Academic Skills and PDP

This report discusses the concept of personal and professional development, the value of short term, medium term, and long term goals, and how 'Author, Purpose, Reliability and Relevance' impact the usage of a source. It also includes an evaluation of eight sources used in the report plan.

Academic Skills and
PDP

INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................4
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................4
Concept of personal as well as professional development.....................................................4
Describe & discuss the value of short term goals identifying at 3 personal illustration........4
Describe & discuss the value of medium term goals identifying 3 personal instance...........5
Describe & discuss the value of long term goals identifying at least 3 personal illustration.6
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................6
Describe & discuss how ‘Author, Purpose, Reliability and Relevance’ impact the usage of a
source......................................................................................................................................6
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................7
Write an evaluation of eight sources used in the report plan.................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFRENCES.................................................................................................................................11
Appendix........................................................................................................................................13
Personal Development Plan..................................................................................................13

INTRODUCTION
Academic skills are those skills in which collection of various experiences in relation to
academic development is been developed. In this learning, experiences, study habits, strategic
tools and time management is deal with. Such skills makes academic improvement to be done
within students by making them attain knowledge through out the session. Academic skills
makes both professional and personal development possible which makes goals to be achieve in
more effective manner. This report is based over personal and professional development and
covers short term, mid-term and long-term goal. In relation to this sources is been evaluated for
making development plan that has been proposed.
TASK 1
Concept of personal as well as professional development.
Personal and professional development is the process by which an an individual and
business organization makes its various objectives to be achieved and challenges is also faced in
more efficient manner. The process makes development of ongoing process that results into
making growth and objectives achieved by individual or organization. In relation to this part it
can be observed that skills and knowledge is been enhanced for making personal development
done (Lejeune, Beausaert and Raemdonck, 2018). This allows right path to be paved which
makes assistance to be made through making growth and success achieved. Further personal
development plan makes all kinds of aspects covered in relation to academic year and subjects
covered in it. This is done by making reference to instructor who provides assistance over skill
development through identifying needs of students with the help of technical assistance. Aim of
personal and professional development is to help in managing of learning and making growth
possible throughout the career. This makes safety, legality and safety achieved.
Describe & discuss the value of short term goals identifying at 3 personal illustration.
Short term goals has value in terms of providing both personal and professional
development which makes changes to be done in working or studying pattern by making small
task to be achieved first. Such goals required to be set as they make accuracy to be achieved in
completing various work or task allotted for an individual. Short term goal is based upon ideas
though by an individual to make success possible within short time period. They make a
particular aspect to be improved through setting time limit for emergency situation. These goals

have variety within them and help in making establishment of knowledge with skills to be
developed in faster and better manner. Short term goals make improvement to be done on daily
basis. Certain example of short term goals has been given as follows:
 Achieving of knowledge throughout the academic period.
 Learning of high skills which make development of individual through carving him in to
academically skilled person.
 Most important thing is to make first year studies be completed in time allotted for it.
 Reading of subjects in more effectiveness and quick reading skills to be formed within an
individual.
Describe & discuss the value of medium term goals identifying 3 personal instance.
Mid term goals are those goals which make personal with professional development
possible in relation to academics and job by making individual realise about improvement to be
made within him or her (Cox, Mulherin and Walter, 2018). These goals impacts performance
throughout the academic year of a student. It can be analysed from this that mid terms goals is to
be used for making personal and professional development possible by making all the elements
to be covered. In this assistance has to be provided over different ways of development taking
place in academic lifestyle of student. These goals have played very effective and important role
in making goals to be achieved that helps in maintaining of performance from all aspects of life
of a individual. Further it can be understood that effectiveness is been made within students life
through make them develop value of skills that can be used during the academic year. It makes
task to be achieved with efficiency. Also it has to be marked out that the value offered by
processing midterm goals for personal as well as professional development to an organisation
and to a person is proposed for attainment of ongoing objectives of an individual and
organisation in an efficient & effective manner. Such skills assist a personal to continue learning
and deal with the changing and diverse business factors. The medium tern goals for person &
professional improvement are as follows:
 Learning how to deal with problems and taking out solution for it with more efficiency.
 Then there should be team developing plans that help in making development of team
through coordination between them.
 Also there should be development of making development of motivation within
employees which makes potential enhanced with more effectiveness.

