Leading and Following in the improvement process
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| NURS4162 | Nursing | 4 | 20 | Autumn UK, Spring UK |
- Code
- NURS4162
- School
- Nursing
- Level
- 4
- Credits
- 20
- Semesters
- Autumn UK, Spring UK
Summary
This course considers:
- Theories of leadership and followership, and their relation to improvement processes;
- The formation and development of teams to delivery improvement;
- The concept of change and the challenges of changing practice;
- The importance of environmental context and culture in the process of improvement and a range of strategies to address these issues.
Target Students
Professionals with an interest and requirement to lead improvement initiatives in health and social care settings.Health and social care professionals associated with leading in health, veterinaryand social care settings as an example.
Classes
The course will comprise 60 hours tutor led taught sessions and 140 hours self-directed study and tutorial.
Assessment
- 100% Presentation: 35 minutes seminar presentation 25 mins presentations plus 10 mins of questions and debates.
Assessed by end of designated period
Educational Aims
This course will enable participants to engage more effectively with positively influencing the process of improvement so as to optimise services in terms of safety and quality. Central to this is the principle that improvement happens within a specific healthcare system and setting and managing this specificity needs to be considered as part of the whole improvement service.Learning Outcomes
Develop a critical insight into the influence of professional, politico-economic and socio-cultural influences on the improvement process.
Develop a critical appreciation of the role or leadership and teamwork in the improvement process, in the practice context.
Demonstrate an ability to plan pragmatically a specific improvement project that accommodates the range of influences and considerations required to optimise the improvement process.
Utilise tools and frameworks to negotiate delivering service improvement reflecting the specific context of the improvement.
Conveners
- Mr David Pinnock