Leadership and Governance in Healthcare
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| NURS4173 | Nursing | 4 | 20 | Spring UK |
- Code
- NURS4173
- School
- Nursing
- Level
- 4
- Credits
- 20
- Semesters
- Spring UK
Summary
The course considers:
- Defining and evaluating approaches to healthcare governance
- Theories of leadership and followership, and their relation to governance processes
- Benefits and challenges of improving healthcare governance
- Importance of environmental context and culture in the process of understanding and improving healthcare governance
- Practical skills of governance required to implement improvement
Target Students
Applications will be considered from:Graduates seeking a deeper insight into the process of governance in health and social care settingsHealth and social care professionals associated with leading groups of professionals in health and social care settingsPractitioners planning or undertaking change to improve healthcare governance in their local setting
Classes
The course will comprise 60 hours tutor led taught sessions and 140 hours self-directed study and tutorial support.
Assessment
- 100% Coursework: Undertake a verbal presentation of up to 25 mins (plus up to 10 mins questions/debate) OR Submit a written assignment of up to 3,000 words on the benefits and challenges of leading governance in health and social care
Assessed by end of spring semester
Educational Aims
This course offers a detailed and critical examination of two central, interdependent, issues for professional practice, leadership and governance in health and social care. The course will allow students to reflect on the characteristics of each of these concepts and relate theoretical frameworks to their own local culture and context that influences or defines leadership and governance in their practice. Reflecting the significance of these factors' learners are invited to engage further in leading the improvement of governance in health and social care either through practical action or reflectionLearning Outcomes
Develop a critical insight into the influence of professional, politico-economic and socio-cultural influences on healthcare governance and leadership.
Define and critically evaluate a selection of approaches to healthcare governance.
Critically apply frameworks for leadership and followership to practice in the learner's specific context.
Apply a range of tools and approaches to better understand the socio-cultural context of health and social care.
Evaluate the characteristics of health and social care governance in relation to the capacity of an organisation to innovate and improve.
Integration of improvement methodology with practical action.
Conveners
- Dr Nigel Slater