Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Study Details: 1-2 Years
Use evidence-based tools and techniques to improve the reliability and safety of everyday healthcare systems and processes. Develop leadership skills and strategies for driving changes in patient safety ethically and effectively.Engage with a range of research and literature to deepen your understanding of human factors and patient safety in healthcare at a national and international level. Your professional experience and insight into organisational enrich your learning environment, contributing meaningfully to group discussions. Integrating practice-based knowledge and academic scholarship develops confidence, criticality, creativity, adaptability, articulation and aspiration.Members of our teaching team come from both clinical and non-clinical disciplines. They are experienced in providing online education and use their skills to develop your digital literacy, introducing you to a wide range of digital tools and platforms.
Top five reasons to study this course:Flexibility:study online, accessing learning materials when convenient for you.Support:benefit from course staff who are experienced in delivering distance learning and supporting students online. You are assigned an individual supervisor for your dissertation projects.Research and study skills:transition into postgraduate study with guidance on using electronic databases to identify relevant material and critical evaluation of research literature. Design and execute an original research project for your dissertation, disseminating the results through publication and conference presentations.Multi-disciplinarity:learn from tutors with a wide range of experience alongside students from a variety of healthcare professions, forming useful professional networks.Contemporary healthcare context:immerse yourself in the contexts and challenges of contemporary healthcare. Built around your workplace experience, you critically examine the issues to transform the care of service users, carers and their families.
You should have an honour’s degree of 2.2 classification or above in a health or social care-related subject or in leadership or management. Applicants with other qualifications and experience may be able to apply for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) if they can provide evidence of their ability to study at master’s level. Such applicants will be invited to discuss their experiences and abilities with the course leader. Applicants whose first language is not English will need to satisfy the English Language requirements, which are a minimum overall score of IELTS 6.5.Basic digital literacy skills are required. Students should have the ability to use Microsoft Office applications (or equivalent) and have access to a PC with a reliable internet connection, webcam and microphone. Induction activities in the first week of the course will provide instruction on navigating our system.
overview of entry requirements We welcome applications from international students. If you are applying from outside the UK, you can find detailed guidance on the qualifications we accept, entry requirements for your country, and how to apply on our
You are prepared for a career in a human factors or patient safety leadership role.
Learn how evidence-based tools and techniques improve the reliability and safety of everyday healthcare systems and processes. You are introduced to the key concepts of human factors science and consider the contemporary healthcare landscape, particularly the safety culture. Critically explore the concept of patient harm and its impact on individuals, teams and the organisation. Develop academic skills for postgraduate study, including searching electronic databases and evaluating evidence.
Learning From Patient Safety Events
Explore the strategies and techniques that help healthcare staff effectively learn from patient safety events in line with The Patient Safety Incident Response Framework. You look at the underpinning contributory factors of similar events so the review can identify relevant and robust actions to prevent subsequent similar events. Investigate the influence of organisational culture and psychological safety, learning methods to create and sustain high-quality, safe and effective care for local communities.
Legal and Ethical Issues in Leadership
You develop a comprehensive and critical understanding of knowledge in relation to the legal and ethical aspects of leadership. Key theories related to safeguarding, liability, governance, due diligence and whistleblowing are addressed.
Managing the Human Dimension of Change
Develop your knowledge and understanding of the human dimension of change. Consider why change can falter or fail, and examine at the skills, behaviours and approaches to managing it. Enhance your abilities in coaching conversations and oral presentation. You are encouraged to use a global mindset, make ethical decisions and apply social intelligence, intellectual flexibility and political astuteness when considering how change is implemented.
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