Assignment topic:
According to the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care patient-centred care involves treating consumers (patients) with (dignity) and (respect), (encouraging participation) and (collaboration in healthcare processes) and (sharing information with consumers) (http://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/our-work/patient-and-consumer-centred-care/). Explainhow the principles of treating consumers with dignity and respect and encouraging participation contribute to safe and quality care.
Structure:
1- Must contain a purposeful introduction that outlines what will be discussed in the assignment.
2- The body of the assignment will constitute about 80% of the word limit and provide key arguments supported by literature.
3- The body of the assignment is normally organised in paragraphs of approximately200 words with each paragraph focused on explanation of one idea.
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4- There should be a logical progression of ideas as demonstrated by logically linked arguments/points made in each paragraph.
5- Each paragraph should commence with a topic sentence and end with a link to the next paragraph.
6- The conclusion paragraphshould provide a summation of ideas, draws together the discussion, presents no new material (references are not expected in the conclusion paragraph) and offers the student’s position drawn from the discussion.
7- References should mainly include refereed journal articles and ideally be no more than(2009-2015 Referencing should be Harvard Style).
8- This essay will be submitted in Turnitin, no more than 5% of similarity will be accepted so please take care of that and do paraphrase.
Criteria
Explanation of the principles of dignity and respect, encouraging participation and their contribution to safe and quality health care demonstrates understanding. 20 points
Demonstrates understanding with occasional minor knowledge error /gap.
(16 – 20 points)
Explanation demonstrates understanding by linking discussion to the unit learning outcomes. 20 points
Demonstrates understanding with occasional minor knowledge error/gap.
(16 – 20 points)
Relevant literature selected and used to support discussion. 10 points
All elements of this criteria met with occasional minor errors/gaps.
(8 – 10 points)
Referencing style is accurate and consistent with Harvard style. 10 points
All elements of this criteria met with occasional minor errors/gaps.
(8 – 10 points)
Assignment is presented and structured according to instructions. Writing is in accordance with standard language conventions. 10 points
All criteria met with occasional minor error/gap.
(8 – 10 points)
Overall Score High Distinction (80% and above)
56 or more
