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RDI-30013 - Module Specification
School of Allied Health Professions
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

For academic year: 2024/25 Last Updated: 17 May 2024

RDI-30013 - Leadership, management and organisation
Coordinator: Heather Brown Room: Mac1.15 Tel: +44 1782 7 34193
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Level: Level 6
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
School Office:

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2024/25

This module promotes fitness for practice and leadership and management considerations against role responsibility and scope of practice. Teaching of personal and professional values will promote organisational values.

Aims
This module aims to ensure that all attributes for the professional registration requirements of the Health Care and Professions Council (HCPC) and the Society and College of Radiographers (SCoR) are fully embedded within theory. This module provides understanding of organisational management and leadership concepts which can be utilised in practice; supporting the undergraduate's professional development and self-governance. Leadership skills acquired from this module provide a knowledge-base suitable for a fully informed undergraduate to transition to autonomous practitioner. The fundamental framework of clinical governance, standard setting, monitoring, compliance and management strategies will be delivered.

Intended Learning Outcomes

Critically evaluate the qualities and skills of the autonomous practitioner within the profession and within other allied healthcare professionals: 1,2
Identify organisational values and leadership and demonstrate self-governance to support best practice outcomes: 1,2
Critically evaluate healthcare governance strategies to meet regulatory and advisory requirements: 1
Demonstrate clinical reasoning within moral, ethical, and legal considerations within healthcare: 2

Study hours

Scheduled teaching: 40hrs in total.
~ 28 hrs synchronous delivery- either lecture or workshop or combination of. Assessment outline and guidance will be synchronous/directed.
~12 hrs of facilitated group workshop sessions with incorporating case study work, moral and ethical debate, interview practice. The workshop sessions will be directed with small group tutorials encouraging confidence in discussions and debate within the cohort. Peer review will be the only form of assessment of the group tutorials.

Independent study:
~50 hrs directed study of literature sources, Care and Quality Commission (CQC) external reports and standards. Retrospective review of healthcare improvements and promotions.
~60 hrs Healthcare news, topics, policy and procedure investigation. These literature sources support preparation for summative assessments 1 & 2.

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Individual Report weighted 50%
Written assignment 1,000 words
A written service improvement report which requires inter-professional and team communication as a key theme for the change to be effective. The student needs to demonstrate an appreciation of and critically evaluate service improvement, monitoring and management of standards with an outline of team leadership strategy through a service improvement process.

2: Case Study weighted 50%
Written assignment 1,500 words
An anonymised patient case study evaluation which evaluates a patient story involving imaging with a focus on person specific requirements. Equality, diversity, and inclusivity needs must be considered for the individual under evaluation. The case study must promote the NHS England agenda of person-centred care with clear and critical evaluation of individual needs.

Please note that for the 2022/23 Academic Year programmes may be adapted to operate in accordance with a flexible, digital approach. This means that there may be some changes made to how modules are delivered and assessed. The latest information will be provided to you by your School in module handbooks. We endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes and details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/student-terms-and-conditions/

Last Updated: 17 May 2024