sound judgements and convincing arguments on the chosen topic, using data from the reviewed primary and/or secondary studies.
- Practical Skills
At level five, you should be able to use/deploy a range of established techniques within the discipline, and apply underlying concepts and principles outside the context in which they were first studied, including, where appropriate, the application of those principles in an employment context. You should be able to demonstrate how the subject-related concepts and ideas relate to real world situations and/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, or to create artefacts, some of which may be creative. This is likely to involve, for instance, the use of real world artefacts, examples and cases, the application of a model within an organisation and/or benchmarking one theory or organisation against others based on stated criteria. You should show awareness of the limitations of concepts and theories when applied in particular contexts.
Guidance specific to this assessment: A discussion of the findings should be included, as well as suggestions for improvement and recommendations for future health and social care research, policy, and/or practice. The findings should be discussed based on previous studies and in terms of the strengths and weaknesses of the research. The significance of the research and the limitations should be acknowledged by the student. All arguments should be supported by evidence.
- Transferable Skills for Life and Professional Practice
Your work must provide evidence of the qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment requiring the exercise of personal responsibility and decision-making. This includes a demonstration of the following elements: professional development to advance existing skills and acquire new competences that will enable you to assume significant responsibility within organisations; initiation and completion of tasks and procedures, individually and/or collaboratively; use of appropriate media to communicate effectively information, arguments and analysis in a variety of forms to specialist and non-specialist audiences; fluency of expression; clarity and effectiveness in presentation and organisation. The work should be coherent and well-structured in presentation and organisation.
Guidance specific to this assessment: The work should be structured in a coherent manner which demonstrates clarity of expression. Sentences should be presented appropriately and joined into paragraphs. Should use academic language throughout the text. There should be no spelling, phrasing, or grammatical errors.
STUDENT FEEDBACK FORM |
This section details the extent to which the assessment criteria are demonstrated by you, which in turn determines your mark. The marks available for each category of skill are shown. Lecturers will use the space provided to comment on the achievement of the task(s), including those areas in which you have performed well and areas that would benefit from development/improvement.
Generic Assessment Criteria
- Engagement with Literature Skills
The student should select to review appropriate peer-reviewed primary and/or secondary research studies on a topic related to practice in the health, social care, and / or digital health professions. Should demonstrate a wide level of reading, using a minimum of 20 references, from a variety of sources including reports, textbooks, academic journals, and reliable
websites. All arguments should be supported by evidence using in-text citations and references following the University’s Harvard Referencing style.
- Knowledge and Understanding Skills
Should demonstrated sound knowledge and critical understanding of conducting a scoping review process of peer-reviewed primary and/or secondary studies, with a clear description of the methods, including data collection, data analysis, and ethical research considerations.
- Cognitive and Intellectual Skills
Should demonstrate independent research skills. There should be a clear synthesis of findings and critical analysis of the chosen health and social care topic, following the principles of scoping review using thematic analysis. The student should present sound judgements and convincing arguments on the chosen topic, using data from the reviewed primary and/or secondary studies.
- Practical Application Skills
A discussion of the findings should be included, as well as suggestions for improvement and recommendations for future health and social care research, policy, and/or practice. The findings should be discussed based on previous studies and in terms of the strengths and weaknesses of the research. The significance of the research and the limitations should be acknowledged by the student. All arguments should be supported by evidence.
- Transferable Skills for Life and Professional Practice
The work should be structured in a coherent manner which demonstrates clarity of expression. Sentences should be presented appropriately and joined into paragraphs. Should use academic language throughout the text. There should be no spelling, phrasing, or grammatical errors.
| Assessment Mark (Assessment marks are subject to ratification at the Exam Board. These comments and marks are to give feedback on module work and are for guidance only until they are confirmed. ) | Late Submission Penalties (tick if appropriate) | 100% | |
| Up to 1 week late (40% Max) | |||
| Over 1 week late (0%) | |||
