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Subject Librarian - Health and Medicine
Mr Stephen Storey
Subject Librarian,
Health and Medicine
Telephone number
+44 (0) 1792 602765
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Level 05 Floor
Library and Information Centre
Singleton Campus
Level 05 Floor
Library and Information Centre
Singleton Campus
Taught Modules
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SHC137 Study Skills, Health Informatics and Health Service Practice
This module provides an introduction to student skills, learning skills, IT skills, communication skills and elements of Health Informatics that prepares the student for work in the clinical environment of the National Health Service as an Assistant/Associate audiology practitioner.
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SHC231 Research Methods and Statistics
This module will enable students to understand research methodologies, critically analyse health-related research and carry out simple data manipulation.
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SHF108 Introduction to Personal and Professional Development
This module provides an introduction to the skills and knowledge required for personal and professional development for health care providers.
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SHF209 Introduction to Evidence Based Practice
This module provides an introduction to research and evidence based practice for osteopathy students. A particular focus will be on the analysis, interpretation and presentation of research data.
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SHF303 Applying Evidence Based Practice
This module aims to develop the knowledge and skills required to develop a research proposal for further investigation.
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SHG3041 Fundamentals of Community Practice
This module frontloads the Specialist Practice Qualification in District Nursing (SPDN) and provides an overview of current issues which are relevant to those working in all areas of community nursing. There are four themes incorporated in the module where each theme has a theoretical and clinical outcome. The themes are: Community as the Context of Care, Professional Role and Accountability, Clinical Practice in the community, The Family (sociological and psychological perspectives). A practice supervisor (PS), practice assessor (PA) and academic assessor (AA) are required to support the student through the practice component. There must be an up-to-date educational audit available within the practice setting.
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SHGM08 Working in Community and Primary Health Care Practice
A review of community nursing education programmes throughout Wales (commissioned by the Welsh Assembly Government in 2006) led to the decision that future provision of education for practitioners working in the community will focus on a modularised approach. This modularised approach enables the provision of an educational framework that matches the profile of different roles within community nursing teams. The module in particular will focus its attention on the many challenges facing practitioners today who work in this continuously changing yet challenging environment. The module addresses the recommendations put forward in recent policy documents Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 and the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015. This module will follow the design and structure (as dictated by the All Wales working group for community nurse education) of the core community module in that there are 4 themes which form the underlying content of the module. The themes are as follows: 1. Community as the context of care; 2. Professional Role and Accountability; 3. Clinical Practice in the Community; 4. The Family.
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SHGM09 Working in Community and Primary Mental Health Care Practice
This module provides students with the opportunity to examine and develop the core values, knowledge and skills associated with the provision of safe, effective and collaborative mental health care in the community. By the end of the module students will have knowledge of the formal and informal resources available to people living with mental health problems in the community, and will recognise the importance of promoting partnerships with service users in meeting needs. Students will be supported to develop their capabilities in assessment, care provision and coordination and decision-making, with due regard to the available evidence, and will have knowledge of relevant policy and law related to community mental health practice.
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SHGM10 Working with Individuals, Families & Communities in Primary Health Care Practice
The module is designed to develop the knowledge and skills of practitioners in community and primary health practice. This will require that practitioners have an understanding of the underpinning concepts and approaches to primary health practice and the role of public health. Collaborative ways of working between sectors will be explored within the above context in order that students can plan and evaluate strategies for the improvement of health of individuals, groups and local populations. They will develop skills to work with others to plan, implement and evaluate programmes and projects, as well as appraising policies to recommend changes to improve health and well-being
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SHGM103 Leadership and Management for Primary Care Practitioners
This is a level 7 community practitioner focused leadership and management module that is driven through the concept of work-based learning. The module provides the opportunity to consider greater understanding of the demands of operational and strategic leadership in ensuring enhanced service delivery. The module is designed to critically explore differing styles of leadership and management within your organisation, especially in terms of its impact on care delivery from an operational and strategic perspective. As the module is available for practitioners throughout South Wales the shadowing of key personnel will be addressed through work based learning and students will be supported within action learning sets.
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SHGM37 Management and Leadership for Public Health Practice
The module is designed to help students address the key areas of practice concerned with leading and managing teams and individuals, building alliances, developing capacity and capability, and working in partnership with other practitioners and agencies. It is therefore concerned with working within teams; leadership within teams; managing resources, budgets, projects, and service delivery; strategy and management of change; negotiation, facilitation, and building alliances.
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SHHM14 Introduction to Research and Study Skills
This module aims to provide students with the necessary generic skills to undertake research successfully, including organisation and time management skills, handling relationships with supervisors and research personnel (informants, gatekeepers etc), use of bibliographic sources, conduct of literature searches, use of internet, communicating research results, making oral presentations and writing for different audiences and purposes.
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SHM100 Academic writing for Health & Social Care
This module prepares students for studying at degree level. Students are supported to work and learn together in a community of practice at the level required in Higher Education. They are encouraged to develop a questioning approach, to structure an argument, to write academically and to avoid plagiarism.
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SHM136 Pregnancy and the Professional Midwife
This module will introduce the student to the role of the midwife as an accountable, autonomous, professional practitioner. It will introduce pregnancy as a normal physiological process and consider the midwife¿s role in working to promote positive outcomes.
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SHN3048 Promoting the Public Health of Populations
The module is designed to develop the knowledge and skills of practitioners in public health practice and primary health care. This will require that practitioners have an understanding of the underpinning concepts and approaches to public health practice and the role of public health in primary health care. Collaborative ways of working between sectors will be explored within the above context in order that students can plan and evaluate strategies for the improvement of health of individuals, groups and local populations. They will develop skills to work with others to plan, implement and evaluate programmes and projects, as well as appraising policies to recommend changes to improve health and well-being. Students have to be placed in concurrent practice for completion of this module.
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SHN3052 Professional Development of Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (SCPHN) Practice
The aim of the module is to develop the core skills required of a specialist community public health nurse to enable the student to evaluate and advance practice. The module will enable the student to evaluate practice in the context of policy and professional practice so that practice development can be initiated according to local needs. This will require that students have an understanding of organisational culture, leadership and change management theory. The student will also analyse his or her own professional development as a result of the above process.
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SHNM16 Promoting the Public Health of Populations
The module is designed to develop the knowledge and skills of practitioners in public health practice and primary health care. This will require that practitioners have an understanding of the underpinning concepts and approaches to public health practice and the role of public health in primary health care. Collaborative ways of working between sectors will be explored within the above context in order that students can plan and evaluate strategies for the improvement of health of individuals, groups and local populations. They will develop skills to work with others to plan, implement and evaluate programmes and projects, as well as appraising policies to recommend changes to improve health and well-being. Students have to be placed in concurrent practice for completion of this module.
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SHNM21 Fundamentals of Community Practice
This module frontloads the MSc Specialist Practice District Nursing (SPDN) programme, providing an overview of current issues which are relevant to those working in all areas of community nursing. It is an All Wales module developed through collaboration with the commissioners' and Higher Education Institutes across Wales. There are four themes incorporated in the module where each theme has a theoretical and clinical outcome. The themes are: Community as the Context of Care, Professional Role and Accountability, Clinical Practice in the community, The Family (sociological and psychological perspectives). A practice supervisor (PS), practice assessor (PA) and academic assessor (AA) will support each student in a practice setting that has undergone an educational audit.
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SHNM47 Community Practitioner Nurse or Midwife Prescriber (V150)
The module will facilitate the acquisition of appropriate knowledge, skills and attitudes for safe effective prescribing from the Nurse Prescribing Formulary. The benefits of nurse prescribing have been consistently reported in the literature with evidence to show improved patient care and satisfaction, increased access to medicines, reduction in waiting times and delivery of high quality care (Royal College of Nursing 2012). The module has been designed to enable students to achieve the competencies outlined in the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) `A Competency Framework for all Prescribers¿ (2021). To practise competently at this level requires practitioners to possess knowledge of pharmacology and ethical and legislative frameworks. Successful completion will enable the practitioner to record their qualification as a `community practitioner nurse or midwife prescriber (V150)¿. A practice assessor (PA), practice supervisor (PS) and academic assessor (AA) will support each student in an audited educational practice setting. The PA, PS and AA will work alongside the student in guiding prescribing practice in a simulated environment. The Lead Midwife for Education (LME) will support the specific learning needs of midwife students. NB. If at any time unsafe practice is demonstrated an automatic fail will result.
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SHQM43 Theory of Leadership, Management and Quality in Health Care
This module will enable students to develop a critical understanding and appreciation of the theories of leadership and aspects of management and quality of healthcare. The module will have a dual focus on theoretical perspectives and applied health care management. Theoretical perspectives will be drawn from business, health and further afield, to examine their application within health and social care and the public sector. Contemporary health and social care examples will be used as points for discussion and learning.
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SWSM01 Values based Practice and Ethical Decision Making in Mental Health Services
This module aims to help students to: 1. identify and where appropriate intervene in mental health settings to counter decisions that may be based on oppressive practice, 2. respect the abilities and backgrounds of users and carers of mental health services and promote culturally and linguistically sensitive practice. 3. promote the rights, dignity and self-determination of individuals and recognise in their work individuals¿ needs for personal respect, choice, dignity and privacy.
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SWSM02 Policy and Law in mental health services
The module will include those items identified in the WAG Regulations Key Competence Area 2 (The Application of Knowledge: Legislation and Policy) and those items identified in the Social Care Wales key skills under 'Legislation and Systems' and 'Professional Responsibilities'.
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SWSM03 Understanding Mental Health and Mental Distress
This module addresses the principal models of mental distress and their relationship to the role of the Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP). Biomedical and psychological models are considered and there is a key emphasis on the social perspective required of AMHPs.
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SWSM04 Professional Decision Making and Partnership in Mental Health
This module considers the judgment and decision making required when taking account of the wishes and feelings of the individual, their cultural background, social and family background, the nature of the mental disorder and its likely course when reaching conclusions in the role of the Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP).