BTEC Level 3 Nationals in
Health and Social Care:
Unit 4
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BTEC Level 3 Nationals in
Health and Social Care:
Unit 4
Your free sample of the student
book: preparation for
assessment
(BTEC National Health and Social Care: Student Book 1 (with
ActiveBook),
ISBN: 9781292126012)
Enquiries into Current Research in Health and Social Care
Getting ready for assessment
This Assessment Outcome has been written
to help you to do your best when you
take the assessment test. Read through
it carefully and ask your tutor if there is
anything you are still not sure about.
Part A will be issued to you a set period of time before the date of the Part B written assessment. Part A will consist of:
- article 1 relating to research into a current health issue
- article 2 relating to research into a current social care issue.
In the supervised time you are allocated for Part A, you will need to choose which of the two articles you will use as the basis of your own literature search relating to the issue explored in the article you have chosen. Once you have chosen the article, all your efforts in Part A should relate only to this one article. You will need to carry out your literature search, and allocate time towards the end of Part A to prepare the notes you will be allowed to take into the assessment room where you will sit the Part B written assessment. You will also need to prepare a formal list of the sources you have used to submit in your taskbook. You will work independently throughout Part A and will receive no feedback from your tutor.
The Part B controlled written assessment has two sections, one relating to each of the two articles. The full text of each article is included in the Part B paper.
Each section has questions that are contextualised to the relevant article, so check to make sure you go to the correct section for the article you have chosen. Questions may have sub-questions identified as a), b), c) and so on. It is unlikely that a question will have more than three sub-questions. The questions will require you to demonstrate that you:
- have acquired a full understanding of the article you have chosen
- have carried out an effective literature search relevant to an issue triggered by the article - can apply your learning from any aspect of the unit content and from your literature search by demonstrating analytical and evaluative skills to answer the questions. All questions on your chosen article are compulsory, and you should provide an extended answer to each one. Marks are allocated using mark bands 0–4. To earn the marks awarded for the higher mark bands, you will need to demonstrate your ability to apply your knowledge and understanding of the current issue using analytical and evaluative skills in a way that is relevant to the question. Other points relating to your activity during Part A include the following. - Aim to ensure you can relate data from your own literature search, either directly or indirectly, through your lines of enquiry and arguments to the four purposes of health and social care detailed in Section A of the unit content. Also ensure you can link your search clearly to the Part A article. - Make sure the sources you use are current – aim to select sources that have been published within the last five years. - Prepare a formal reference list of your sources that you can print and bring to the Part B assessment room. - Prepare the notes you will take in to the Part B assessment in good time, do not leave it to the last minute. The notes you take in to the Part B assessment are likely to be specially prepared and not the original notes you make about each source, though they may include key aspects of your original notes. - The notes you take in should be presented systematically, in such a way that helps you recall details about the sources and your reasoning during Part A. Mind maps, flow charts, use of bold, highlighting and colour etc could help you navigate through your notes more quickly during the Part B assessment. - As the guidelines for assessment can change, you should refer to the official assessment guidance on the Pearson Qualifications website for the latest definitive guidance.
About the test
Enquiries into Current Research in Health and Social Care Command word Defi nition – what it is asking you to do Describe Provide a thorough account, drawing on data from the article and the sources you have researched as relevant to the question asked in the assessment. Explain Provide possible reasons for the aspect of the issue required by the question. Discuss Consider the issue in detail, e.g. different lines of enquiry you have investigated and different arguments presented in your sources. Assess Consider the importance or signifi cance of the evidence you have researched in relation to the question asked, leading to a reasoned judgement on the evidence, e.g. its characteristics, quality, extent or other feature relevant to the question asked. Analyse Detailed, systematic and reasoned exploration of the aspect of the issue required by the question based on 2–3 lines of enquiry. Evaluate Make a judgement, based on all the relevant information or data and arguments you have explored in your answer to the question. Justify Provide logical reasons based on the evidence (data and arguments you have presented) to the examiner to demonstrate you understand the issue thoroughly.
Remember, responses that are mostly descriptive will only earn a few marks whereas responses that include discussion, analysis and evaluation, consider several lines of enquiry, and give the reasoning that you developed from the secondary sources you accessed, analysed and evaluated in your literature search are likely to earn more marks. Presenting well-structured answers and drawing conclusions will also benefi t your marks.
Part A
- Start work on the assessment immediately, in the fi rst supervised session on your timetable.
- Read all the instructions provided carefully and ensure you fully understand what is required of you for Part A. Annotate the document if you fi nd this helpful (but be mindful that you will receive only one copy of Part A, so avoid making the original text unreadable).
