BTEC H/S Care Unit 4: Enquiries into Current Research in Health and Social Care
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Reply 100
(I did H&SC L3 as my btec and got D* D* D* as my final grade)
I need help with question 2 and 3. My notes werent great as my teacher did not help or tell us what to do so l have to just memorise my answers. Could you help me with these 2 questions please and what l could write? Thank u
Reply 101
Question 2
This is talking about all the research you've conducted. In this question you want to include information you've researched, supported by references.
Talk about how your own research highlights why it's important to conduct further research into the topic. Speak about how your research has highlighted the effects support has on the individual as a whole, the disability (if relevant) and how this could enable the individual to become part of wider society again.
Speak about the impact your research has on wider society and the implications of this for future care and individuals affected by strokes.
Your research will be related to stroke care. How does your research relate to the issue and support why it's important?
You can reference the article in this question to draw out points. In one of my answers I commented on how the article said that people found it difficult sharing sexual orientation, but my own research showed that people who shared this were more relaxed and were better able to ask for support.
Referencing the article in this way is ok for question 2 as you're still basing it on secondary research and answering the question on the importance of researching into the issue.
Question 3
This question is usually about provision, either for health or social care (or both) and how it can be improved based of what you've read in the article and what you've seen in your research.
Speak about how your research shows the impact increased stroke care could have on care provision for people. You can include the article in this question and draw in any points there made about provision.
Did your own research highlight any issues with provision? If so what were they and how could this be changed?
Do some research into how people who've had a stroke/have failing stroke care have felt and what they've struggled with.
For example, a person having a lack of stroke care may feel that they can no longer communicate effectively as their speech was heavily impacted. This could be mitigated by providing speech therapy or having a communication aid such as a tablet or sign language cards present. These methods of communication and increase in provision has shown to be sucessful in aiding stroke patients with recovery and helping them back into society.
Link relating to the example: https://www.stroke.org.uk/sites/default/files/Communication%20aids%20&%20computer%20therapy.pdf
This is still relating to question 3 as you're talking about how the provision of communication aids can help stroke patients and the effect it has on them. You're simply providing some background knowledge to make your point.
I hope this is helpful and hasn't confused you more. Please let me know if you need anything clarifying and best of luck with the exam! There's also some example answers here: https://hsctallis.weebly.com/uploads/8/3/0/3/83031210/examiners_report_jan_2020_u4.pdf which have model responses you can look at to see what sort of details you can include and how in depth your answers should be.
Reply 102
Health Section
How has quantitative research been used to extract data in this article? (15 Marks)
In your answer you should include:
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How quantitative research methods have been used to improve reliability
Let's look at the Mark scheme in the highest band:
Band 4 (13 to 15 Marks)
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You explained the research methods they used in the article, demonstrating a thorough understanding of data usage; response includes fully supported evaluative judgements on suitability
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Your conclusions on suitability of research methods are offered and fully supported, demonstrating a thorough understanding of the concept in the context of the methods used
So for this activity:
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Explain what quantitative research is
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Explain what research method they used in the article (was it an interview?, survey?, questionnaire?) then compare it to your secondary research (What reesarch methods have they used? and was it quantitative to qualitative?) and explain the definition of the research method
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Talk about how they extracted data compared to your secondary scources (i.e. In the article they used 181 people however they didn't say how many men and women were there, their age. location etc)
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Define reliability
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Is quantitative research reliable or not and explain the pros and cons of it? (can it be repeated? is it accurate?)
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Did this quantitative reserch method in the article improved their reliability compared to other secondary sources? (clue: consider looking at the date, who the author was, the sample size, did they use graphs?)
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Define sutability
Conclucion:
What research method you recommend that the article use instead and WHY? (should they use that research method they used in that secondary source because it provides more of an accurate result?)
What should they do next time and WHY (shouls they have a bigger sample?, more depth of the gender, age etc.)
How suitable is this article? Can we rely on it as solid evidence? Does this evidence link to today? or is it outdated? (Compare it to your current secondary sources do they all come to the same conclusion? or is the secondary source more suitable that the main article is it because it's outdated, they had a bigger sample size?)
Does that reserch method the article used improved the reliability of this data? (compare it to secondary sources)
Always in each of these questions compare, compare, compare your chosen article to your secondary sources to get higher marks
Don't go off topic
Always explain WHY to get high marks
Reply 103
Find references that are helpful for your topic and then note down any information you think will help with the exam, and the reference as well.
There’s no rules on what’s allowed VS what’s not so tailor it to what you’ll find helpful to look at during the exam
Reply 104
For this unit there’s a Part A and Part B, teachers will be giving you the part A assessment like this 4 weeks before you are given Part B which is done in exam conditions.
PART A
In the given time you are provided for Part A, you will need to choose one of the two articles that will be given to you by your teachers
Either
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An article about current health issue (i.e. coronavirus, SARS, Ebola, heart disease, lung cancer, and chronic lower respiratory diseases etc.)
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An article about current social care issue (aging population, debates about vaccinations, growing population, wating times in the NHS, UK government spending on the NHS, lack of staff in the healthcare sector, many people leaving the healthcare sector, funding towards NHS staff etc.)
Once you have chosen the one article, all your efforts in Part A should relate to only that article that you’ve chosen and spend time reading understanding and highlighting the two articles.
From the article that you’ve chosen you need to find secondary sources relating to the article that you’ve chosen (Though there’s no limit on how many secondary sources you can used, however, the reference list needs to be written within the 4 sides of A4 notes)
Make sure you allocate time towards the end of Part A to prepare the notes that you will be allowed to take into the assessment room where you will sit the Part B written assessment (note: your notes should only be 4 sides of A4 paper long and has to be in 12 point font)
Your notes should only be about
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Facts, figures and data relating to secondary sources covering the article’s area of research
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The research methods used in the learner’s own secondary research
Summary:
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Choose one of the two articles that your tutors will provide you with, either an article about a current health issue or an article about a current social care issue
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After choosing one article make sure you understand it by reading it through again and again, to highlighting it
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Once you understood the article find other sources relating to the article which are current within the last 5 years (this is called secondary sources)
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These secondary sources are used for comparing and contrasting the main article with secondary sources (or even comparing two secondary sources
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There’s no limit to how many secondary sources you can used however, when you make your own references it needs to be within four sides of A4
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You don’t need to print your main article as it will be there in Part B
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You can’t print your secondary sources and bring it with you to your supervised assessment
So, to prepare for part B you should have:
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Four sides of A4 four your notes (size 12 point on Microsoft word, google docs etc. it can also be handwritten)
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Four sides of A4 for you reference list of secondary sources (There is no requirement for Harvard referencing in your sources, you can just list different links)
Make sure you’re familiar with these different terminology in research and what it means
Keywords in Research
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Ethics
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Bias
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Pilot study
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Secondary Sources
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Secondary research
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Qualitative Research
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Quantitative Research
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Limitations
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Validity
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Reliability
Types of Research Methods
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Surveys (Quantitative)
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Interviews (Qualitative)
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Focus Groups (Qualitative)
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Experiments (Quantitative)
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Mixed Methods (Qualitative and Quantitative)
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Questionnaire (Quantitative)
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Secondary Data Analysis (Both)
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Case Study (Both)
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Observations (Participant and non-participant)
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Longitudinal Studies (Both)
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Primary Data (Both)
In Part B, you are required to use your understanding of research methods, your chosen article relating to current health issues or current social care issues and using your own skills in carrying out secondary research around your chosen article.
There will be 4 activities in each article that you need to complete (only one) with each activity costing:
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Activity 1 = 15 Marks
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Activity 2 = 15 Marks
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Activity 3 = 20 Marks
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Activity 4 = 15 Marks
Make sure you choose either the first article or the second article DON’T complete both article one or article 2 or else you’ll be doing 8 activities (it’s not worth it as you only have 3 hours)
Some of the activities might have sub questions such as a), b), c) it’s very rare that you would see more than three
Make sure you spend the first 10 minutes reading each activity and understanding it by highlighting key words and if you have finish to check each activity that you answer ALL four activities on ONE article
For activity 1, 2 and 4, I recommend (since you only have 2 pages, though you can request for more) to do 2 to 3 paragraphs of PEEL with a conclusion (introduction is not needed or a least make the introduction a sentence long)
For activity 3 I recommed to do 3 to 4 paragrahs of PEEL since it costs 20 Marks with a conlclusion (no introduction needed or make the introduction a sentence long) and spend more time on this question (or even you can do this question first).
One of the main things you need to get higher marks is that you should always demonstrate your analytical and evaluative skills to each activity, so always comparing your article to your secondary sources:
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Saying whether the main article is reliable
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Who was the authors? Do they have an history of education around this specific field
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The year that it was made, whether of not their data is true
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Is it valid
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Should they use a different research method
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Justifying why you think that way i.e. they should have used in the main article questionnaires instead of interviews BECAUSE it’s less time consuming and you get more samples), see how I added because? This is called justifying
Words/sentences used for comparing
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But
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However
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Moreover
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On the other hand
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Also
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This (Article here) supports (secondary source here) as they both.....
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This (Article here) disagrees with (secondary sources here) as they....
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This data in the (article here) is back up by (enter secondary source(s) here) as....
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Similar to...
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Likewise
In the next page, I will explain each activity mark schemes (note: even though each activities might be different from the sctivities below, note that the mark scheme for each activity still remains the same, thus applies to all questions)
FAQs on UNIT 4 by Person
Student Guide on Unit 4 by Person
Sample of Unit 4 Paper (Part A and B)
Sample of Part A
List of BTEC Health and Social Care Work Explained:
Unit 5: Meeting Individual Care and Support Needs
Unit 7: Principles of Safe Practice in Health and Social Care
Unit 8: Promoting Public Health
Unit 11: Psychological Perspectives
Unit 12: Supporting Individuals with Additional Needs
Unit 14: Physiological Disorders and Their Care
Unit 18: Assessing Children’s Development Support Needs
Hope this helps x
HII could u please help with the 2024 may paper next Friday
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