Module - Acute Care: Contemporary Issues (Level 6)
This module aims to provide a flexible, student-centred approach to explore contemporary issues underpinning the development of specialist competencies to meet the needs of the acutely ill adult, independent of clinical setting, including those recovering from critical illness, stepping down from critical care areas to ward based or within a community-based or pre-hospital setting. The module leader will assist you in identifying key learning resources and strategies relating to the learning outcomes. The strategy for meeting the learning outcomes will be written into a learning contract negotiated between you and the module leader.
This is a core module as part of the Critical and or Acute Care PG cert or University Advanced Diploma programmes: Acute Care pathway.
The learning contract is developed between you and the module lead to address your specific learning needs and underpin the chosen competencies for work based assessment. To meet the learning outcomes, your self-directed study will include the relative theories, evidence base, guidelines and health care policy which relate to the therapeutic interventions and consider the factors involved in promoting a multi-disciplinary approach to meet the physical and psychosocial needs of this patient group within your care setting.
How you will learn
The module lead will provide regular, flexible, student led 1:1 tutorials to offer support and advice in the completion of the learning contract. You will develop your reflective ability to determine how learning from this module has transformed your understanding of your practice. Whilst learning is self-directed the module lead will provide resources within the modular blackboard site which, although not exhaustive, will support the topics chosen within your learning contract.
How you will be assessed
Your formative assessment is a provisional learning contract which will include a plan for the ongoing development of knowledge and competence. The plan will include a rationale for your chosen competency framework supporting your clinical skills and knowledge in the acute practice setting.
Your summative assessment is a 3,500 word portfolio, including the completion of your work-based competencies, to meet the learning outcomes identified within your learning contract and the overall learning outcomes for the module.
Working in an acute care environment, supported by a practice-based assessor in the undertaking of the module and completion of the identified/agreed work based competencies to meet LO1.
20 Credit Health Module Pricing
Tuition fees are set annually and are subject to review each year. The University may therefore raise tuition fees in the second or subsequent years of a course, in line with inflation and/or the maximum permitted by law or government policy. Students will be notified of any changes as soon as possible.
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