AU3D030 - Leading and managing quality care across settings 21 Sep 2020 - 31 Aug 2028 | Version 5
Associated Module Information
| Module Code: | AU3D030 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Module Title: | Leading and managing quality care across settings | ||
| Faculty: | Faculty of Life Sciences and Education | ||
| Faculty Group: | Nursing and Allied Health | ||
| Faculty Sub Group: | Nursing | ||
| Module Leader: | Gareth Kennard-Holden, Stacey Bushell | ||
| Module Team: | Rachel Watkins, Louise Hill, Marcelle Dossantos, Julia Pridmore, Hayley Lewis, Emmajane Watkins, Sarah Newton-Gray, Colin Macpherson, Sarah Davey, Filipa Machado, Tamara Edwards, Dawn Hopkins, Ria Chaloner, Callie Palmer, Mark Pearce-Palmer, Helen Hamer, Sarah Ross, Rhian Powles, Hannah Sisley, Charmaine Jones, , Stuart Baker, Alexandra James, Rachel Morgan, Martin Evans, Martin North, Martin Rowland | ||
| First Intended Intake: | SEP 2020 | Final Year of Intake: | |
| Date Closed: | |||
| Credit Value: | 40 | Credit Level: | 6 |
| Language: | English | ||
| Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: | 0 | ||
| Equivalent Module: | |||
| HECOS codes: | 100290 - nursing | ||
| HECOS Code Weighting: | 100 | ||
Document Version Information
| Version | 5 |
|---|---|
| Valid From | 21 Sep 2020 |
| Valid To | 31 Aug 2028 |
Module Aims
To enable the student to critically evaluate service provision across health and social care settings to lead quality improvements in practice.
Content Summary
The content of this module will be applied across all four fields of nursing. The module will explore the following themes:
Clinical Governance, the duty of quality and definitions of quality care across the fields of practice.
The role of the nurse managing care in a variety of settings.
The impact of policy changes on the delivery and co-ordination of care, political drivers, the impact of local and national policies on organisational change.
Improving health outcomes across client groups and health and social care settings.
Transitional care across all fields of practice.
Teamwork & performance management.
Safe staffing and resource management, the political context for funding, process for business case development, political awareness
Shared decision making and accountability.
Transforming practice and service re-design.
The impact of leaders and managers. Theories of leadership and management in the related to quality, safety and service improvement and change management
Principles of project management.
Organisational enablers and barriers to service improvement.
Using patient experience/patient stories to enhance quality.
The service user voice, engaging Service users / carer participation in evaluating care.
Nurse as a change agent.
Quality assurance methods applied to fields of nursing practice.
Quality improvement methodology
Risk assessment / management processes.
Evidence based practice to influence quality of care.
Service improvement and innovation.
Decision making in the context of service improvement.
Interagency / partnership working / Team cultures.
Models of clinical supervision.
The role of evidence to evaluate practice, processes of audit and learning from error and systems failures
Learning and Teaching Methods
| Activity Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Lecture | 20 |
| Tutorial | 40 |
| Project supervision | 10 |
| Independent Study | 200 |
| Directed Study | 100 |
| Formative Assessment - Scheduled | 30 |
| Total Hours Selected | 400 |
Learning Outcomes
| # | Learning Outcome |
|---|---|
| LO1 | Identify and critically analyse areas requiring service improvement in relation to the student’s specific field of practice. |
| LO2 | Critically appraise and apply improvement methodology processes used within health and social care to improve safety and quality of care across settings. |
| LO3 | Integrate critical appraisal and analysis to develop and disseminate a proposed quality improvement project. |
Module Requisites
N/A
Assessment Criteria
| Assessment Category | Assessment Type | Description | Duration | Word Count | Weight (%) | Best of? | Pass Mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asynchronous Assessment | Report 1 | Students must design a digital poster, suitable for a professional audience, which showcases the quality improvement initiative explored within their report. | 0 | 3000 | 50 | No | 40 |
| Asynchronous Assessment | Poster 1 | Students must write a report that critiques a quality improvement methodology that discusses critically; a clinical issue relating to their own field of practice, a proposed intervention to tackle the issue and how the interventions effectiveness could be measured and addressed | 0 | N/A | 50 | No | 40 |
Assessment Matrix
| Assessment Type | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| LO1 | LO2 | LO3 | |
| Report 1 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Poster 1 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |