EDM187-Working with others in health care

Module Provider: Institute of Education
Number of credits: 20 [10 ECTS credits]
Level:7
Terms in which taught: Summer term module
Pre-requisites:
Non-modular pre-requisites:
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Current from: 2021/2

Module Convenor: Dr Geoff Taggart
Email: g.taggart@reading.ac.uk

Module Co-convenor: Prof Helen Bilton
Email: h.o.bilton@reading.ac.uk

Type of module:

Summary module description:

This module and its theoretical basis aims to explore the team who work within healthcare, exploring hierarchy, relationships and human factors. An exploration of professionalism and care will endeavour to identify the common values, skills, knowledge and therefore identity of the healthcare workforce. A key question to be considered is the extent to which care, public service and compassion is at odds with professionalism.Ìý The development of such understanding should inform the work of those who work in teams, with a range of professions, in often high intensity situations.Ìý

Aims:

• To develop a critical understanding of the issues concerning working with others within a public service.


• To develop a critical understanding of how to improve the workings of the team.Ìý


• To develop the skill to put the knowledge and reflective understanding gained into practice.


• To develop the skill to reflect upon the key theories.


• To develop the skill of identifying and finding solutions to issues within the workplace.


• To develop an understanding of the place of statutory and regulatory bodies (General Medical Council GMC, Nursing and Midwifery Council NMC, GPC (General Pharmaceutical Council), the Deanery and AoME within a context of care and public service.Ìý

Assessable learning outcomes:

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

• Identify key theories about the team, ethic of care and professionalism to relate these to practice


• Draw reflectively and critically upon their own experience and the literature about the nature of working with others and professionalismÌý


• Implement and develop practical skills concerning working with others


• Show a reflective approach to the wo rking environment looking at it from all perspectives not simply one’s own.Ìý

Additional outcomes:

• Reflect using the skills and knowledge gained


• Research and write for a range of audiences, selecting relevant and robust evidence


• Graduate attribute: Global engagement and multicultural awareness


• Graduate attribute: Skills in research & enquiry

Outline content:

• Teams


• Transitions


• Human FactorsÌý


• Group identity


• Human limitationsÌý


• Compassionate workplacesÌý


• Ethic of careÌý


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• Collecting robust evidenceÌýÌý

Brief description of teaching and learning methods:

Contact time will be through three intensive days of teaching. Sessions will model good practice and will make appropriate use of lecture-style presentations, discussion and group work. Sessions will be based around social-constructivist principles of learning, and will utilise students’ own experiences of learning and teaching.Ìý

Summative assessment- Examinations:

N/A

Summative assessment- Coursework and in-class tests:

4500 words Report concerning a current issue within the workplace.

Formative assessment methods:

Opportunities for formative feedback are provided through group discussion and peer evaluation.Ìý

Penalties for late submission:

The below information applies to students on taught programmes except those on Postgraduate Flexible programmes. Penalties for late submission, and the associated procedures, which apply to Postgraduate Flexible programmes are specified in the policy 􀀓Penalties for late submission for Postgraduate Flexible programmes􀀔, which can be found here: