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Postgraduate Course: Integration and Long Term Care (10 credits) (CMSE11141)

Course Outline
SchoolBusiness School CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityAvailable to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) Credits10
Home subject areaCommon Courses (Management School) Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThis is a distance-learning course. The course concerns long term health and social care (LTC) for people with chronic diseases, elderly people and people with learning disabilities and mental health problems. Worldwide there is an increasing pressure on this service due to improved medical technologies that extend life, rising ageing population and increased prevalence of long term chronic health problems.

A common policy response in developed countries is integration of services within the community to support individuals with LTC needs. The course will lead students into critically examine the way this pressure shapes service systems in countries representing different political and financial frameworks, and how this impacts on managerial strategies and practice.

The course will support students to compare the factors affecting the different integration solutions pursued in different health and social care systems and their impact on managerial strategies. The course will draw on examples from different countries, with a variation of epidemiological and demographic pressures along with different policy and financial systems. These will give the students knowledge and awareness of a range of solutions to similar problems adopted in different political and policy contexts. From this awareness students will be helped to engage critically with their own practice to find alternative solutions to everyday issues.

The course is aimed at masters students that have an interest in the public sector and specifically that aim to work in a health and social care system. This allows students from different background to mix and learn from each other.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs books and printing
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?No
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1) WebCT enabled:  Yes Quota:  None
Location Activity Description Weeks Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
No Classes have been defined for this Course
First Class First class information not currently available
No Exam Information
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, students will be able to
- critically examine the reasons for increasing needs of LTC and the dilemma this creates for the different stakeholders;
- analyse the impact of different financial and policy frameworks on solutions to these dilemmas;
- critically appraise and evaluate existing LTC models in different countries;
- translate the learning into practice for improved management of complex integrated
services.
Assessment Information
Course assessment is continuous. Through the weeks students are required to undertake self-assessment activities.

There will be three marked activities through the course:
- Blog discussion (20%): students&© participation in the course blog discussion will be worth 20% of final mark;
- Essay (20%): students are required to submit an individual/group preferably as wikiessay worth 20% of final mark, maximum 2,000 words;
- Case study (60%): students will preferably be working in groups on a case study. The project will look into a real experience relevant with the topic of the course. Students are expected to provide power point slides regarding their selected experience to be distributed to course colleagues, and to submit the case study essay. The power point
slides will be worth 10% of the final mark. The case study essay, preferably in the form of wiki-essay, will be worth 50% of the final mark, maximum 3,000 words.
Special Arrangements
Distance learning course, taught online only.
Additional Information
Academic description The course envelopes over a period of 10 teaching weeks. The course is delivered online, with lecture type material and student contribution through discussion board and group activities. The programme, as outlined in the lecture schedule that follows, can be divided into two main sections: the first four weeks will establish the analytical framework followed by the analysis of its differing applications within different health and social care systems. The case studies look into specific experiences in order to highlight the approaches adopted in different contexts to similar pressures.
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list For each course week, students will be recommended specific readings.

Essemtial Reading Textbooks:
- Fraser, S. and Matthews, S. (2007) The critical practitioner in social work and health care, SAGE.
- Moullin, M. (2002) Delivering excellence in health and social care, Open Uniersity Press.
- Nolte, E. and McKee, M. (Eds) (2008) Caring for people with chronic conditions: a health system perspective, McGraw Hill, Open University Press.
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern The course is delivered on line. The material is covered on a weekly basis with lectures material that build up through the weeks, developing from previous weeks.
Students will have to cover specific readings over each week and are expected to contribute through active participation in discussion and course activities. The blog discussion is the formative space where students engage in discussing the topic of the relevant week, providing opportunity for sharing different points of view and learning through asynchronous communication. Students are to undertake a case study which provides the material for the last week activities. In this activity they will critically use the theoretical framework and international knowledge acquired through the course to critically appraise a local experience. Students will share their findings with course mate as power point slides and to be discussed through the discussion board.
Students are invited to work in groups collaborate, and virtually meet with regard to the group case study activity. Through out the course students will be supported in their learning by the course tutor.
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Iris Bosa
Tel: (0131 6)51 3025
Email: Iris.Bosa@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Lorna Sheal
Tel: (0131 6)50 3890
Email: L.Sheal@ed.ac.uk
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