BSc Applied Health (Clinical Leadership)

Year 1

(Award available for year: Bachelor of Science)

Learning outcomes

On completion of the year/programme students should have provided evidence of being able to:
[intercalated BSc Applied Health Suite common learning objectives]
- Describe and explain the organisation and nature of UK health system, considering the international context.
- Evaluate the role of the doctor as a teacher and demonstrate evidence of personal learning and teaching skills.
- Explain the importance of taking a systematic critical approach to evidence, and employ the skills to perform a literature review.
- Demonstrate how to formulate a research question, perform a relevant literature search, critically analyse the literature and undertake a simple research task.
- Demonstrate the principles and practicalities of research ethics and research governance.
- Apply an understanding of the role of reflection in learning, and construct a personal learning style which recognises and includes reflection.

Specific learning objectives to intercalated BSc Applied Health [Clinical Leadership]
On completion of the programme, students will be able to interpret and outline:
- The integrative role of strategic management, its differing and often conflicting theories, approaches and views
- Contemporary applied theory and alternative perspectives and styles in strategy and strategic management
- How the structure, design, culture, and working environments of organisations influence strategic management
- The resources and capabilities of the organisation in terms of its ability to develop sustainable competitive advantage

Transferable (key) skills

Written communication
Interpersonal communication
Oral presentation
Team work
Planning and organising
Problem solving
Initiative
Adaptability
Time and self-management
Analysis, criticality and argument
IT/ICT and skills; computer literacy
Numeracy

Assessment

Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will include:

All shared intercalated BSc Applied Health modules

- Formative assessment by tutors during contact days in the form of verbal feedback
- Formative assessment by peers: Peer assessment of teaching occurs as part of the Learning and Teaching module. Feedback is given to each individual student by the group of peers.
- Formative feedback in the form of workbooks: These are used as part of the Research and Evaluation Methods Module.
- Formative feedback in the form of draft assignments: some module leaders accept draft assignments for guidance prior to submission of the final essay for summative assessment. Other module leaders choose to give feedback in the form of one-to-one discussions with individual students.
* Special assessment arrangements will need to be appropriately detailed in your School’s Code of Practice on Assessment.