Undergraduate Course: Healthy Communities 1 (NUST08016)
Course Outline
| School | School of Health in Social Science |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This core course for the Bachelor of Nursing with Honours programme enables interdisciplinary learning with students undertaking other health or social care programmes within the University. Through a series of lectures and tutorials students will learn about the health of the individual within the family and community context whilst gaining an appreciation of wider societal influences.
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| Course description |
The course content will see students being introduced to the social determinants of health and the drivers of policy in health and social care. This will allow them to examine the impact such determinants and drivers have on the health and wellbeing of individuals and families in communities. The theoretical concepts of individual, family and community needs assessment, health protection and promotion will be identified, as will an appreciation of promoting the practice of self-care within diverse groups. To support students with the practice placement relating to the course and working with individuals, families and communities, the principles of communication and reflection will be introduced.
Students on the Bachelor of Nursing with Honours programme will undertake work based learning within a community practice setting. The set learning outcomes will take cognisance of the underlying principles of a competency based approach to nurse education, making explicit how each domain of nursing, underpinned by theory, is essential to professional nursing practice. This work based learning will be assessed by registered nurses.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Understand the different concepts of health
- Be aware of the social, economic and political factors influencing health and social care
- Be able to outline global, UK and Scottish health and social care policies
- Understand the important role health and social care practitioners have in promoting health and wellbeing of the individual, family and the community
- Begin to understand the principles of effective communication and develop reflective skills
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
2 lectures per week, plus 1 hour tutorial per fortnight. |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Fiona Cuthill
Tel: (0131 6)50 3888
Email: Fiona.Cuthill@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Morven Sutherland
Tel: (0131 6)51 3972
Email: Morven.Sutherland@ed.ac.uk |
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