Module information
Details
- Title
- Professional Foundations of Healthcare and Clinical Science
- Type
- Core
- Module code
- S-C1-R
- Credits
- 20
- Requirement
- Compulsory
Aim of this module
This module will provide trainees with context and foundations to their practice in healthcare as a Clinical Scientist. Central to this module is the provision of safe, effective, high quality patient centred care. Trainees will develop a framework of skills and knowledge to evaluate and evolve practice in the context of the wider healthcare landscape. Throughout this module trainees will have opportunities to develop their professional skills.
Work-based content
Competencies
| # | Learning outcome | Competency | Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| # 1 | Learning outcome 2,3 |
Competency
Set objectives for your personal wellbeing over the course of the Scientist Training Programme |
Action View |
| # 2 | Learning outcome 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 |
Competency
Reflect on a situation or case you were involved with which showcases good practice, discuss the consequences, overall outcome, and how this experience may influence your future practice |
Action View |
| # 3 | Learning outcome 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 |
Competency
Reflect on a situation or case you were involved with where something went wrong or didn’t go to plan, discuss the consequences, overall outcome, and how this experience may influence your future practice |
Action View |
| # 4 | Learning outcome 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 |
Competency
Audit your digital footprint for adherence to your organisations policy and professional standards, and make recommendations for future professional and personal practice |
Action View |
| # 5 | Learning outcome 3,5,6,7,8,9 |
Competency
Explore the experience of a patient on their journey through their care in your organisation and reflect on how it may feel to be a patient receiving this care |
Action View |
| # 6 | Learning outcome 1,3,5,6,7,8,12 |
Competency
Review a departmental process and patient pathway for equity of access and inclusivity, considering NHS principles and values, and make recommendations for actions |
Action View |
| # 7 | Learning outcome 2,3,5,6,7,8 |
Competency
Complete and reflect on a multi-source feedback assessment at the midpoint of training and develop an action plan for personal and professional development through the remainder of the programme |
Action View |
| # 8 | Learning outcome 2,3,5,6,7,8 |
Competency
Complete and reflect on a multi-source feedback assessment toward the end of your training, and develop an action plan for your personal and professional development through the remainder of your training and into your future career |
Action View |
| # 9 | Learning outcome 4,6,7,8,10 |
Competency
Offer peer support to someone entering a new environment and work with their manager to consider how your input would be most useful |
Action View |
| # 10 | Learning outcome 4,6,7,9,10 |
Competency
Engage with a public and/or patient audience to promote understanding of Healthcare Science, acting as an ambassador for Healthcare Science |
Action View |
| # 11 | Learning outcome 1,2,4,6,7,9,10 |
Competency
Deliver a learning session on an area of your specialty to a healthcare professional(s) outside your specialty or profession |
Action View |
| # 12 | Learning outcome 1,2,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 |
Competency
Participate in multi professional working |
Action View |
| # 13 | Learning outcome 3,4,6,7,12,13 |
Competency
Attend a conference with external participants focusing on your specialty, Healthcare Science or wider healthcare; share your learning from the event |
Action View |
| # 14 | Learning outcome 3,4,6,7,12,13 |
Competency
Identify and evaluate an innovation which could impact the future of practice and patient care in your specialty and communicate your findings to a multidisciplinary audience |
Action View |
| # 15 | Learning outcome 3,4,6,7,12,13 |
Competency
Communicate the impact of a current public health issue or initiative on health, health care and your practice |
Action View |
| # 16 | Learning outcome 6,7,9 |
Competency
Attend a senior management meeting for your department or organisation, and reflect on the contribution you and your department make to your organisation and the wider healthcare environment |
Action View |
| # 17 | Learning outcome 1,4,11 |
Competency
Support the use of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) by completing one of the following for a SOPs or local protocol;
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Action View |
| # 18 | Learning outcome 3,11 |
Competency
Perform an audit, report the conclusions and make recommendations for actions |
Action View |
| # 19 | Learning outcome 3,4,7,8,9,10,11,12 |
Competency
Find a task or process in your department that you can improve, suggest ways it could be improved, and where possible implement the change |
Action View |
| # 20 | Learning outcome 3,4,7,8,9,10,11,12 |
Competency
Support the adoption of a new way of working that is being introduced into your department |
Action View |
Assessments
Complete 4 Case-Based Discussions
Complete 4 DOPS or OCEs
Direct Observation of Practical Skills
- Apply an appropriate method(s) to ensure the confidentiality and security of information
Observed Communication Event Titles
- Gather a relevant patient history from a patient, carer, patient representative or another healthcare professional
- Present a relevant patient history to another healthcare professional
- Obtain informed consent for an element of patient care you are contributing to
- Discuss with a patient/ healthcare professional where the limits of consent are reached, and additional consent is required for further investigation or processing
- Discuss with a patient/healthcare professional the pros and cons of a development in practice which could be applied to their care/patients in their care
- Discuss with a patient/healthcare professional the impact of a public health initiative on their care/patients in their care
- Feedback findings and recommendations from an audit, review or reflection to colleagues
- Discuss with a stakeholder(s) their needs and requirements to determine if they are met by a proposed way of working
Learning outcomes
| # | Learning outcome |
|---|---|
| 1 | Practice lawfully and safely in accordance with the required standards. |
| 2 | Justify their own practice, taking personal responsibility for their limits, scope and fitness to practice. |
| 3 | Appraise and reflect on all elements of practice, identify areas for improvement and personal development. |
| 4 | Demonstrate effective interpersonal communication skills, identify the needs of the intended audience and employ appropriate methods to meet those needs. |
| 5 | Practice inclusively in a non-discriminatory manner to provide patient centred care. |
| 6 | Summarise the role and responsibilities of healthcare scientists in providing and upholding high quality patient centred care. |
| 7 | Identify stakeholders involved with and affected by their practice and work with stakeholders to provide high quality patient centred care. |
| 8 | Apply the principles and values of the NHS in their practice. |
| 9 | Describe the framework of local and national healthcare provision and the contribution of their role and specialty. |
| 10 | Demonstrate leadership as appropriate to their role and practice, adapting style as required. |
| 11 | Evaluate the quality of practice and engage with quality and improvement processes. |
| 12 | Discuss contemporary issues affecting health and healthcare in the context of their practice and the wider health environment. |
| 13 | Critically evaluate the impact of developments and innovation in healthcare on current and future practice and patient care. |
Academic content (MSc in Clinical Science)
Important information
The academic parts of this module will be detailed and communicated to you by your university. Please contact them if you have questions regarding this module and its assessments. The module titles in your MSc may not be exactly identical to the work-based modules shown in the e-portfolio. Your modules will be aligned, however, to ensure that your academic and work-based learning are complimentary.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this module the trainee will be able to:
- Critically evaluate your personal responsibilities, challenges and limitations of your practice as a healthcare scientist in respect to the standards and ethical boundaries including confidentiality, informed consent and safeguarding.
- Critically appraise the contribution of healthcare science and multi-professional working in the provision of patient care within the structure and function of health and social care including effective communication and leadership.
- Critically evaluate the principles of methodologies which ensure the quality of practice in healthcare science.
- Critically evaluate the principles of patient centred care applied to healthcare in the NHS including approaches to managing health which aim to promote wellbeing and reduce health inequalities.
- Critically appraise the requirements for continuous development, evolution and improvement of services and standards in healthcare and innovations which impact healthcare science and healthcare.
Indicative content
Professional and personal standards as a practicing healthcare professional:
- Governance and standards of practice
- Role of the Health and Care Professions Council and Academy for Healthcare Science
- Regulatory and statutory bodies
- Legislation and guidance
- Equality
Safety
- Health and safety standards
- Patient safety
- Safeguarding
NHS values and constitution
- Duty of care
- Duty of candour
Personal responsibility for your practice
- Personal judgement
- Challenging inappropriate behaviour and practice
- Scope of practice
- Knowledge of limitations
- Fitness to practice
- Continued professional development
Confidentiality and information governance
- Principles
- Application
- Limitations
Informed Consent
- Principles
- Application
- Limitations
Personal Professional Practice:
- Managing your own health and well being
- Personal effectiveness
- Reflective practice
- Principles of problem solving
Inclusive culture:
- Unconscious bias
- Protected characteristics
- Respecting differences
- Patient autonomy
Patient pathways:
- The contribution of Healthcare Science
- Multi-professional working
Effective communication:
- Negotiation and influencing
- Engaging constructive feedback
- Difficult conversations
- Adapting methods of communication appropriately for the audience
- Social media
- Principles of taking and presenting patient histories
- Sharing knowledge and learning styles
Leadership and followership:
- Principles and styles
- Culture and values
- Effective teams
- Change and resilience
Patient centred care:
- Principles
- Culture and values
- Personalised medicine
- Social, psychological and emotional context of care
- Public and patient involvement
- Co-creation of healthcare with patients
Introduction to the structure of the NHS and health services:
- NHS constitution and values
- Governance
- Accountability
- Principles of health economics
Introduction to population health:
- Public health
- Social care
- Access to healthcare and health inequalities
- Public health interventions and outcomes
- Environmental impact
Quality of practice and improvement:
- Standards and accreditation
- Accuracy, authenticity, uncertainty
- Quality assurance
- Quality control
- Quality management
- Audit
- Principles
- Methodologies
- Risk management
- Culture
- Service improvement and development
- Continuous improvement
- Change management
Innovation:
- Contemporary issues
- Horizon scanning
- Sustainability
- Digital, data, technology and genomic developments
- Critical appraisal of new developments
Clinical experiences
Activities
There is no clinical experiential learning associated with this module.