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Undergraduate Course: Professionalism 4 (Professionals Working in Organisations - Clinical Governance) (NUST10042)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Health in Social Science CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits40 ECTS Credits20
SummaryThis course builds on the previous courses on professionalism, and is an examination of the management of health care through the mechanisms of clinical governance, professional regulation and quality and safety standards. The course addresses, in greater depth, professions working in teams within complex organisations with emphasis on the importance of the leadership role in achieving high quality care in a variety of organisational settings.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: Professionalism 1 (Introduction to Professionalism) (NUST08012) AND Professionalism 2 (Professionals in health care - team working) (NUST08008) AND Professionalism 3 (Professional judgement and clinical decision making) (NUST10040)
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2020/21, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  None
Course Start Full Year
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 400 ( Lecture Hours 40, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 342 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 50 %, Coursework 50 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Peer assessment of contribution to group (10%)
Portfolio of evidence from group work (30%)
Group Presentation (10%)
Exam (50%)

Semester 2 (2021) - assessment is Coursework
Feedback Formative feedback is given during tutorials and a mock exam session in week 10.

Summative feedback is given on the exam and via Learn for the peer assessment and portfolio.
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Understand the importance of clinical governance in providing high quality care
  2. Have an awareness of the complex nature of the organisation of health care
  3. Have gained an understanding of the importance of teamwork in delivering high quality health care
  4. Be aware of different approaches to leadership in providing high quality care
  5. Demonstrate elements of leadership in providing high quality care in the final practice learning placement
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Rosie Stenhouse
Tel: (0131 6)51 5160
Email: Rosie.Stenhouse@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Morven Sutherland
Tel: (0131 6)51 3972
Email: Morven.Sutherland@ed.ac.uk
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