Clinical Leadership in Primary Care - UCD
Proposed Time Table : uploads/Timetable Combined L HS and CL PC doc1.doc
Module Title: Clinical Leadership in Primary Care:uploads/Clinical Leadership in Primary Care briefing sheet final copy May 2010.doc
Module Code: NMHS
Module Coordinator: Philip J Larkin
Credits: ECTS: 15
Level: 9 (UCD 4) Semester: 1
Module Places 20-25
Module Dependencies: 0
Indicative Module Description: Recent developments in community and primary care aim to strengthening models of service delivery and improving outcomes for service users. This 15 ECTS multidisciplinary module developed in partnership with the Institute of Community Health Nursing will utilise an action learning approach to critically appraise development of multidisciplinary primary care teams, the emergence of caseload management as a method of improving population health, the emphasis on transformational leadership and the creation of integrated care pathways and clinical directorates.
Indicative Learning Outcomes:
On completion of this module students should be able to:
• Demonstrate transformational leadership in practice
• Provide for innovative approaches to caseload management
• Develop a culture of clinical excellence in the community setting
• Identify and promote expertise in relation to clinical governance
• Foster a population health approach to clinical case management
Indicative Student Workload: Indicative Hours
Class Contact: Lectures 34
Class Contact: Small Group 34
Class Contact: Practical 28
Specified learning activities:
24
Autonomous student learning:
180
Total Hours 300 hours
Programme to commence at UCD ,September 2010.
For further details contact: Professor Philip Larkin, Health Sciences Centre, UCD
philip.larkin@ucd.ie : 017166438
