Week 3

3.1 Body systems

Click on the Plus icons in the image below to discover the structure of the body systems 

3.2 Biochemistry Cell theory

Cellular level:  What is cell theory?

• A cell is the basic structural and functional unit of living organisms. When you define cell properties, you define the properties of life.
• The activity of an organism depends on both the individual and the collective activities of its cells.
• According to the principle of complementarity of structure and function, the biochemical activities of cells are dictated by their shapes or forms, and by the relative number of their specific sub-cellular structures.
• Continuity of life from one generation to another has a cellular basis.

3.3 Types of cells

3.3 Three basic parts of a cell

3.4 Understanding reflection

Throughout your course you will be asked to complete a number of reflections, these are very important in terms of your development as a practitioner. Here are a number of activities that will guide you through what reflection is. 

What is it? 

Reflection is an opportunity to learn from what you have done in order to understand how you might improve in the future. 

Why is it important? 

Your lecturer's feedback on your work, both written and spoken, will give you guidance on how you can improve your next piece of work. By taking a wider perspective over a unit, you will be able to recognise your progress, gain confidence, and learn how to ensure the desired outcome next time. 

 How do I do it? 

There are several useful models that guide the reflective progress. The common aspect to all of them is going beyond description to ask questions, to inquire into why something happened the way it did, looking critically at your own role, and evaluating how you might change your behaviour in the future.

3.5 Understanding reflection activities

In this section you will explore the anatomy of this text and what are the features of it that make it reflective.  Use the slider to reveal additional information.

3.6 Writing reflectively

In this last activity you will have a go at creating a reflective piece yourself.  in this example we will be using the Driscoll model of reflection, but there are many more out there.  Take a moment to think of a situation where you have had and experience where something wrong or unexpected has happened to you in either your personal or professional life.  Now that you have done that complete the form below with that in mind.  At the end you will have the to opportunity export your reflection as a document.