You are required to demonstrate and reflect on how the sociological impact of policy, agency and social structures has influenced your ability to deliver effective care. Lived examples from practice are required on which to base your discussions. Suggestions on how you might manage similar situations in the future in your continuing professional development are expected. A formal academic style is required. However, the use of the first person is permitted where reflection is incorporated into the submission. word limit: 2000 (excluding reference and appendices) Advice from lectures: *What matters is to provide the example(s) in terms of navigating structure and agency and the need for change and improvement. Multiple or many points can emerge from one example and that is not an issue where it remains relevant to the discussion. – Demonstrate broad reading around ‘structure and agency’ see the reading list and lecture notes (contemporary sociologists’ work) – Gather data from placement experience (portfolio of information) and consider how your evidence assists in answering the question (does it contribute or structure or agency or both) – Consider your role (as an agent) in influencing the context you choose. – Consider how other agents, systems and communities might be inextricably interlinked and the implications in health care – Consider the extent to which an individual’s choice of action is constrained or enhanced by the social structures and their own agency. – Discuss any challenges when seeking to bring about improvements in care What I am expecting: paraphrase 2. structure enhancement 3. I feel like my essay is slightly out of the essay topic, so you can trim the excessive content and change it to more relevant content or add sociology theories. (You can even delete the whole paragraph if it is required!) 4. conclusion – I was simply not sure how to summarise my essay!! 5. You don’t need to write appendices and you can ignore the memos I put alongside my essay. *I attached an example essay from previous years for a reference (4 SIP Example PDF). *I also attached the marking criteria. My goal is to get over 75% (I got 62% last time). Feedback from my last essay: 1. The content is largely descriptive. More detailed discussion is required to demonstrate your theoretical knowledge. 2. Continue to develop your critical use of evidence/sources to provide stronger support for your decision-making. 3. Sections need more linking. Tie parts together, build up a story 4. Ensure all points made are fully developed and complete following presentation of a balanced argument
