Course description
Application of Decision Making
This module explores the role of decision making within the healthcare system. It will support your exploration of your understanding and knowledge of the theory underpinning decision making, judgement and human factors within healthcare, and the potential consequences when this goes wrong.
Module aims This module aims to enhance your understanding and knowledge of decision making, judgement and the management of risk within healthcare.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
Entry requirements
- Ability to study at level 7
- Professional registration as a healthcare professional:
- Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
- Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Working in health and social care.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
Credits: 15
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this module, youwill be able to:
- Develop in depth knowledge and understanding of decision making, judgements, reasoning skills and problem solving methodologies within health and social care settings.
- Critically analyse the impact of patient safety policy on healthcare delivery and apply the comparative theories within the reasoning domain.
- Demonstrate an autonomous approach a problem solving approach to decision making, risk assessment and hazard avoidance through effectively communication of decisions and judgements made in the practice setting.
Training Course Content
Indicative module content includes:
- Decision making theory
- Pattern recognition
- Information processing
- Intrinsic and extrinsic factors
- Policy development
- Risk assessment and management
- Legal and ethical issues
- Human and system factors
Course delivery details
For the 2022/23 curriculum, our CPD moduleswill be delivered usinghybrid learning. This means that depending on the subject and content of learning and teaching, modules will mainly be delivered via a combination of face to face and online delivery, as this has worked really well for our practice-based colleagues. A couple of modules will be delivered solely online, however for most modules face to face contact time and attendance at the university will be required.
Learning and teaching methods include:
- Lectures
- Scenarios
- Guided study
- E-learning.