Progressing and Influencing Practice

• Overview

  The purpose of the module is to equip students with the knowledge and skills to develop and extend their practice by contextualizing values, principles, and frameworks of care to influence improvements in quality and safety. In the module we will explore the context of health care practice nationally and globally and consider how practice is influenced and progressed within this context including the impact of self and barriers to effective change.

  Course

  Highlights

  • Increase knowledge and skills to develop and extend your practice
  • Participation in a challenging and stimulating environment
  • Develop skills required to initiate change in practice

  Open Days

  
• Course Details

  Content will include:

  • The context of current health care practice: Commissioning, ethical and legal issues, the ageing population, obesity, politics and policy, risk, governance, stakeholders, quality assurance, hierarchical and tribal working
  • Global context and how does it affect the NHS
  • Influencing practice in the context of the above
  • Decision making and judgement
  • Audit and evaluation

  Throughout the module there will be a commitment to the integration of evidence-based care, applied research, reflection and inter-disciplinary collaboration, as well as consideration of personal and professional experiences which you bring to the learning environment.

  Active blended learning is promoted throughout the modules utilising a combination of taught classroom-based sessions, group online activities and tutorial-based sessions.  All teaching and learning activities are designed to scaffold the students learning towards successful attainment of their end point assessment: a presentation and a reflective essay.

  Additional

  Information

  Module Leader

  For further information pertaining to this module please contact Fiona Barchard, module lead Fiona.barchard@northampton.ac.uk.

• Requirements
  • Be able to provide evidence of registration with a professional body or of an appropriate professional qualification.
  • If progressing from the module as a stand-alone option, continuation on the programme will only be permitted if candidates meet the programme entry criteria

  • Be able to provide evidence of registration with a professional body or of an appropriate professional qualification.
  • Applicants whose first language is not English will be asked to provide evidence of an IELTS certificate (or equivalent) with a score of at least 6.0 in each area is required
  • If progressing from the module as a stand-alone option, continuation on the programme will only be permitted if candidates meet the programme entry criteria

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• Course Content
  • Level 6

  • Progressing and influencing practice (20 Credits)
    Module code: NUR3062

    Core Module N

  Facilities &

  Special Features

  All students will be support throughout their course of study by industry experienced personal academic tutors and have access to a wide variety of student support services available at the University of Northampton.

• Fees & Funding
  • UK & EU

  2019/20 Tuition Fees

  Fees quoted relate to study in academic year 19/20 only and may be subject to inflationary increases in the future.

  Part time: £810 per 20 credit module

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