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Professional Development in Nursing: Leading & Managing Change - HEA00143H

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• Department: Health Sciences
• Credit value: 20 credits
• Credit level: H
• Academic year of delivery: 2022-23
  • See module specification for other years: 2023-24 2024-25

Module will run

Occurrence	Teaching period
A	Summer Term 2022-23

Module aims

Develop students’ abilities to be effective change managers and leaders in healthcare settings.

Module learning outcomes

By the end of the module, students will be able to:

1. Identify opportunities to engage with stakeholders to improve services and care quality.
2. Discriminate between change management strategies.
3. Apply appropriate change management strategies to improve the quality of care.
4. Lead, manage and coordinate teams based on an understanding of the human factors that impact on services and quality care.
5. Critically evaluate different types of evidence that inform an understanding of leadership, change management and service improvement.

Indicative assessment

Task	% of module mark
Essay/coursework	100

Special assessment rules

Non-compensatable

Additional assessment information

Indicative reassessment

Task	% of module mark
Essay/coursework	100

Module feedback

Written feedback for the summative assessment is provided on the standard proforma, within the timescale specified in the programme handbook.

Indicative reading

Burnes, B. (2014) Managing Change. 6th Edn. Harlow: Pearson

NHS Leadership Academy (2013) Healthcare Leadership Model [online]. Available at:

https://www.leadershipacademy.nhs.uk/resources/healthcare-leadership-model/ [accessed 28 March 2019]

Gopee, N. & Galloway, J. (2017) Leadership and Management in Healthcare.3rd Edn. Los Angeles: Sage.