This document outlines the objectives and tasks for a personal and professional development course. The objectives are to: 1) Identify skills and knowledge gained from the course and placement. 2) Compare and contrast knowledge gained from the course and placement. 3) Consider skills and knowledge still needed to be acquired in the future. The document instructs students to complete two tasks: 1) list their existing, course-learned, and placement-learned skills and knowledge, and 2) reflect on skills/knowledge gained from working towards goals and what still needs to be acquired.

1. Unit 6 Personal and
Professional
Development
Merit 2

2. RECAP
Pass 4
Review progress towards attainment
of goals
Provide evidence in support of
progress towards goals

3. Today’s Objectives
 Identify skills and knowledge
gained from the
course/placement
 Compare and contrast
knowledge gained from the
course/placement
 Consider skills and knowledge
still to acquire in the future

4. Merit 2
Assess how the action
plan has helped support
own development over
the duration of the
programme

5. Skills and Knowledge
What is a skill?
“Special ability or expertise”
(Collins 2003)
What is knowledge?
“Facts or experiences known by a
person”
(Collins 2003)

6. Describe the skills these people have…

7. Describe the knowledge these people have…

8. Individual Task 1
1. Column 1: Summarise your learning up to the start of
the course – what did you already know? What could
you already do?
2. Categorise these as skills (S) and knowledge (K).
3. Column 2: add the skills and knowledge you have
acquired as a result of the COURSE so far.
4. Column 3: add the skills and knowledge you have
acquired as a result of your PLACEMENT(S) so far.
5. Compare and contrast.
6. Consider if there have been any barriers to overcome or
anything you would do differently next time

9. Individual Task 2
Think specifically about P3/P4 –
1.Have you gained any skills/knowledge from
working towards and possibly achieving your
goals?
2.What skills/knowledge do you still have to
acquire in the future?

10. Today’s Objectives
 Identify skills and knowledge gained
from the course/placement
 Compare and contrast knowledge gained
from the course/placement
 Consider skills and knowledge still to
acquire in the future