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PU5518: HEALTH PROFESSIONAL BEHAVIOUR (2015-2016)

Last modified: 25 Mar 2016 11:38


Course Overview

This course examines how the behaviour of health professionals can impact on patient care and service delivery, for example through doctor-patient communication, healthcare professional stress, medical decision making, and staff adherence to safety procedures. Students on this course spend two days shadowing health professionals in the NHS and are trained in key professional practice skills such as cognitive-behavioural therapy, motivational interviewing and health coaching

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Session Second Sub Session Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus None. Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Julia Allan

Qualification Prerequisites

None.

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • MSc Health Psychology (Studied)
  • Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

Topics covered by the course include:

·         Patient-professional communication/interaction

·         Determinants of health professional behaviour

·         Designing interventions to change health professional behaviour

·         Evidence based practice / guideline adherence

·         Errors, mistakes and safety violations

·         Patient safety

·         Non-technical skills

·         Medical decision making

·         Professional practice skills (such as Health Coaching, Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, etc)


Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers


Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 31 August 2023 for 1st half-session courses and 22 December 2023 for 2nd half-session courses.

Summative Assessments

50% report

10% oral presentation

30% completion of 3 professional skills labs

10% completion of professional competency assessment

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Feedback

None.

Course Learning Outcomes

None.

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