Overview

•Accountability and professionalism

•Health agendas, legislation, policy and economic context – critical appraisal and inter-professional adaptation.

•Promoting health and preventing ill health

•Decision making – professional autonomy and valuing inter-professional and personal autonomy. Shared decision-making.

•Understanding the concept of evidence, the hierarchy of evidence and application to practice. Sources of research expertise – academia and practice. Applying theory into practice.

•Leading and managing care and working in teams. Learning how to use evidence to lead and coordinating care. Using the evidence base to develop practice and team working.

•Improving safety and quality of care Identification of evidence and critical analysis of evidence informed practice.

•.Evidence informed quality improvement.

• Inter-professional dynamics and their relation to person centred care. Constructive cooperation and managing conflict in teams.

•Continuous learning through reflective practice

Assessment Strategy

-threshold -Threshold - Grades: D- to D+ Understanding of the facts and principles specific to the topics covered in this module and the outcomes being assessed. Students will be required to achieve a minimum of D- grade in the assignment to in order to pass. -good -Good - Grades: C- to C+ Good understanding of the facts and principles specific to the topics covered in this module and the outcomes being assessed. Very Good Grades: B- to B+ A very good understanding of the facts and principles specific to the topics covered in this module and the outcomes being assessed -excellent -Excellent - Grades: A- to A* Excellent understanding of the facts and principles specific to the topics covered in this module and the outcomes being assessed.

Learning Outcomes

• Appraise the nature and use of evidence within your own professional practice

• Demonstrate an understanding of evidence informed practice

• Examine partnership working in health and social care

• Examine professional knowledge in relation to inter-professional working