Leadership and Sustainable Development in Health Care Settings
| Module title | Leadership and Sustainable Development in Health Care Settings |
|---|---|
| Module code | PYCM024 |
| Academic year | 2020/1 |
| Credits | 15 |
| Module staff | Ms Nicola Buckingham (Convenor) |
| Duration: Term | 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duration: Weeks | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| Number students taking module (anticipated) | 10 |
|---|
Module description
The requirement to deliver evidence-based, quality-driven, outcomes informed services ensures that health care settings are at the vanguard of ongoing transformational change and sustainable development. In turn this requires leaders to plan and implement such change at a professional level. In this module you will gain a critical understanding of topics such as leadership, health service complexity, values-based service change, supervision and appraisal, and management of change to help you work effectively as a leader.
Module aims - intentions of the module
The aim of this module is to provide you with a critical understanding of the theoretical, research and implementation literature that underpins transformational service change and sustainable development, and appreciate the skills required to work effectively through service level change processes.
The further aim of this module is to enable you to:
- Develop and update your knowledge of the fundamental principles of leadership and service transformation theory, research and practice
- Develop an advanced knowledge and understanding of how implementation science informs service transformation. Develop an advanced knowledge of the skills necessary for leading service transformation.
- Develop the capacity to reflect critically on leadership and service transformation theory, research and practice
Through attending the workshops and tutorials you will develop the following academic and professional skills:
- Critical analysis (the ability to critically appraise research, literature and opinions of others, and your own work in the light of data tracking and analysis)
- Problem formulation and problem solving (the ability to synthesise information from theory/literature with complex data from practical experience to make sense of experience and formulate solutions)
- Reflective practice (the ability to reflect on theoretical knowledge and procedural experience and to learn from this and apply learning to practice)
Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)
ILO: Module-specific skills
On successfully completing the module you will be able to...
- 1. Explain health care settings as complex organisational settings
- 2. Describe key features associated with leadership in health service transformational change and sustainable development
- 3. Outline a range of key practice issues associated with sustainable development
ILO: Discipline-specific skills
On successfully completing the module you will be able to...
- 4. Synthesise new approaches to contribute to the development of methodology and understanding in transformational service change and sustainable development
- 5. Address systematically complex leadership dilemmas which may be framed within unpredictable contexts, think critically, creatively, and independently, and fully appreciate the complexities of the issues
ILO: Personal and key skills
On successfully completing the module you will be able to...
- 6. Analyse and manage the implications of ethical dilemmas and work proactively to formulate solutions
- 7. Manage complexity, incompleteness and contradiction through leadership and effective team working
- 8. Appraise your personal limitations in training and experience, and reflect upon the impact of these during personal development and the implications of these for further training
Syllabus plan
Individual coaching, locality tasks, workshops, and small group work will explore a range of issues in leadership, transformation change and sustainable development.
Learning activities and teaching methods (given in hours of study time)
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 30 | 120 | 0 |
Details of learning activities and teaching methods
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled learning and teaching | 20 | Lectures and workshops |
| Scheduled learning and teaching | 10 | Small group working |
| Guided independent study | 60 | Reading and independent research |
| Guided independent study | 30 | Reading and preparation of assessments |
| Guided independent study | 30 | Project preparation and locality tasks |
Formative assessment
| Form of assessment | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leadership portfolio | Not applicable | 5-8 | Oral and written |
Summative assessment (% of credit)
| Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
|---|---|---|
| 100 | 0 | 0 |
Details of summative assessment
| Form of assessment | % of credit | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leadership portfolio report (this assessment must be passed; failure in this assessment will lead to failure in the module and the programme) | 50 | 1500 words | 1-3, 5-8 | Written |
| Project overview (this assessment must be passed; failure in this assessment will lead to failure in the module and the programme) | 50 | 2500 words | 1-5, 7 | Written |
Details of re-assessment (where required by referral or deferral)
| Original form of assessment | Form of re-assessment | ILOs re-assessed | Timescale for re-assessment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leadership portfolio report | Leadership portfolio report | 1-3, 5-8 | Four weeks from the date that feedback was provided |
| Project overview | Project overview | 1-5, 7 | Four weeks from the date that feedback was provided |
Re-assessment notes
Two assessments are required for this module. In all cases re-assessment will be the same as the original assessment. Where you have been referred/deferred for any form of assessment detailed above you will have the opportunity to retake within four weeks from the date that feedback was provided.
If you pass re-assessments taken as a result of deferral, your re-assessment will be treated as it would be if it were your first attempt at the assessment and the overall module mark will not be capped.
If you pass re-assessments taken as a result of referral (i.e. following initial failure in the assessment), the overall module mark will be capped at 50%.
If you fail re-assessments taken as a result of referral (i.e. following initial failure in the assessment), you will be failed in the module and as a consequence you will be failed in the programme and your registration as a student of the University will be terminated.
Indicative learning resources - Basic reading
- Haslam, S.A.; Reicher, S.D. and Platow, M.J. (2010). The New Psychology of Leadership: Identity, Influence and Power. Hove: Psychology Press.
- Schein, E.H. (2004). Organisational Culture and Leadership. San Francisco: Wiley.
- Onyett, S. (2003). Team Working in Mental Health. Basingstoke: Palgrave.
| Credit value | 15 |
|---|---|
| Module ECTS | 7.5 |
| Module pre-requisites | None |
| Module co-requisites | PYCM025 Reflective and Evidence-based Practice in Health Care Settings and PYCM026 Health Care Service Transformation Project |
| NQF level (module) | 7 |
| Available as distance learning? | No |
| Origin date | 24/02/2012 |
| Last revision date | 01/08/2017 |
