Implementation and Improvement Science

Year 1

Required Modules

• Principles of Implementation and Improvement Science (30 credits)
• Measurement and Evaluation for Healthcare Practice (15 credits)
• Dissertation (60 credits)

Optional modules

You will take an additional 60 - 65 credits from a range of modules that may typically include:

• Advanced Qualitative Research Methods (30 credits)
• Advanced Statistical Methods in Psychiatric Epidemiology (15 credits)
• Comparative Public Policy Analysis (20 credits)
• Engaging Publics in Health Research: Theory, Politics and Practices (15 credits)
• Evidence Based Decision Making in Healthcare (30 credits)
• Economic Evaluation in Mental Health (15 credits)
• Health Economics and Health Policy (15 credits)
• Key Issues in Health Policy (15 credits)
• Qualitative Research Methods in Mental Health (15 credits)
• Quality and Patient Safety (15 credits)
• Strategic Health Management (15 credits)

The content covers the full range of core competencies, subjects and skills viewed as central to the implementation and improvement science fields. The content is broad (covering improvement and research skills involving quantitative and qualitative methods) and highly specialised for the relevant fields. Students acquire broad knowledge of health-related implementation and improvement research as well as specialist understandings that result from the pursuit of in-depth research on topics of their own choosing.

• Principles of implementation and improvement science (30 credits)

• Measurement and evaluation in healthcare practice (15 credits)

• Issues in the conduct of health services research (15 credits)

• Implementation and improvement science dissertation (60 credits)

The total credit value of compulsory modules is 120.

The January intake is for students wishing to undertake the course part-time. For the first two terms, part-time students will spend every Monday in college. After this, the amount of time in college will vary depending on the optional modules chosen. The September 2016 intake will offer students the choice to undertake the course on a full-time or part-time study basis. Applications will open next year.

Students can choose from a range of optional modules, including:

• Advanced qualitative research methods (30 credits)

• Advanced statistical methods in psychiatric epidemiology (15 credits)

• Comparative public policy analysis (20 credits)

• Engaging publics in health research: theory, politics and practices (15 credits)

• Evidence based decision making (30 credits)

• Foundations, methods and practices of international development evaluation (20 credits)

• Health economics and health policy (15 credits)

• Health policy and healthcare system in emerging economies (20 credits)

• Key issues in health policy (15 credits)

• Leadership in change management (15 credits)

• Leadership in health and social care (15 credits)

• Mental health economic evaluation (15 credits)

• Qualitative research methods in mental health (15 credits)

• Quality and patient safety (15 credits)

• Social research methods for public health (15 credits)

• Sociology of health and illness (15 credits)

• Strategic health management (15 credits)

The total credit value of your chosen optional modules must not exceed 65 credits.

The ‘Leadership in change management’ module is taught at the Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education, Kingston University and St George's, University of London. All other modules are taught at King's College London.