Audiology

Programme Aims and Objectives (For students in Year 3)

On successful completion of the programme, students should be able to:

Understand and apply detailed subject knowledge and professional competencies which are underpinned by relevant research and evidence based practice
Critically analyse the impact of hearing and balance disorders across the lifespan
Develop effective and appropriate individual management plans for service users with hearing and balance disorders
Utilise effective communication skills with service users/carers and professionals
Work inter-professionally to improve the outcomes of service users with hearing and balance disorders
Critically evaluate the evidence base for practice
Practice within professional boundaries and the guidance of professional bodies
Work within their scope of practice and recognise the need for lifelong learning
Develop leadership skills and contribute to service design and delivery in order to maintain and improve standards
Demonstrate successful completion of the work-based training component of the “Healthcare Science Practitioner Training Programme” (PTP Training Manual, 2013/14)

Programme Aims and Objectives (For students entering from September 2023 onwards)

On successful completion of the programme, students should be able to:

understand and demonstrate coherent and detailed audiological knowledge and professional competencies some of which will be informed by recent research/scholarship in audiology and explain a range of scientific principles relevant to more complex areas of audiology and their application in clinical practice;
deploy accurately standard techniques of analysis and enquiry within audiology;
demonstrate a conceptual understanding which enables the development and sustaining of an argument;
evaluate and comment on particular aspects of recent research and/or scholarship;
critically appraise potential innovations and their relevant evidence base in the field of audiology;
recognise the uncertainty, ambiguity and limitations of knowledge in audiology, identify personal strengths and weaknesses, and critically reflect on their own practice and that of others within and outside the field of audiology;
make appropriate use of scholarly reviews and primary sources;
apply knowledge and understanding in order to initiate and carry out an extended piece of work or project in a specific area of audiology, such as critical appraisal of evidence, application of research methods, scientific and technical thinking, problem-solving and communication skills;
demonstrate clinical and professional competencies at the basic level of an audiologist as outlined in relevant PSRB standards of proficiencies and codes of conduct and conform to professional boundaries and norms where applicable.

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Programme Handbooks

Year 1

ARCS1145 Audiological Clinical Skills 1

Learning outcomes

On completion of this module students will be able to:

Demonstrate basic professional skills of behaviour and communication used in the healthcare environment
Demonstrate safe working practice including an ability to safely and appropriately conduct routine audiological clinical skills
Demonstrate an ability to undertake basic results analysis and interpretation of routine audiological procedures
Demonstrate basic hearing aid maintenance skills

Assessment

Key Contacts

ARCS2200 Audiological Clinical Skills 2

Learning outcomes

On completion of this module students will be able to:

Demonstrate effective communication with patients, audiological colleagues, and other professionals, using a range of methods appropriate to the healthcare setting.
Assessment of hearing status via detailed history taking and application of routine audiological behavioural and diagnostic tests.
Create and maintain patient records in a range of different formats.
Demonstrate the standards of professional behaviour as defined by regulatory and professional bodies.
Describe local and national safeguarding policies.
Describe local policies for managing unacceptable behaviour, including any form of bullying, harassment, verbal, and physical abuse of staff by members of the public.
Design appropriate, person-centred treatment plans for routine hearing amplification and aural rehabilitation.

Assessment

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ARCS3263 Audiological Practice

Learning outcomes

On completion of this module students will be able to:

Demonstrate competency in routine Audiological clinical procedures
Apply audiological knowledge and skills to critically evaluate hearing assessment results and to effectively create a treatment plan for hearing rehabilitation for a range of service delivery approaches.
Demonstrate and evaluate safe and effective work practices in audiology clinical environments according to local and national guidance.
Produce a Professional portfolio of evidence which cumulatively records the professional skills, knowledge and attitudes required for professional registration.
Communicate effectively with patients, audiological colleagues and other professionals using a range of methods appropriate to the healthcare setting.
Demonstrate the standards of professional behaviour as defined by regulatory and professional bodies
Evaluate the need in Healthcare Science for innovation, quality improvement, change and public engagement
Critically evaluate the regulations and processes to ensure patient safety, confidentiality, data security and critical incident reporting within the NHS and its legal framework
Evaluate the need as a health professional for independent learning, shared leadership, multi-disciplinary working, Continuing Professional Development and public engagement

Assessment

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