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

For academic year: 2026/27 Last Updated: 16 September 2026

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

Programme/Approved Electives for 2026/27

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2026/27

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. The assessment is targeted at newly qualified staff being able to identify opportunities for change and continuous improvement.

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: 1,2
Demonstrate clinical reasoning within moral, ethical, and legal considerations within healthcare: 1,2

Study hours

Active Learning hours
~ 28 hrs synchronous delivery- either lecture or workshop or combination of.
~12 hrs of facilitated group workshop sessions incorporating case studies, review of reports and interview practice. The workshop sessions will be directed with small group tutorials encouraging confidence in discussions and debate. Peer review will be the only form of assessment of the group tutorials.
~80 hrs directed study of literature sources, Care and Quality Commission (CQC) IR(ME)R reports. Retrospective review of healthcare improvements. Healthcare contemporary news topics.
Independent learning.
~30 hrs Healthcare news, topics, policy and procedures and examples of. NHS leadership academy, Society and College of radiographers website sources and E-learning for Health activity.

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Presentation weighted 0%
Presentation slide submission
Students must submit a completed slide set for presentation using the template provided. Presentation format 15 minutes talk time + 5 minutes for questions. Students must meet the specified deadline in this component as a prerequisite for undertaking assessment 2. This assessment element relates solely to slide submission . The deadline will be communicated to the students in advance. The 7-day extension option does not apply to this assessment.

2: Presentation weighted 100%
A live and timed presentation. Students will select from a provided list of service themes
Students will be provided with a presentation template. They will have a formative opportunity provided to practice presentation skills. The timed presentation must not exceed 20 minutes total, allowing 5 minutes for questions. 15 mins presentation time + 5 minutes question time. The students will present their proposal on a service improvement idea to examiner pairs of academic and clinical staff.

The University undertakes a continuous review of its teaching and research provision to ensure programmes are of a high quality and changes may be made to modules where it is necessary and reasonable to do so. Please be aware that minor changes to modules, such as a change to an individual assessment, can occur up until enrolment, although we endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes. 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/legalgovernancecompliance/governance/actcharterstatutesordinancesandregulations/studenttermsconditions/

Last Updated: 16 September 2026