 Productivity of the employees increases which makes task to be completed in faster and
better way.
Describe & discuss the value of long term goals identifying at least 3 personal illustration.
Long term goals are those goals which are been formed in order to make ideas and skills
to be developed with the aim of achieving success in later on years of its studies. In this both
personal and professional development is done which makes skills to be achieved through
knowledge and stability (van der Scheer and et. al., 2017). These goals mainly focus over
making objectives and goals to be achieved through step by step process. Long term goals
develops set of skills, improves performance overall with capabilities within an individual for
both professional and personal development. Few examples have been given as follows of long
term goals.
 Conflict management skills to be developed for making various problems or issues to be
solved.
 Management should be changing its patterns of decision making through management
skills
 Development should be shown upon leadership skills
 Profits making techniques has to formed
 Strategies is developed on the basis of achieving success in future.
TASK 2
Describe & discuss how ‘Author, Purpose, Reliability and Relevance’ impact the usage of a
source.
Sources are those parts of an idea which provides it relevancy and acceptance achieved in
making relevancy to be formed. These are based over various kinds of definitions and concepts
given by authors in order to present a particular idea or topic. Further they are very helpful in
professional and academic development of an individual from view point of education or
subjective understanding. Sources are mainly required over making work with idea to be
presented with the help of appropriate material. This makes reliable and relevant data about the
personal and professional development to be attained. Information generated is through experts
and evident response which itself make trust to be formed upon a particular resource.

TASK 3
Write an evaluation of eight sources used in the report plan.
SOURCES AUTHOR PURPOSE RELIABILITY RELEVANCE
1
Cox, C.D.,
Mulherin, K. and
Walter, S.,
2018
Gamble, S.C and
et. al., 2020
This is one of the
most important
factor or source
which is involved
in making skills
develop as per
requirement
during academic
or professional
life. It is mainly
focused over
making
development
within
communication
pattern.
This source is
quite relatable to
its goals and
making
professional
maintained.
This makes
relevancy to be
hold in relation to
personal
development on
the basis of
academic skills.
2 Hancock, S. and
Walsh, E., 2016
In this source
introduction is
been made over
making learning
skills developed
in relation to
personal and
professional
development.
It holds relevancy
upon making
development of
legal laws.
This holds
relevancy from
perspective of
personal and
professional
development by
making plan.
3 Lejeune, C., Growth and The article has This source holds

Beausaert, S. and
Raemdonck, I.,
2018
success is to be
achieved which
makes both
personal and
professional skills
developed.
been writing by
making
professionalism
over internal
expectancy to be
developed.
relevancy in
relation to
interpersonal
skills which
makes
interpersonal
competency
accomplished.
4 Liu, Z., He, Y and
et. al., 2020
This source is
mainly focused
over improving
professionalism
within an
individual
through
enhancing
academic ability.
The source hold
reliability through
its article that has
been written by
experts in this
field.
Personal and
professional
development
skills
5 McGill, C.M.,
Heikkila,
M. and
Lazarowic
z, T., 2020
The work is
emphasis on
personal and
professional
practices that is
important to
achieve
objectives.
Reliability is over
intellectual
property which
makes patents,
copyright and
other relevancy to
increase.
In this personal
development plan
and practices is
been held.
6 Mulherin, K.,
Walter, S. and
Cox, C.D., 2018
This source
makes reflection
of books at
In this book is
there which
explains about
Workplace
learning

