Developing a Portfolio for Accredited Prior Experiential Learning (APEL)

Why study this subject?

You'll benefit from studying this course at BNU if you're a Healthcare professional looking to expand your knowledge in order to progress onto a degree programme.

What will I study?

This course will enable you to reflect upon your learning from a variety of perspectives and document your experiences in an academic piece of work that'll be the basis of your portfolio.

Your academic skills will be formatively assessed at the beginning of the module and developed through a number of different teaching strategies. The principles of research knowledge are examined, and you'll be guided to use research effectively within your written work.

This short course will enable you to develop your reflective skills in order to deepen your clinical, professional and academic knowledge.

You'll consider how formal and experiential learning has developed your practice and then apply this theory, helping you to identify gaps in your knowledge or experience. These gaps can then be addressed in your personal development plan (PDP) for the future.

On successful completion of this module you'll have developed your knowledge and skills in academic writing, presenting to a group, research methods, and prepared a portfolio of evidence to be submitted to the CATS committee for approval of admission onto a degree programme.