Edexcel Level 3 BTEC Nationals in Health and Social Care

UNIT 47: ACADEMIC LITERACY IN THE HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SECTORSCommunication Level 3 (continued)When learners:• describe the use of style andformat to present a keydebate within health andsocial care• analyse the influencesaffecting the content ofliterature that contributes toa key debate• examine the validity of textsthat contribute to a keydebate• analyse styles of writing,detailing advantages anddisadvantages• use grammar, punctuation,vocabulary and formatappropriate for health andsocial care• evaluate referencing as ameans for increasing validity.They should be able to develop the followingkey skills evidence:C3.2 Read and synthesise information from atleast two documents about the samesubject.Each document must be a minimum of1000 words long.C3.3 Write two different types of documents,each one giving different informationabout complex subjects. One documentmust be at least 1000 words long.582BN018467 – Specification – Edexcel Level 3 BTEC Nationals in Health and Social Care– Issue 1 – February 2007 © Edexcel Limited 2007