Diploma in Health & Social Care Level 3 | Unit number and title | Unit 44: Vocational Experience | Hand out Date | w/c 9th September 2013 | Hand in Date | 13th June 2014 | Learner Name | | Assessor name | Adelaide McLaughlin & New Lecturer (TBC) | | Assignment title | Vocational Experience | Criteria Assessed | P1 explain the structure and function of a health or social care organisationP2 report on own contributions to a specific team activity relating to health and social
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includes the professional conduct required of health professionals in the use of social media in the workplace. According to Brent (2011), "Social networking is the main source of communicating in today's society" (para. 1). Mobile communications, E-mail, Texting, and the use of Facebook and Twitter has set record breaking rates above any other form of communications in recent years (Badzek, 1998). Social networking empowers both the consumer and the health care provider. The use of the Internet plays
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(2010) defined Interprofessional working as “the process where members of different professions and or agencies work together to provide integrated health and or social care for the benefit of service users”. The two day IP conference (2011), was a great opportunity to meet different professionals and agencies from different areas of health and social care profession and share their views and understanding on IP working and IP learning. The Centre for Advancement of Interprofessional Education (CAIPE)
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Sociology of Health Author’s Name Institution’s Affiliation Sociology of Health The social perspective in sociology of health explains the society's view concerning health. It is a discipline that describes an illness using social factors present in daily activities of life. Sociologists show how wellness and disease, the treatment and explanation of illness production in a social organization can be understood differently from a medical perspective of nature, biology, and lifestyle in an attempt
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Communication in Health and Social Care organizations Introducion The purpose of this essay is introduced and analyses the central importance of communication in heath and social care organisation starting with different theories of communication. Also will explore the used communication skills, ways to overcome barriers to meet individual needs because of their many different elements can influence the communication process, and advantages in communication. In addition the last session is
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Despite high levels of satisfaction expressed by hospice employees when compared to employees in other sectors of health care, hospice social workers have the lowest job satisfaction compared to other professionals on the hospice interdisciplinary team (Casarret, Spencer, Haskins, & Teno, 2011; Monroe & DeLoach, 2004). Job satisfaction amongst health care employees contributes to the retention or tenure of qualified and experienced employees (Fritzsche & Parrish, 2005; Head, Washington & Myers,
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Health Care Communication – Option 2 Amber Sekinger Health Care Communication Strategies – HCS320 06/24/2013 Dan Speer, Facilitator Communication is an important aspect of everyone’s life, but effective communication is most crucial in the health care settings because any miscommunication can lead to misdiagnosis, inadequate or delayed treatments, and the releasing of private information (Cheesebro, 2010). As the Communications Coordinator for a national drug manufacturer
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Communication Tiffany Williams HCS 490 Health Care Consumer- Trends and Marketing January 9th, 2012 Tina Folk-Cromartie Communication Information system (IS) is a result in the arrangement of information, processes, people, and information technology (IT). Additionally, information systems support health organizations by the effect on the following: collection, process, storing, and providing as an output of information. Information technology is hardware and software working together along
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Ethical Issues in Health Care HCS 545 April 25, 2011 Mary Nell Cummings Ethical Issues in Health Care In the United States, government ran systems exist of social support. Such systems are Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. These systems seem to be widely accepted in other countries than in America. Individualism and justice has been included in the United States foundation of welfare. Citizens feel a level of appropriateness allowing the government to spend tax monies to help
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Changes in the health care industry affect an organization in many ways. One external change is the development of social media. “Social media includes many different forms of technology including online forums, blogs, microblogs (i.e. twitter), Wikipedia, video blogs, social networks and podcasting. The use of social media has grown exponentially and time spent on social media sites now represents one in five minutes spent online.” (Timmi, 2012) The problem with the social media is that there
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