- Read both articles carefully, making a few notes, if this will be helpful to you.
- You must carry out your research independently, using a minimum of two secondary sources, in addition to the chosen article.
- Keep full records of all the sources you use – you may fi nd it helpful to use so�ware available to do this, so that the full titles and universal reference links (URLs) are automatically recorded, along with the access dates and other details, for your reference list.
- You should choose the article you are going to research early so that you allow sufficient time for the work involved in carrying out the research and condensing the notes that you can take into the examination room for Part B. Your tutor will tell you how many pages of notes you can take into Part B and in what format.
- Allocate time for each of the activities required to carry out your literature search, such as fi nding relevant sources to analyse and evaluate and developing potential lines of reasoning that will assist you in answering the questions in Part B of the assessment.
UNIT 4
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Part B
- For Part B, you should plan your time carefully to write your response to each question, and allow another time to review your response and amend/ add to it, before moving to the next question. With the 10 minutes already spent at the beginning reading and understanding the differences between the questions, you should have 10-20 minutes at the end to check all your responses and add any details that you may have overlooked.
- Start planning your response to each question by making brief notes in the taskbook under each question, as ideas/points occur to you when you read each question at the start. Add to these and organise the points you want to make before writing your actual response to each question. Make sure that you provide sufficient detail in your responses to demonstrate your ability to explain, analyse and evaluate. Providing just a description will limit your marks.
Remember you will not lose marks for incorrect or irrelevant points in your extended answers, but you should aim to provide a significant response to each of the questions, making several points for each and in such a way that they are relevant responses to the question. Notes alone will not be sufficient to earn many marks. With so many marks allocated to each of a small number of questions, failing to supply a response, or only providing a weak response to one of the questions will very seriously affect the total number of marks you will earn for this unit, even if you earn good marks on the other questions.
Sample answers
If you organised your time well, you will have had plenty of
time to analyse and evaluate the Part A source that you
selected before the Part B assessment. Although a minimum
of two sources are specified for your literature search, you
should aim to use between five and ten sources. The extra
knowledge and understanding gained should better enable
you to produce responses that earn marks from the higher
mark bands. This number of sources should enable you to
explore two to three lines of enquiry relating to the article
you have chosen (either Article 1 or Article 2, not both). Your
skill will be to use your learning from studying this unit, and
the knowledge and understanding of the issue that you have
acquired over the duration of Part A, to produce appropriate
answers in the Part B assessment.
Look at the sample questions that follow and our tips on how
to answer them well.
UNIT 4
98 Enquiries into Current Research in Health and Social Care
This means that mental health problems affect the economy and the article says that in 2009/10 mental health problems was estimated to cost £105 billion in a year. The article states that a higher proportion of prisoners are affected by mental health problems than in the general population. This could be because people develop mental health problems while in prison or that mental health problems are more likely to lead to behaviours that result in being sent to prison. Drug addiction is a major problem in prisons and is generally known to be linked to mental health problems. Mental health is therefore a serious problem for individuals and for the country. The Mental Health Foundation claims that relationships people have with each other are important for their mental health and they say that anything which helps people to have a social life rather than live in isolation is good. Having a job helps because it means people have to interact with their workmates and the article says that more people with mental health problems are now getting jobs. The article reports that support for people with common mental health problems has improved since 2010 but that more people with mental health problems now need hospital residential care which usually means they have severe mental health problems. Recent news relating to Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust shows that service users may die because support is inadequate. However, the article says that one of the problems in assessing the quality of services for those with mental health problems is that there is insufficient information available about the services in some areas of the country. This is especially the case for services for children and young people and sometimes they are admitted to hospital a long distance from their homes which adds to their problems. Psychological therapies and antidepressants can be prescribed to help those with common mental health problems and the article says there are targets for 15 per cent to start such treatments each year. The target is for therapy to start within 28 days of being referred but this is not being achieved for everyone. Overall, care services for people with mental health problems need to be both improved and expanded to cope with the increasing number of people needing the services and to ensure that the quality of the services improves. More information about services so the best practices could be identifi ed to improve other provision would also help as would more data about the effectiveness of different treatments.
This is a better answer, justifying Band 3 marks. The response addresses the question and includes more detailed information, with specific examples, and also attempts to make links between different lines of enquiry. A reasonably thorough understanding of the issues around mental health is demonstrated and several sources from the literature search are referred to appropriately, and link to the content of the article. Some unsubstantiated claims are made such as regarding drug addiction and mental health, but overall there is good evidence of an effective literature search. Some recommendations are made. Points might be presented more systematically, and analysis and evaluative comments could be more evident to achieve Band 4 marks.