MSc Health Care Leadership

Module: 7MG009

Credits: 30

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

This module aims to provide you with an educational forum in which you can examine your own experience of work and take the necessary action based on reflection. The aims of the module will be met when you examine and reflect on your own experience, derive the appropriate theory and then develop action related to both the demands of work and the programme of study. These will be met more fully when you understand the concept of critical reflective practice in relation to action learning and experiential/action learning. The module requires you to reflect critically on theory and practice from an ethical and professional standpoint, explore the implications for professional practice, and ultimately provides opportunities for applied learning and continuous professional development. This module supports the concept of Continuous Professional Development, and you will be expected to keep a CPD reflective learning journal. The purpose of this will be to provide further evidence of self-managed personal improvement and development specifically resulting, from reflection and learning from your work and professional experience.

Module: 7HR036

Credits: 30

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

Perspectives on Leadership - Theory and Practice: This module introduces you to a range of perspectives regarding what constitutes effective leadership in organisations. Taking a critical approach to classical and contemporary theories, models and frameworks of leadership, it evaluates the claims, prescriptions and evidence offered in support of a range of approaches and styles. It also includes a consideration of issues and discourses related to leadership behaviour in organisations, problematising inclusivity and disproportionality, power and authority, authenticity and ethics, sustainability, trust and politics, leadership and learning, and considers the application of theory in practice.

Module: 7HR035

Credits: 30

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

The training and development of people in all sectors remains a critically important function. However, in health contexts and within social care where the impact of adverse outcomes is potentially so significant, its central contribution to ensuring a competent, knowledgeable and skilled workforce is recognised and acknowledged to be a significant lever in delivering improved outcomes in the new realities of health and social care, for organisations, for teams and for individuals. Recent initiatives including: First Do No Harm; NHS Patient Safety Strategy; We are the NHS: People Plan for 2020/21 - action for us all; Patient Safety Incident Management System (DPSIMS); Health Service Safety Investigations legislation and Health Service Safety Investigations Body, as well as drivers for clinical excellence whilst delivering efficiency improvements, commissioning of services, exponentially-increased demand and heightened expectations from all stakeholders, coupled with Government review and reform of the sectors, require new ways of working and innovation in developing people. The contribution of learning and people development to both formulating and achieving organisational objectives, forms a core rationale and component of this module. A thorough understanding of the nature, theory and practice of training and development at all stages of the training cycle will ensure a systematic and effective approach to the process of developing NHS and social care practitioners. This module will develop a critical understanding of the contribution of learning and development policies, practices and strategies, particularly coaching and mentoring, in formulating and achieving sustainable development objectives at all strategic levels in Health and Social Care. In this module you will: critically reflect upon theory and practice from an ethical and professional standpoint; critically explore the implications for professional practice; and demonstrate the ability to apply theory in practice. It provides opportunities for continuous professional development through the application of learning from work and professional experience.

Module: 7BU021

Credits: 60

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

The Professional Project module is an independent study unit. Students will be able to draw together learning from their previous subjects, focusing on their key strengths, in the production of a business artefact, this could be, but is not limited to a Business plan, a policy, marketing plan, work-based issue or consultancy project. Alongside the artefact students will develop a thesis outlining the rationalisation for their chosen artefact encompassing methodological approaches and a written critical reflection, which is designed to explain their rational for choice of artefact and reflect on the process of its production and dissemination

Module: 7MG009

Credits: 30

Period: 2

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

This module aims to provide you with an educational forum in which you can examine your own experience of work and take the necessary action based on reflection. The aims of the module will be met when you examine and reflect on your own experience, derive the appropriate theory and then develop action related to both the demands of work and the programme of study. These will be met more fully when you understand the concept of critical reflective practice in relation to action learning and experiential/action learning. The module requires you to reflect critically on theory and practice from an ethical and professional standpoint, explore the implications for professional practice, and ultimately provides opportunities for applied learning and continuous professional development. This module supports the concept of Continuous Professional Development, and you will be expected to keep a CPD reflective learning journal. The purpose of this will be to provide further evidence of self-managed personal improvement and development specifically resulting, from reflection and learning from your work and professional experience.

Module: 7HR036

Credits: 30

Period: 2

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

Perspectives on Leadership - Theory and Practice: This module introduces you to a range of perspectives regarding what constitutes effective leadership in organisations. Taking a critical approach to classical and contemporary theories, models and frameworks of leadership, it evaluates the claims, prescriptions and evidence offered in support of a range of approaches and styles. It also includes a consideration of issues and discourses related to leadership behaviour in organisations, problematising inclusivity and disproportionality, power and authority, authenticity and ethics, sustainability, trust and politics, leadership and learning, and considers the application of theory in practice.

Module: 7HR027

Credits: 30

Period: 2

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

This module focuses on both leadership, and management of change. It will be specifically examining the internal and external factors that impact on organisations and will cover creating effective teams across business areas, locations and cultures. This will involve the use of models of influencing and stakeholder management in a range of situations, how to apply different approaches of culture development, and integrate and align people practices, looking at different approaches to management leadership including skills, behaviours and competencies. Within this the general principles of the psychology of change will be covered. Finally the assessment of current and future organisation capability and readiness for change across a range of stakeholder groups will be taught .

The MSc Healthcare Leadership focuses on critical leadership skills and qualities and provides opportunities for a greater understanding of both sectors, mirroring the increased harmonisation and partnered working models in the NHS and social care contexts.

The programme is delivered by specialists from the Business School and the School of Health and Wellbeing, who are involved in significant advisory roles and research within health and social care locally, regionally and nationally, and who participate in national communities of practice – developing and sharing expertise across the UK.

You will leave the programme not just with a range of skills, but with the confidence to lead within the complexity of health and social care environments.

At the end of this course you, the student, will be able to:

1. Critically apply knowledge, understanding and skills appropriate to a professional leadership role, within the health, health-related or social care sectors.
2. Critically debate the key concepts and theoretical positions that have been developed, or are developing, within leadership and professional development.
3. Reflect on the academic and practical application of leadership theories and practices in the health and social care context.
4. Analyse theory and context, delivering findings through effective presentation media, to become a confident, digitally literate and innovative health or social care leader.
5. Critically appraise professional standards within the health and social care sectors and recognise obligations to stakeholders, the profession and society.
6. Synthesise relevant critical thinking through academic research completing an independent research project/dissertation at masters level.

Location Mode Fee Year Home/EU Part-time Block Release £3825 per year 2020-21 Home Part-time Block Release £3900 per year 2021-22

These fees relate to new entrants only for the academic year indicated for entry onto the course, any subsequent years study may be subject to an annual increase, usually in line with inflation.

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