Assessments

Summative assessment Type	% weighting	Deadline for submission of work and where assignment should be submitted	Date for return of mark/grade and feedback and where they will be returned	Minimum pass mark for assessment task(s)
1. Essay	50%	Tuesday 6th of January 2026. Submitted to Turnitin by 2 p.m.	Tuesday the 27th of January 2026.	50%
2. Part 1 Practice Assessment	50%	All practice elements to be completed on EPad by Friday the 6th of February 2026.	tbc	Pass

 

It is important that you meet your assessment deadline to help manage your workload and ensure your timely progression to your next level of study. However, we understand that in exceptional cases you may be unable to submit your work on time or do well in your exams due to unexpected events which are short-term in nature and beyond your control. Find out more about what to do in situations such as these here. 

A coursework extension or a chance to re-take your exam is not an automatic right; to ensure fairness and transparency, exceptional circumstances requests will only be approved if they meet the criteria, are submitted on time and – where relevant – include appropriate professional evidence. 

Assessment brief/s:

 

Formative Assessments:  

The module is constructively aligned to provide multiple opportunities for participants to develop and receive feedback on the skills required to succeed in the summative assignment. 

Students will have the opportunity to submit a 500-word section of their assignment for tutor formative feedback – which will feed into their summative review of authentic practice.

 Formative activities:  

You will be able to discuss your assignment ideas with the module team and you will be able to submit a 500-word section of your assignment for feedback. 

Tutorials will be offered between academic weeks 14-16. The deadline for formative submission is Friday the 21st of November 2025 – drafts submitted after this point will not be reviewed. You will receive written feedback/feedforward by Friday the 5^th of December.

Students will also have an opportunity for assignment peer review which will take place in the classroom setting. 

Summative assignment – 2500-word essay. 

Assignment brief:  

For this module you will produce a 2500-word written assignment: Indicative essay title:  

“With reference to person centredness and interprofessional collaboration, critically discuss professional nursing practice within contemporary health care.” 

[50% of the module assessment, 100% of the grade, 2500 words] 

 Focusing on person centredness and interprofessional collaboration, critically explore excellence in professional nursing practice within contemporary health care. You should demonstrate critical engagement with current theory, research, and practice. 

Please make sure you address learning outcomes 1, 2 and 3 in this assignment:

1.     Using person-centredness demonstrate critical application of nursing decision making. 

2.     Synthesise knowledge from a range of nursing, socio-political, and tangential theories to understand the role of the nurse within contemporary, interprofessional, health care.  

3.     Demonstrate critical comprehension of the concept of professionalism as it relates to nursing.

Assignment guidelines and structure  

Introduction: approximately 200-300 words

Introduce your topic and the key areas that you will focus on. You may include some brief definitions of key terms for example, professional nursing practice and person centredness along with recognition of the importance/value of excellence in nursing practice in relation to your areas of focus.  You will expand on this in your main body however you can start to demonstrate your ability to make relevant links. 

You can also briefly consider the context of contemporary health care for example, complex organisational structures, political impact and resource allocation, demographics, multimorbidity and digitalisation, widening health inequalities and unmet health and social needs. 

You can also signpost the reader as to how you will approach your essay and what you will include. 

Main body: approximately 2000 words

Here you will present a clear well supported argument that considers the importance of and need for excellent nursing practice within contemporary health care.

Remember your focus of person centredness and interprofessional collaboration and integrate these approaches to care delivery with approaches to excellence in professional nursing practice. 

Whilst you need to recognise the many current challenges impacting on contemporary health care, due to word count limit, you may wish to focus on 1 or 2 of these challenges. Remember to critically discuss your chosen challenges in the context of professional nursing practice along with person centredness and interprofessional collaboration. 

You need to avoid descriptive writing and are expected to demonstrate level 7 mastery of the subject material. You can do this by analysing, synthesizing, and evaluating key approaches, concepts, and ideas.  Ensure that you support your key points/arguments with high quality current evidence and include some examination of different perspectives. This approach will help you to present a sustained argument. 

Whilst you need to integrate your key ideas/concepts/approaches/arguments, you may find it helpful to structure your main body into logical sections.

For example, you may consider person centred care in the context of excellent professional nursing practice, by examining how a person-centred approach underpins ethical practice, professional values and therapeutic relationships. You may also evaluate how the concept is applied in practice effectively and critically analyse in the context of your chosen challenges, for example, widening health inequalities. This section of your argument may also include a more detailed examination of the concept of person centredness to expand on your brief definition within your introduction. 

You could then include a similar section for interprofessional collaboration followed by a further section that integrates the 2 approaches and analyses how the 2 approaches can interrelate and support each other. You could critically consider how the nurse can effectively incorporate both approaches into their professional practice.  

