Professional Practice - Standalone Module

• Key information for applicants & entry requirements

• Credit value: 20 masters level credits
  
• Mode of delivery: Distance learning
  
• Course type: Standalone module
  
• Start date: October
  
• Number of places available: Maximum 10 students
  
• Start date: October
  
• Duration: 20 weeks (not including Christmas vacation)
  
• Time commitment: Although this will depend upon the individual, a typical student can expect to spend around 10 hours a week studying throughout the duration of the course, equivalent to 200 hours of study in total.
  
• Entry requirements: You must be a clinician in the field of Audiology

How to apply

• Applications are currently open for our next intake
• Closing date is 31 August 2018.

£1100

• This module will provide you with an opportunity to learn about healthcare science practice and its ethical and legal requirements. This module will also introduce you to the frameworks of underpinning professional practice for all healthcare scientists as defined by Good Scientific Practice and provide you with the knowledge, skills and experience and tools to develop, improve and maintain a high standard of professional practice at all times.

  Following successful completion of this module, you will be able to:

  • Discuss the ethical foundations of professionalism including critical reflection and how these relate to the clinical scientist, the practice of healthcare science and the wider healthcare environment.
  • Explain and critically evaluate the structures and processes that underpin the quality of the service provided by the NHS and quality improvement initiatives to promote high quality patient care and enhance patient safety and discuss the quality mechanisms relevant to your division/specialism.
  • Explain the principles of effective written and verbal communication and feedback considering the needs of patients, the public, health professionals and scientists.
  • Identify the leadership models including those that underpin current NHS Leadership and Competency Frameworks and identify and critically evaluate how your personal values, principles and assumptions affect your personal leadership style.
  • Explain the current structure and management of health and social care systems and services at a national (UK wide) and local level and the way in which the voice of patients and the public is embedded in all aspects of healthcare and healthcare education.