NUR-30245 - Module Specification
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

Programme/Approved Electives for 2025/26

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2025/26

This faculty-wide module is designed to enable you to develop your understanding and awareness of advanced health care leadership and management to support the complex, demanding needs of current and future health sector environments. You will learn through a range of flexible blended learning modalities, within a supportive community of practice.

To develop a critical understanding and application of advanced health care leadership and management.

Intended Learning Outcomes

Critically discuss and evaluate leadership and management theories in the context of contemporary healthcare, including interprofessional working and managing conflict.: 1
Demonstrate awareness and critically discuss the complex nature that power, politics and culture play in shaping healthcare: 1
Evaluate leadership approaches in relation to one's own current leadership style within the context current healthcare policy and drivers: 1
Critically reflect on the influence of feedback, continuous professional development and resilience in shaping future team priorities: 1

Study hours

18 hours face-to-face or Online synchronous/ real time lectures, and discussion:
14 hours = online synchronous real time lectures
3 hours = seminars including discussion
1 hour = tutorials including discussion
7 hours online (asynchronous/on demand) with teacher presence

Independent study
50 hours reading and private study
75 hours assessment preparation and writing

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment