NUR-30218 - Module Specification
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

Programme/Approved Electives for 2020/21

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2020/21

This final year module on the BSc (Hons) Health and Wellbeing programme focuses on the development of health and social policy in the UK and the relationships between government, society and policy, building on modules on previous years of the programme. You will learn more about policy development. implementation and the impact on health and wellbeing in contemporary society. This wider understanding of the political agenda relating to health and well being may be useful in a range of future career settings with a health and wellbeing focus.

This module will enable the student to investigate and analyse the development and implementation of health and social policy in the UK and the relationships between government, society and policy. Students will be supported to consider particular topics in policy related to the determinants of health e.g. housing, education, and welfare, from a range of perspectives. Health policy will be examined to enable students to understand key drivers and influences underpinning policy development and change.

Intended Learning Outcomes

critically discuss health and social policy development processes
: 1
evaluate the effectiveness of partnership working in the implementation of health and social policy
: 1
identify and analyse key current policy challenges relating to the wider determinants of health
: 1

Study hours

25 hours face to face teaching: 15 hours lectures, 8 hours group work, 2 hour group debate
2.5 hours tutorial
30 minute oral exam
122 hours independent study

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment