Postgraduate Course: Contemporary issues in service improvement and information use: ideals and reality (NUST11070)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Health in Social Science |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Nursing Studies |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None |
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| Course description |
?Service Integration= as an aspect of ?Quality Improvement= presents a range of issues around organisational development, and the way information use in service development can facilitate or fail to facilitate, organisational learning. Although these issues are well known, the evidence-base for how to manage them in particular contexts, is weak. The course will centre on a consideration of the range of Service/Quality Improvement models, which structure and facilitate the implementation of service change across services and sectors. The principles underpinning these are similar, and all focus on information use. The evidence base for their effectiveness is not robust, but skills in appraising the models and adapting them to specific circumstances appear to be a factor in their success.
This course will help students draw on their own experience to consider how such adaptations can be made in their own service development work.
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Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Full Year, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
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| No Classes have been defined for this Course |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the course, students should be able to:
! Understand the theoretical and practical issues
associated with health and care integration.
! Discuss critically the challenges and strategic
options facing managers striving to integrate and
modernise services.
! Understand the dynamics of networks and partnering
arrangements, thus enhancing their ability to
operate in an integrated service milieu
! Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of
service integration.
! Critically digest, analyse and synthesise a wide
range of theoretical and empirical material
relating to service integration management and
change processes.
! Understand, present and evaluate policies and
plans relating to service integration.
! Produce a presentation on service integration
based on a workplace example, demonstrating
practical planning and conceptual maturity
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Assessment Information
| An essay of 4000 words. Students present a service improvement project from their workplace and critically reflect on that project with reference to the course material. |
| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Guro Huby
Tel: (0131 6)51 1425
Email: Guro.Huby@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Mrs Lorna Sheal
Tel: (0131 6)50 3890
Email: L.Sheal@ed.ac.uk |
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