HS640-6-SP-CO:
Leadership in Health and Social Care
2020/21
Health and Social Care (School of)
Colchester Campus
Spring
Undergraduate: Level 6
Current
Thursday 21 January 2021
Friday 26 March 2021
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21 March 2019
Requisites for this module
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The aim of the module is to provide students with theoretical and practical concepts of leadership. Students apply these concepts in practice in a case study related to their own context of practice.
Changes within health and social care delivery are impacting upon professional working practice; staff are increasingly required to respond to demands to deliver improved care, to have greater engagement with patients, service users and their local communities, to facilitate and enhance clinical practice development and to lead or manage with a distributed model rather than traditional teams.
The aim of the Module is to provide students with the theoretical and practical concepts of leadership as applied to practice, in order to support the health and social care organisations in meeting the needs of patients and service users.
The Module is designed to develop a reflective self-profile and practical skill set to enable participants to develop in leadership roles in future.
On successful completion of the module, participants will be able to:-
Level 6 (credit at level of Bachelors degree)
• Demonstrate a systematic understanding of key concepts of leadership by discussing how these have been applied to review, consolidate, extend and apply their knowledge and understanding of leadership in their context,
• Prepare a leadership case study appropriate to their setting, providing a theoretical rationale for the approach taken
• Communicate effectively to support the leadership and development of services
Changes within health and social care delivery are impacting upon professional working practice in a variety of ways; staff are increasingly required to respond to deliver improved care, to have greater engagement with patients, service users and their local communities, to facilitate and enhance clinical practice development and to lead or manage with a distributed model rather than traditional teams. Models of leadership and management in health and social care are evolving to address these changes.
Participants undertake three one day workshops plus self-directed learning in order to engage with and explore models of leadership, service change, to develop insights and to create their own profile of skills, strengths and development needs and to undertake a leadership case study.
Participants are encouraged to critically consider current policy drivers around change and leadership with health and social care, research evidence and reflections on personal observations of leadership issues in health and social care to understand opportunities and barriers for demonstrating leadership.
Lectures introducing and examining key concepts
Interdisciplinary group work to explore key concepts and practical application
Additionally supported by;
E Learning
Self directed study
Group/ individual tutorials
This module does not appear to have any essential texts. To see non-essential items, please refer to the module's reading list.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
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Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Formative assignment |
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| Coursework |
3,000 word case study |
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100% |
| Coursework |
3,000 word case study resubmission |
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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
Ms Penny Hodgkinson, email: pahodg@essex.ac.uk.
Penny Hodgkinson
Penny Hodgkinson
E: pahodg@essex.ac.uk
Jade D'Mello
Senior Student Administrator
E: jedmel@essex.ac.uk
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Mrs Chanel Watson
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Lecturer/Programme Director
Mr Richard Clark
Sheffield Hallam University
Senior Lecturer
Available via Moodle
Of 516 hours, 0 (0%) hours available to students:
516 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).
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