Module Catalogue 2025/26

Pre Requisite Comment

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Co Requisite Comment

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Aims

The overall aim of this module is to support the healthcare science student on their journey to becoming an effective reflective practitioner so they can take responsibility for their own learning and development – thus becoming an effective, compassionate and competent healthcare professional.

Central to this, is the contribution of reflective practice, effective clinical leadership and teamworking and their impact on patient care, patient safety, research and innovation and the students’ own professional standards.

This module will build on the knowledge, skills and experience gained during the students’ practice experience. This is with the aim of developing their learning and application within the context of the trainees own self leadership.

A key tenet of the module is the ability to critically appraise their individual contribution to healthcare science and integration within a multi-disciplinary team. Indeed, effective communication is a major theme which is threaded throughout this module.

MSC8006 and MSC8007 together form one module which spans two academic years of the programme.

Outline Of Syllabus

The syllabus reflects the indicative academic content within the Scientist Training Programme (STP) Professional Foundations of Healthcare and Clinical Science module. Focus will be placed on leadership, ethics, evolution and improvement of service and effective communication.

Intended Knowledge Outcomes

Five key learning outcomes, from the STP national curriculum, will be covered:

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. Critically evaluate the principles of methodologies which ensure the quality of practice in healthcare science.

4. 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.

5. Critically appraise the requirements for continuous development, evolution and improvement of services and standards in healthcare and innovations which impact healthcare science and healthcare.

Intended Skill Outcomes

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Teaching Rationale And Relationship

Lectures are used to frame relevant concepts, theories and techniques which relate to the module learning objectives. Lectures include activities which allow students to apply lecture content to real life scenarios and engage in professional discussion with their colleagues. In doing so, their knowledge and understanding of high standards of professional practice within healthcare science is developed.

Lecture materials and reflective learning activities are used to further support and re-enforce understanding of key concepts and help prepare students to fully engage with the module learning objectives.

Students will be given the opportunity to engage with formative practice throughout the module. Activities will relate to the learning objectives.

Assessment Rationale And Relationship

The written summative assessment is used to assess the students growth as trainee clinical scientist by understanding the theory informing their approach and how their thinking aligns with the AHCS Professional Standards of Behaviour and Practice for Healthcare Science Workforce Good Scientific Practice (2021).

General Notes

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