HS640-7-SU-CO:
Leadership in Health and Social Care
2023/24
Health and Social Care (School of)
Colchester Campus
Summer
Postgraduate: Level 7
Current
Monday 22 April 2024
Friday 28 June 2024
15
25 March 2024
Requisites for this module
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MSC N2B912 Leadership in Health and Care
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 aims of the Module are:
- 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.
By the end of this module, students will be expected to be able to:
- Demonstrate a systematic understanding of key concepts of leadership by critically analysing how these have been applied to review, consolidate, extend and apply their knowledge and understanding in the current context
- Prepare and evaluate a leadership case study within their setting, providing exploration of the rationale for the approach taken
- Analyse communication strategies 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 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
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 |
HS640 Portfolio (Summative) |
|
100% |
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
Miss Stacey-Anne Penny, email: s.penny@essex.ac.uk.
Steve McMellor, Stacey-Anne Penny
cpd@essex.ac.uk
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Mr Richard Clark
Sheffield Hallam University
Senior Lecturer
Dr Kate Parkinson
University of Huddersfield
Subject Leader, Health and Social Care
Available via Moodle
Of 7 hours, 7 (100%) hours available to students:
0 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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