A suggested final section is your consideration, of the implications for future excellent professional nursing practice. Your assertions here will be based upon your preceding analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. Your argument here may include reference to service users, your own role development and influence, nursing leadership and relevant policy.

Conclusion: approximately 200-300 words

You should draw all your ideas together in a summary statement. 

 

 

References:  

Using Harvard referencing you should ensure your reference list is both complete and accurate. Marks will be lost for inaccurate or incomplete referencing. Please refer to Cite them Right on blackboard for detailed instructions.  

 

Appendices:  

These are not required but can be used to support your work, for example you may wish to include a framework diagram. 

For further support with your academic writing, please also utilise the learning skills hub Your Learning Skills Team – Canterbury Christ Church University and resources on your BB. 

 

Full details of the summative assessments and associated marking criteria can be accessed on Blackboard and discussed during the first and final session of the module.

 

Confidentiality/Anonymity Requirements You must not name local organisations, patients, or staff within this assignment. Please adhere to the University and Nursing and Midwifery Council guidance on confidentiality.   

 

The assessment will  be marked anonymously, please use the link for more information https://www.canterbury.ac.uk/our-students/ug-current/academicservices/assessments/exams-and-coursework-procedures

 

 Exams and Coursework procedures

Practice Assessment: 

Clinical Skills Assessment of Practice: successful completion of Part 1 Pan London Practice Assessment 

 

[50% of module, Pass/Fail, 2500-word equivalent] 

 

Both components of the assessment need to be passed to pass the module

Part One Practice:

Separate instruction will be given on the practice assessment component during practice preparation week 17.

Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) and Assessments

Before approaching any assessment you should read the student guidance on the use of GenAI: Welcome to your generative AI guidance 

This will ensure you are aware of the ethical, legal and learning aspects of using GenAI for your studies. 

Each module’s assessments will require a different approach to the use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI). Your Module Lead has evaluated this module’s assessment(s) using the Artificial Intelligence Assessment Scale (AIAS).   You can learn more about the AIAS at aiassessmentscale.com. 

If you would like to understand more about how CCCU’s staff understand the use of GenAI in your learning, you can read the Staff Guidance. 

Your Module Lead has evaluated this module’s assessments as requiring the following level of interaction with GenAI:  

Assessment : 

At CCCU all assessments require a declaration regarding the level of GenAI use.  

Under CCCU’s Academic Integrity Policy unacknowledged inclusion of GenAI is considered academic misconduct. See the Academic Integrity and Misconduct webpages for more information. 

Please select the most appropriate statement from the choice below and insert it at the start of your work:  

a.     No GenAI was used in the preparation, planning or creation of this work.

[AIAS Level 1] 

b.     I acknowledge the use of outputs from [insert the name of generative AI tool(s) used] in the learning, preparation, planning or proofreading of this work. [AIAS Level 2] 

c.     I acknowledge collaboration with [insert the name of generative AI tool(s) used] in this work, and the inclusion of outputs in modified form. [AIAS Level 3] 

d.     I acknowledge [insert the name of generative AI tool(s) used] as partner(s) in the creation of this work. [AIAS Levels 4 & 5] 

Referencing GenAI 

If your assessment is rated at levels 2, 3 or 4, you are required to reference where you have used GenAI outputs in the body of your work. For guidance on how to reference GenAI in your work see Cite Them Right 13^th Edn, or later. You can use the textbook or visit the Cite Them Right website – both are accessible via LibrarySearch (for the web version, login using your CCCU email).  

You can speak to your module tutor, module lead, subject Librarian or Learning Developer [job titles subject to change] for more guidance on the use of GenAI in your learning and assessment.  

 

Reassessment information: Some students may not pass an assessment first time and will be invited to take reassessment for the module, following a decision from a Board of Examiners. Do check the Your Guide to Assessment and Award Processes and seek advice from your Personal Academic Tutor if this is the case for you. Your module team will offer support in preparation for your reassessment.  

In this case, the nature of the reassessment will be:

Original assessment	Reassessment type	Deadline for submission of reassessment, and where it should be submitted  1st July 2026
Essay	The assignment  should be submitted  to Turnitin by 2pm	2nd July 2026   The assignment  should be submitted  to Turnitin by 2pm
Original assessment	Reassessment type	Deadline for submission of reassessment, and where it should be submitted  1st July 2026
Practice Assessment Part 1	Practice Assessment Part 1 Retrieval Placement	April/May 2026

 

This handbook should be read in conjunction with other sources:

•        Student Course Handbook: for course academic information applying to all modules

•        Current Student Webpages: for generic student experience information

 

Learning Materials/Resources: From autumn 2025, module resource lists will be provided through TalisAspire.  

 

Date and validity July 2025, valid for academic year 2025/2026