Improving Service Delivery Within Learning Disability and / or Autism HEA4258

Overview

This module will enable you to critically explore the strategic context of advanced clinical practice when working with people with a learning disability and or autism within national and international drivers for change, policy, culture, politics and power in health and social care.

Synthesising the evidence to understand the implications for clinical leaders working within the field, you will review contemporary leadership theory, frameworks and approaches, reflecting on how these are influenced by organisational policy and practice.

Module code:	HEA4258
Level:	7
Module credits:	30
Cost for new students:	£1500 for 2024/25 academic year

If you are an existing student who is undertaking this module as part of a programme, your module fee will have been advised to you by email. Any queries on fees to HealthCPDFees@edgehill.ac.uk.

If your tuition fee is being paid by a sponsor or you are a sponsor paying a student’s fee, you are required to send a copy of a purchase order to HealthCPDFees@edgehill.ac.uk.

For further guidance, please visit: Sponsored students – Edge Hill University.

Who is this module for?

This module is the second module in the PGCert Medical Practice in Adult Learning Disability (following HEA4505).

The module has been designed for doctors, nurses and allied health professionals working at a senior level and caring for people with a learning disability within their role (you do not need to work specifically in learning disability services and can apply from primary care and secondary care).

Doctors working at a ‘senior level’ include:

• General Practitioners (GPs) or GP registrars (ST3)
• Psychiatrists or psychiatry registrars (ST5-6)
• General medicine consultants or registrars (ST5-7)

Applicants will require a 1^st degree, a professional registration within health and social care, 2 years post registration relevant experience, and currently employed in a clinically relevant environment.

What are the key aims of the module?

On successful completion of the module students will be able to:

1. critically appraise the strategic leadership context and its impact on the role of clinical leaders within health and/or social care where services are provided to individuals with a learning disability and/or autism. (AP Pillars/LDA Domains A,B,C D,E)
2. critically debate the use of effective clinical leadership models within health and/or social care provision for people with a learning disability and/or autism. (AP Pillars/LDA Domains A,B,C D,E)
3. demonstrate a critical conceptual analysis of the strategic multi-factorial influences which influence service enhancement, audit and improvement with reference to change management theories and evidence based research. (AP Pillars/LDA Domains A,B,C D,E).

How will I study?

This module uses an online approach to teaching and learning. Keynote remote Lectures feature in the module and are intended to be used as a platform for more interactive learning and provide a framework to be developed during the student’s own study time. Facilitated project supervision with allocated academic supervisor will also be offered.

What will I study?

The module will develop knowledge, skills and behaviours relating to specific areas of expertise that will include for example, national and international drivers for change, policy, culture, politics and power in health and social care and implications for clinical leaders working within the field of learning disability and/or autism.

Leadership approaches, stakeholder engagement, culture, service design, impact of influences on leadership, the role of wider networks, and audit/evaluation models to improve service provision, including how the voice of individuals can make an active contribution, will be considered.

How will I be assessed?

Within this module a range of formal and informal assessment procedures will be employed during the learning process to support you in achieving the learning outcomes and to improve your performance in the summative assessment.

The summative assessment for this module will be in one part:

A written report detailing a service improvement or audit linked to evidence-based practice identifying co-design, collaboration, implementation and evaluation of change.

Recommendations for practice improvement, sustainability and generalisation across provision should be considered.

5000 notional words.

On successful completion you will:

be awarded 30 credits at Level 7.

This module will enable you to critically explore the strategic context of advanced clinical practice when working with people with a learning disability and or autism within national and international drivers for change, policy, culture, politics and power in health and social care.

Synthesising the evidence to understand the implications for clinical leaders working within the field, you will review contemporary leadership theory, frameworks and approaches, reflecting on how these are influenced by organisational policy and practice.

Study dates and venues

How to apply

Module availability varies from year to year and will be subject to minimum student numbers being achieved. Places will be allocated on a first come first served basis. Due to the popularity of some modules it may be that the module is fully booked when your application is received. We will include your details on a waiting list and allocate you a place on the next available intake.

We encourage you to apply as early as possible to give you the best chance to obtain a place on your preferred cohort, module applications will close as soon as the module is full. Applications received within two weeks of the start date may have to be considered for a later cohort.

Application for this module is a two-stage process, you should:

1. The  the HEA4505 additional information form should have been completed previously, to apply for HEA4505.
2. Complete the University online module application form and attach the previously completed HEA4505 additional information form in the document upload section of this online form.

For more details of how to apply, please visit the apply page.

Contact us

For further information on module content please contact the Module Lead, Andi McGuinness via email on: Mcguinea@edgehill.ac.uk or alternatively, you can contact the School office via email on: AskMedSchool@edgehill.ac.uk

Pathways

This module is the second module in the PGCert Medical Practice in Adult Learning Disability (following HEA4505).

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