You will study aspects of management, leadership and innovation
in healthcare, relevant to professionals seeking to lead services and
organisations into the future and explore the management and leadership
theories pertinent to health and care practice. Gain practical experience of
multi-disciplinary team working through problem identification and problem
solving to encourage innovation and creativity in project design, development
and knowledge transfer. You'll also be offered the choice of a traditional
research-based dissertation or the option to undertake a work-related
professional project or quality improvement project built on improvement
science principles.
Core modules
Leadership
in Healthcare: Theory and Practice (HML713)
Learners with be
provided with a broad-based introduction to the field of health service
leadership. Key leadership theories and trends will be explored along with how
they relate to the real world. Concepts around quality, leadership to drive
improvement and innovation will also be discussed. Finally, the importance of
understanding and equipping ourselves in the context of leadership will be
examined.
Management
in Healthcare: Theory and Practice (HML714)
Learners will acquire
an increased understanding and knowledge of theories, tools and strategies for
management in healthcare environments alongside an appreciation of their role
within teams and complex systems. Learners will analyse, critique and reflect
on real world scenarios to develop a confident and competent management
approach to achieve personal and effectiveness in practice.
Quality
Improvement and Innovation (HML717)
This module aims to
provide the students with increased understanding and knowledge of tools and
theories for quality improvement and innovation, to enable them to critically
evaluate, synthesise and reflect on the applicability of these to past,
current, and future healthcare challenges. Students will develop confidence and
competence to lead and manage quality improvement and innovation individually
and collaboratively.
Research
Methods in Healthcare (CLE721)
This module aims to
provide the students with increased understanding and knowledge of the research
methods and statistics, to enable them to critically evaluate, synthesise and
reflect on research evidence, to practice. Students will be introduced to a
wide range of quantitative and qualitative methods, primary and secondary
research methods, equipping them with a basic understanding of the underlying
principles of quantitative and qualitative research.
Research
Design and Development (CLE731)
This module provides
an introduction to the research design, development and knowledge transfer
process. You will be supported in generating a research idea and developing it
into a coherent and achievable research proposal for a Masters dissertation.
Research
Project Dissertation (CLE732DL)
This module is the
dissertation associated with the Masters programmes and is designed to enable
students to produce a project dissertation under supervision, and to
demonstrate project design, development, evaluation and synthesis skills.
Optional modules
Organisation
Development and Change (HML715)
This module
complements the modules in management and leadership in healthcare and comprises
an in-depth study of organisations in the 21st century with a focus on health
and care. Critical study of the structures, values and cultures of
organisations will be incorporated along with theory from established and
contemporary OD literature. Diagnostic and consultancy models will be studied
with a view to critical application in practice.
Contemporary
Issues in Clinical Education (CLE713)
This module will
explore current issues, drivers and challenges in undergraduate, postgraduate
and continuing clinical education, and will draw widely on contemporary
educational research and scholarship. You will be encouraged to reflect on your
role as a clinical educator, and to investigate the impact of culture and
policy on your practice.
Technology
Enhanced Teaching and Learning (CLE722DL)
This is a completely
online module and provides students with a broad overview of educational
technologies and their associated pedagogical affordances. Participants will
learn about a comprehensive range of educational technologies and will also
critique their relevance to practice. Students are expected to engage with the
online content and keep a reflective journal on the development process for the
duration of the module.
Primary
and Public Healthcare: Global Health (GH712)
This module will offer
insights to the impact of the environment, culture, perceptions, health
education and preventative health strategies to form the foundations of health
and a functioning health care system.
Health
in Humanitarian Emergencies (GH715)
This module explores
the management models of healthcare provision in response to humanitarian
emergencies, resulting from both natural and human-induced crises. By
evaluating the history of the humanitarian movement and factors affecting the
current delivery of national and international aid programmes, this modules
aims to review potential strategies for implementing sustainable healthcare
programmes in LMICs.