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HS6008: Leading and Managing Change in Clinical Practice

Module Title Leading and Managing Change in Clinical Practice
Module Code HS6008
Module Tutor Elaine Scott Brown
School Institute of Education and Public Services
CAT Points 15
Level of Study 6
Pre-requisites None
Co-requisites None
Restrictions Cannot be counted with module AHS328

Available only to students with relevant professional qualification/working within an appropriate clinical setting
Brief Description

Recent changes within healthcare provision impact on care delivered within the community. This module enables students to explore and develop a critical awareness about the influence of contemporary local and national policies, targets and guidelines encouraging the student to critically review their impact on clinical practice within the community.
Indicative Syllabus

The module aims to provide professional development for newly qualified clinical staff, working within the community setting, reflecting contemporary issues and emerging research impacting on community care, including multi-professionalism and inter-disciplinary working.
Learning Outcomes

A student passing this module should be able to:

  1. Review critically contemporary local and national policies relating to community based care including the importance of working across sectors and discipline areas;
  2. Discuss critically the impact of policy, guidance and targets on health care provision and on clinical skills in the community;
  3. Discuss critically national guidelines and recommendations for Community care;
  4. Review critically the impact of local health policies on clinical practice (e.g. Working Alone, Translation & Interpretation etc);
  5. Review critically the impact of service priorities on clinical care;
  6. Critically review national guidelines, interpret national policy and research and its impact on local working practice.
Learning and Teaching Activities Scheduled Contact Hours: 24
Independent Learning Hours: 126
Assessment (For further details see the Module Guide) 001: 100% Coursework: Individual, standard written: 3000 words
Special Assessment Requirements
Indicative Resources

The Library Catalogue contains full details of the current reading list for this module. Further details may also be found in the Module Guide.

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