BTEC International Level 3 Health and Social Care

Unit 22: Unit 22 — assessment criteria

BTEC International Level 3 Unit 22 (Unit 22) — 60 Guided Learning Hours.

Internal / Optional60 GLH20 criteria3 learning aims

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Assessment criteria

Reproduced verbatim from the Pearson specification — the same grid the assignment brief carries. A unit grade is the highest band where all criteria in that band (and every band below it) are met.

Pass

11 criteria

A.P1Explain the structures of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen, and how they produce organic and inorganic biological molecules.

A.P2Investigate the nature, function and role of atoms, and the structure and function of organic and inorganic molecules and their impact on

B.P2Explain how health psychology can be used in the management of different contemporary issues in health.

B.P3Explain the structure, and physical and chemical properties of biomolecules and nucleic acids.

B.P4Investigate the factors affecting enzyme activity and the enzymatic

C.P3Explain how stress can influence illness.

C.P4Explain potential strategies that a selected individual can apply to manage stress.

C.P5Explain the aetiology of metabolic disorders of genetic and endocrine

C.P6Explain the concept and uses of enzymes in biochemistry in the

D.P5Explain how psychology contributes to the management of pain.

D.P6Explain how psychological theories can be applied to manage an individual’s illness.

Merit

4 criteria

A.M1Assess the relevance of the structures of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen to the metabolism of biological molecules, proteins, fats,

B.M2Assess the contribution of health psychology in the management of different contemporary issues in health

C.M3Analyse strategies that a selected individual can apply to manage stress with reference to their link to illness.

D.M4Justify how psychological theories can be applied to manage pain and ill health for an individual.

Distinction

5 criteria

A.D1Evaluate the structure, function and role of inorganic and organic

AB.D1Evaluate the role of health psychology in addressing and managing health and ill health and contemporary issues in health.

B.D2Evaluate how the structure, functions and action of biomolecules affect metabolic rates.

C.D3Evaluate how biological molecules and their role in metabolism

CD.D2Evaluate the importance of health psychology’s strategies and theories in helping a selected individual manage contemporary issues in relation to ill health, stress, pain and illness.

Command verbs in this unit

The verb decides the depth expected — that is what separates Pass from Merit and Distinction work on the same learning aim.

ExplainInvestigateAssessAnalyseJustifyEvaluate

Pearson's ladder runs Identify → Describe → Explain → Compare / Analyse → Evaluate / Justify / Assess. A Merit or Distinction criterion on the same aim always implies the Pass beneath it: an “evaluate” answer that never first “explains” fails, however polished it reads. Hover a verb for what it demands.

Learning aims

A. Explore how the structure of biological molecules affects metabolism
B. Explore the action of biological molecules in metabolic processes
C. Examine the principles of biochemistry in industry.

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