Postgraduate Course: Cultivating communities of practice: leadership and management within multi-disciplinary teams (GMED11024)
Course Outline
| School | School of Clinical Sciences and Community Health |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | General Courses (Medicine) |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
http://www.internationalhealthncd.mvm.ed.ac.uk/ |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course will provide an outline of the factors that impact on health leadership and management, and analyse different models of leadership. It will explore the capacity of multidisciplinary teams to shape service development and delivery, looking at the mechanisms to engage different team players to contribute to agreed goals, and structured work plans. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | Students will be responsible for their computer equipment and internet access. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13 Flexible, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: None |
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| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
| Additional information |
The course will be delivered online in WebCT |
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course the candidate will:
* Understand and be able to critically evaluate the range of theories, principles and concepts underpinning effective clinical leadership
* Gain an understanding of the dynamics of team membership, and techniques to manage respectful team relationships, build networks and find common ground
* Develop staff roles and work plans within a logic model framework
* Understand the mechanisms for facilitating the resolution of conflicts in the
multi-disciplinary team
* Critically review, consolidate and extend knowledge, skills and practices and thinking in leadership
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Assessment Information
| Formal summative written assessment will constitute 60% of the student's grade. Online assessment will incorporate a variety of activities and will constitute 40% of the overall course grade and is taken to represent a formative assessment of learning throughout the programme |
Special Arrangements
| This course will be taught entirely by distance learning, using the virtual learning environment WebCT as the delivery platform. Course materials are protected by secure username and password access that will be made available to registered users. |
Additional Information
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Liz Grant
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Course secretary | Dr Liz Grant
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