Leading People-Centred Integrated Care MSc

University of the West of Scotland

Value for People, Professionals and Organisations is a core module in the MSc Leading People-Centred Integrated Care programme. Utilising policies and theories this module will critically examine the constructs and contexts of effectiveness and efficiency within people-centred integrated care from a global, cross sectoral and inter professional perspective. In addition it will explore how to improve the quality of services and methods to improve outcomes and demonstrate the impact of services. Students will develop a systematic understanding of using information and data collection tools in order to inform strategic planning and commissioning decisions allowing them to recognise their accountability in decision making. Alongside exploring and contextualsing quality improvement methodologies, students will be enabled to facilitate, evidence and evaluate transformational change within health and care services.

This module will provide the students with the opportunity to explore the contemporary discourse around global population health topics. This will be further developed through demonstrating a critical understanding of the methods and mechanisms of working with communities in relation to health inequalities and reaching vulnerable groups from a cross sectoral perspective.

This module builds on undergraduate study of research design and methods and covers a range of methodological issues relevant to research in healthcare and social settings. It develops an understanding of the whole research/enquiry process, including how to design and undertake research. It also considers wider philosophical and epistemological problems in health and social sciences to provide a context for understanding issues of research style, strategy and method in research.

Leading and Transforming Together is a core module in the MSc Leading People-Centred Integrated Care programme. Through supported cross sectoral and inter-professional learning, this module will build on students existing leadership knowledge and skills in order for them to critically examine the constructs and contexts of leadership within people-centred integrated care, recognising the principles of team work. Students will contextualise and reflect on the assets within their own workplace and teams in order to appreciate the skills within the workforce, as well as explore wider networks for new roles. Through this, they will examine leadership opportunities and challenges associated with transforming people- centred integrated care from a global, cross sectoral and inter-professional perspective. During this module students will focus on building their resilience, managing conflict within the workplace and across sectors, and further develop skills in leading sustainable change. Through exploring the literature, the experiences of others and their own role and development students will critically review, consolidate and extend the leadership attributes necessary for the courageous leadership required to aid in transforming health and social care services.

This module is a significant component of the MSc programme and encourages the student to pursue under supervision a sustained programme of individual autonomous work.

This module will provide students with the opportunity to explore the conditions for people-centred integrated care supported through the critical exploration of the key concepts and contexts from a global perspective. This will be further developed through critical analysis of policy, governance and the contemporary discourse around theories, approaches and perspectives to create the conditions for people-centred integrated care.