HS276-5-PS-CO:
Collaboration and Leadership in Service Enhancement
2024/25
Health and Social Care (School of)
Colchester Campus
Spring & Summer
Undergraduate: Level 5
Current
Monday 13 January 2025
Friday 27 June 2025
30
13 March 2023
Requisites for this module
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BSC B939 Occupational Therapy
All staff within health, social care and other practice settings have a responsibility to contribute to the governance processes in place to ensure the quality, efficiency and effectiveness within current service delivery. You will draw on previous learning and placement experiences to develop your leadership skills in relation to enhancing service delivery, within a local and regional context. The skills and learning from this module will be further developed in the next module 'Advancing Occupational Therapy Practice' where you will extend your knowledge to understand and apply national and international trends and contexts.
This module is designed to enable students to develop effective leadership skills through the identification and development of an appropriate service enhancement idea drawn from practice placement experiences. Students will extend their understanding of the considerations required to positively affect change to enhance service delivery and benefit service users.
On successful completion of this module, the [learner] will be able to:
1. Critically evaluate the evidence base that underpins practice innovation and service enhancement
2. Analyse and evaluate practice placement experiences and module content, to progress an appropriate idea that enhances practice or services
3. Justify and analyse the added value of the service enhancement idea to service user and organisation
This module runs 3 days per week in the Spring and Summer terms. You will draw upon placement experiences to identify and develop appropriate ideas for service enhancement. You will be involved with organising a poster presentation event held at the end of the module, where you will have the opportunity to share your service enhancement ideas with invited audience members.
Continuing with the developmental approach of the programme, within this module you will draw upon knowledge, understanding and experiences gained from previous learning and placement experiences, in order to further develop your understanding and involvement in maintaining the quality, effectiveness and efficiency of health, social care and other practice contexts. This module will provide opportunities for health professionals and service users to share their knowledge and experiences relating to the quality, efficiency and effectiveness of practice. The interactive nature of this module is supported by small group work, tutorials and seminars which will form the basis of the learning methods within this module. A poster presentation event will be organised for the end of the module, where you will have the opportunity to share your service enhancement ideas with invited academic interprofessional staff, external health professionals, service users and other students.
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Bryant, W. and Creek, J. (2023)
Creekâs occupational therapy and mental health. Sixth edition. Edited by W. Bryant, J. Fieldhouse, and N.A. Plastow. Amsterdam: Elsevier. Available at:
https://app.kortext.com/Shibboleth.sso/Login?entityID=https://idp0.essex.ac.uk/shibboleth&target=https://app.kortext.com/borrow/1960896.
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Braveman, B. (2016)
Leading & Managing Occupational Therapy Services 2e. 2nd edition. Pennsylvania: F.A. Davis Company. Available at:
https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=1202474&site=ehost-live.
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Kordowicz, M. and Siriwardena, A.N. (2023)
Quality improvement in healthcare: a guide for students and practitioners. Los Angeles: SAGE. Available at:
https://app.kortext.com/Shibboleth.sso/Login?entityID=https://idp0.essex.ac.uk/shibboleth&target=https://app.kortext.com/borrow/2333576.
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Gottwald, M. and Lansdown, G.E. (2021)
Clinical governance: improving the quality of healthcare for patients and service users. 2nd edition. Berkshire: Open University Press. Available at:
https://app.kortext.com/Shibboleth.sso/Login?entityID=https://idp0.essex.ac.uk/shibboleth&target=https://app.kortext.com/borrow/1013327.
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Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA) Cycles and the model for improvement (no date). NHS England and NHS Improvement. Available at:
https://aqua.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/qsir-pdsa-cycles-model-for-improvement.pdf.
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HCPC - Health and Care Professions Council - Standards (no date). Available at:
https://www.hcpc-uk.org/standards/.
The above list is indicative of the essential reading for the course.
The library makes provision for all reading list items, with digital provision where possible, and these resources are shared between students.
Further reading can be obtained from this module's
reading list.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Summative Submission - Poster Presentation |
20/06/2025 |
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Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Mrs Charlotte Flynn, email: c.flynn@essex.ac.uk.
HSC Occupational Therapy staff
Hannah Duncan
E: ipladmin@essex.ac.uk
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No external examiner information available for this module.
Available via Moodle
Of 50 hours, 42 (84%) hours available to students:
8 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s), module, or event type.
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