workplace which
makes learning
an important part
from career
aspects.
strategies to be
used in
developing
academic with
professional
skills.
7 Osgerby, J.,
Marriott, P. and
Gee, M., 2018
This source
explains about
training and
development
sessions which
makes individual
improve from all
aspects
The paper is
written by experts
to show
importance of
training.
Training
8 Spector-Cohen, E
and et. al., 2019
The objective of
the source is to
generated
information over
developing
personal and
professional skills
in specific role.
In this article
professionalism is
hold in relation to
academic skill
development.
Developing the
personal
and
professio
nal in
performi
ng role.
CONCLUSION
From this discussion it is marked out that individuals should develop its understanding
upon both academic and professional skills. This is done with the help of personal and
professional development plan which make various kind of effective thinking developed in

relation to individual. This also makes goals to set by individual to be achieved in appropriate
manner. In the end sources has been explained in relation to such development.

REFRENCES
Books and journals
Cox, C.D., Mulherin, K. and Walter, S., 2018. National preceptor development program (PDP)
prototype. The third of a 3-part series. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning,
10(3). pp.298-306.
Gamble, S.C and et. al., 2020. Students as co-authors of an academic development service: A
case study of the Study Skills service at the University of Bristol. New Review of
Academic Librarianship, (just-accepted). pp.1-12.
Hancock, S. and Walsh, E., 2016. Beyond knowledge and skills: rethinking the development of
professional identity during the STEM doctorate. Studies in Higher Education. 41(1).
pp.37-50.
Lejeune, C., Beausaert, S. and Raemdonck, I., 2018. The impact on employees’ job performance
of exercising self-directed learning within personal development plan practice. The
International Journal of Human Resource Management. pp.1-27.
Liu, Z., He, Y and et. al., 2020. A Medical Pedagogy Reform by Integration of Biomedical
Research into the Clinical Medicine Program. Medical Science Educator. 30(4). pp.1569-
1576.
McGill, C.M., Heikkila, M. and Lazarowicz, T., 2020. Professional development, performance
expectations and academic advisors’ perceptions of relational skills: a sequential
explanatory mixed methods study. New Horizons in Adult Education and Human
Resource Development. 32(4). pp.50-69.
Mulherin, K., Walter, S. and Cox, C.D., 2018. National preceptor development program (PDP):
influential evidence and theory. The first of a 3-part series. Currents in Pharmacy
Teaching and Learning. 10(3). pp.255-266.
Osgerby, J., Marriott, P. and Gee, M., 2018. Accounting students perceptions of using visual
metaphor as part of personal development planning: an exploratory case study.
Accounting Education. 27(6). pp.570-589.
Spector-Cohen, E and et. al., 2019. Towards English for Academic Purposes Curriculum
Reform: Linguistic, Educational or Political Considerations?. In Innovation in Language
Learning and Teaching (pp. 153-176). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.

van der Scheer, E.A and et. al., 2017. Changes in teachers’ instructional skills during an
intensive data-based decision making intervention. Teaching and teacher education. 65.
pp.171-182.

Appendix
Personal Development Plan
PRIORITY SKILLS CURRENR
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ABILITY
TARGET
ABILITY
DEVELOP
MNET
OPPORTU
NITIE
CRITERIA
TO JUDGE
TIME
FRAME
Priority 1 Effective
communicat
ion skills
Low High In this
seminars
and
workshops
is to be
attended to
make
learning of
communicat
ion skill
possible.
Feedback
has to be
taken from
colleagues
and family
members.
2 to 4
months
Priority 2 Team
building
skills
Average High Time has to
be spend
upon team
activities by
making
objectives to
be achieved.
Feedback is
to be taken
from
subordinate
and team
members.
3 to 5
months
Priority 3 Leadership
skills
Average High Knowledge
has to be
attained
over
Discussing
with senior
authorities
and taking
Approx 6
months

leadership
approaches
which make
idea and
knowledge
to be
achieved
through
professional
s.
feedback
from them.