
Leadership Skills and Project Management for Health and Healthcare, Level 7 - 20 credits - Module
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If you are looking to further your career in health and healthcare then this module will be given you valuable insight and specific skills to increase your confidence and abilities to lead and manage a service improvement by assessing the drivers of the change and applying a flexible yet assertive leadership style while working through the different phases of project management and managing the ...
- Level CPD
- Study mode Short Course
- Location City South
- Award Module
- Start date January 2024, April 2024
- Fees View course fees
- School School of Nursing and Midwifery
- Faculty Faculty of Health, Education and Life Sciences
Overview
If you are looking to further your career in health and healthcare then this module will be given you valuable insight and specific skills to increase your confidence and abilities to lead and manage a service improvement by assessing the drivers of the change and applying a flexible yet assertive leadership style while working through the different phases of project management and managing the challenges of project delivery.
What's covered in this course?
Through face-to-face classes and formative learning activities, students will have the opportunity to understand the knowledge-base for the need for a change, analyse the interface between theory and practice, and reflect on the project’s transferability to other areas of relevant practice.
Fees & How to Apply
UK students
Annual and modular tuition fees shown are applicable to the first year of study. The University reserves the right to increase fees for subsequent years of study in line with increases in inflation (capped at 5%) or to reflect changes in Government funding policies or changes agreed by Parliament. View fees for continuing students.
Award: Module
Starting: Jan 2024
- Mode
- Duration
- Fees
- Short Course
- 12 Weeks
- £783 per 20 credit module
Award: Module
Starting: Apr 2024
- Mode
- Duration
- Fees
- Short Course
- 12 Weeks
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TBC
International students
Annual and modular tuition fees shown are applicable to the first year of study. The University reserves the right to increase fees for subsequent years of study in line with increases in inflation (capped at 5%) or to reflect changes in Government funding policies or changes agreed by Parliament. View fees for continuing students.
Award: Module
Starting: Jan 2024
- Mode
- Duration
- Fees
- Short Course
- 12 Weeks
- £1,554 per 20 credit module
Award: Module
Starting: Apr 2024
- Mode
- Duration
- Fees
- Short Course
- 12 Weeks
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TBC
The University reserves the right to increase fees in line with inflation based on the Retail Prices Index or to reflect changes in Government funding policies or changes agreed by Parliament up to a maximum of five per cent.
How to apply
Complete the online application form via the link above, including the name of the module you are enrolling onto.
Course in Depth
Level 7
This module explicitly addresses students’ personal and/or professional development with a view to enhancing competence for service improvement in a rapidly changing health and healthcare environment. Through a flexible provision, students are inspired to reflect critically upon their individual learning needs as well as their organisations’ practices, to appraise and apply concepts from the literature on leadership, to issues of relevance for their role, organisation and overall programme of study.
This module also focuses on pursuing excellence in leadership and project management principles and encouraging practice-led, applied knowledge for students on various MSc courses to lead service improvement and/or policy change effectively and efficiently. This will be achieved by supporting students to work through the technical steps and phases as well as the more practical realities of leading and managing a project; and addressing the more challenging aspects of project management such as demonstrating a need for change, sustaining staff engagement, managing resistance and working across departmental and organisational boundaries.
A range of learning, teaching, and assessment strategies will be employed during this module, reflecting those of the programmes it serves. Among these are 36 hours of scheduled learning and teaching activities comprised of lectures, demonstrations, workshops, discussion forums and tutorials; and 164 hours of independent study. Independent study involves guided reading and self-directed study activities. Feedback will be made available in class or online. Learning resources include: the Module Guide; face-to face contact with the Module Leader or teachers, either in groups or individually; classroom-based learning; and a dedicated Moodle site.
Each student will negotiate the summative assessment with the Module Leader to prepare a Project Management Proposal. Preparation of this proposal helps prepare students to undertake a Project Management for an MSc Dissertation and to prepare bids in the workplace.
Course structure
You will choose a service improvement project within their areas of study and develop a written proposal demonstrating leadership effectiveness coupled with a rigorous application of project management principles. This service improvement project provides an opportunity for students to demonstrate their capacity for independent learning and their ability to make an innovative contribution to applied leadership and management change theory within their chosen discipline. This proposal will ultimately prepare students confidently for undertaking a Project Management for an MSc Dissertation.
International
Birmingham City University is a vibrant and multicultural university in the heart of a modern and diverse city. We welcome many international students every year – there are currently students from more than 80 countries among our student community.
The University is conveniently placed, with Birmingham International Airport nearby and first-rate transport connections to London and the rest of the UK.
Our international pages contain a wealth of information for international students who are considering applying to study here, including:
- Explore some of the good reasons why you should study here.
- Find out how to improve your language skills before starting your studies.
- Find all the information relevant to applicants from your country.
- Learn where to find financial support for your studies.
Facilities & Staff
Our Facilities
Our School of Nursing and Midwifery is based at our City South campus in leafy Edgbaston.
We’ve spent £41million expanding our facilities at City South. These facilities offer hands-on practical experience, replicating the spaces you will come across in professional practice.
In a sector where new techniques are constantly being discovered, we work hard to ensure that you learn using the most up-to-date equipment available. Alongside physical spaces such as a mock operating theatre and wards, we also make use of online and virtual technology, such as our virtual ward and virtual case creator.
See more of our skills facilities at City South
Centre for Skills and Simulation
The Centre for Skills and Simulation offers a range of different spaces which replicate situations that you will encounter in practice. These include hospital wards, an operating theatre and a home environment room.
Our mock wards enable you to get a feel of what a ward is really like before you head out for your first placement. The hospital wards can be adapted from low care to high dependency care environment with the necessary monitoring equipment.
The home environment room is the perfect space for teaching communications skills and allows us to simulate a community setting for our students. It is particularly useful for mental health nurses, learning disability nurses and midwives.
Simulation Manikins
We have several Simulation men (SIM men) and simulation babies (SIM babies) which are anatomically correct manikins used for teaching specific techniques such as advanced adult and paediatric life support skills, acute and high dependency clinical skills, first aid and communication skills. The manikins contain software which replicates real symptoms, and can manipulate indicators such as blood pressure, pulse and heart rate for extra realism. SIM man can even ‘talk’ to the students as they are treating him, to add another dimension to learning.
Computer Facilities
The Seacole building has two open-access IT Suites which offer PCs, printers, photocopiers and scanners. There is also an IT Helpdesk for quick and easy help with your computing or internet issues.
Our PCs utilise the latest Intel i5 core technology, all with:
- Fast (unrestricted) internet connectivity
- Ability to save files to USB, DVD & CD
- Microsoft Office software
- Research and statistical software
- Storage space which can be accessed from any PC across the University and from home
Our PCs are also designed to support students who may have difficulties with reading and writing, featuring specialised software with zooming/magnification and screen reading capabilities, which may also be customised for individual student needs.
In addition to desktop PCs, we also offer a laptop loan facility, allowing students to borrow a laptop for up to six hours while on campus.
Our staff
Dr Fouad Berrahou
Senior Lecturer (subject lead), Health Leadership and Management
Dr Fouad Berrahou joined the University in 2014 as Subject Lead in Health Leadership and Management and Programme Director for the online MBA in Health. In 2010, founded a start-up company, Founouvel Informatics, Inc., in Oran, Algeria and directed the development and testing of an intuitive and integrated electronic health records (EHR) system for...
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Module Leader
If you have any queries about this course please contact the Module Leader, Fouad Berrahou on:
- Tel: 0121 331 7115
- Email: Fouad.Berrahou@bcu.ac.uk
Professional Navigators
Our Professional Navigator, Nicola Clarke, is also on hand to offer guidance and will help you to choose which modules are best for you, taking into account your aims, professional or clinical experience, KSF requirements and your academic achievements.
Call Nicola on +44 (0)121 331 6162.