Module Descriptors
GOOD SCIENTIFIC AND CLINICAL PRACTICE (BL)
BIOL60656
Key Facts
Health, Education, Policing and Sciences
Level 6
30 credits
Contact
Leader: John Davies
Email: I.Davies@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 8
Independent Study Hours: 292
Total Learning Hours: 300
Pattern of Delivery
- Occurrence A, Stoke Campus, UG Semester 1 to UG Semester 2
Sites
- Stoke Campus
Assessment
- Coursework - Clinical incident evaluation report (2000 words) weighted at 40%
- Practical - Test, Discussion, Presentation weighted at 60%
Module Details
Indicative Content
This module students will expand and develop your understanding of professional autonomy, accountability and responsibility and your wider contribution to effective service provision and development.
The module will cover three distinct areas interwoven with the common themes of safe, ethical and autonomous practice developing the principles of Good Scientific Practice (HEE), Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics (HCPC) and Good Professional Practice in Biomedical Science (IBMS).
The module will begin by discussing personal and professional responsibilities and the application of these within a regulated healthcare environment. You will be encouraged to reflect upon your experiences and your engagement with other professionals and service users and use these reflections to inform your own practice.
The module will then consider effective leadership and governance and your role in developing staff and services. Various leadership and management strategies will be discussed before developing the notion of shared leadership and collective responsibility as applicable to an autonomous professional. The relationship between patient safety and effective leadership and governance will be developed with an emphasis on the NHS Leadership Model will be discussed as an exemplar.
Service improvement, development, innovation and research will be discussed and you will develop understanding of a range of methodologies used (including quality management and improvement tools). The ethical basis for NHS research, development and innovation will be discussed and you will complete Good Clinical Practice training to understand the application.
The module will cover three distinct areas interwoven with the common themes of safe, ethical and autonomous practice developing the principles of Good Scientific Practice (HEE), Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics (HCPC) and Good Professional Practice in Biomedical Science (IBMS).
The module will begin by discussing personal and professional responsibilities and the application of these within a regulated healthcare environment. You will be encouraged to reflect upon your experiences and your engagement with other professionals and service users and use these reflections to inform your own practice.
The module will then consider effective leadership and governance and your role in developing staff and services. Various leadership and management strategies will be discussed before developing the notion of shared leadership and collective responsibility as applicable to an autonomous professional. The relationship between patient safety and effective leadership and governance will be developed with an emphasis on the NHS Leadership Model will be discussed as an exemplar.
Service improvement, development, innovation and research will be discussed and you will develop understanding of a range of methodologies used (including quality management and improvement tools). The ethical basis for NHS research, development and innovation will be discussed and you will complete Good Clinical Practice training to understand the application.
Assessment Details
Assessment for this module will consist of two components.
Component A (learning outcomes 1 and 4) (40%)
Clinical incident evaluation report (2000 words)
Component B (learning outcomes 1, 2, 3 and 4) (60%)
The final assessment for this module will be an endpoint assessment based upon the following components (60%)
Situational Judgement Test (20%): A 60 minute written assessment answering four professionally-focussed questions (covering areas such as ethics, safety, confidentiality and consent for example).
Structured Professional Discussion (20%): A 40 minute structured discussion based upon evidence attained during placement education (including IBMS registration portfolio and HEE work based training log).
Presentation (20%): A 10 minute presentation focussing upon an aspect of applied service improvement.
Component A (learning outcomes 1 and 4) (40%)
Clinical incident evaluation report (2000 words)
Component B (learning outcomes 1, 2, 3 and 4) (60%)
The final assessment for this module will be an endpoint assessment based upon the following components (60%)
Situational Judgement Test (20%): A 60 minute written assessment answering four professionally-focussed questions (covering areas such as ethics, safety, confidentiality and consent for example).
Structured Professional Discussion (20%): A 40 minute structured discussion based upon evidence attained during placement education (including IBMS registration portfolio and HEE work based training log).
Presentation (20%): A 10 minute presentation focussing upon an aspect of applied service improvement.
Learning Strategies
This module will utilise directed on-line resources, activities and interactions blended with a work-based learning portfolio.
On-line resources will include webcasts, resources and case studies supported by a discussion board and on-line tutorials.
Students and clinical practice educators will work through a clinical placement training programme containing exercises and assessment tools to integrate work-based practice with the underpinning knowledge and understanding.
Face to face contact (8 hours) will allow you to consolidate the material covered and demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of the material covered.
Independent and Distance Learning Study Hours
20 hours – reading PowerPoint presentations
20 hours – on-line tutor led activity
74 hours - literature search, reading and evaluation of clinical information
60 hours – practice-based observation and reflection in a range of clinical settings
60 hours – identifying and implementing appropriate quality improvement processes
20 hours – observation and reflection of patient experience within the diagnostic pathway
38 hours - assessment preparation
On-line resources will include webcasts, resources and case studies supported by a discussion board and on-line tutorials.
Students and clinical practice educators will work through a clinical placement training programme containing exercises and assessment tools to integrate work-based practice with the underpinning knowledge and understanding.
Face to face contact (8 hours) will allow you to consolidate the material covered and demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of the material covered.
Independent and Distance Learning Study Hours
20 hours – reading PowerPoint presentations
20 hours – on-line tutor led activity
74 hours - literature search, reading and evaluation of clinical information
60 hours – practice-based observation and reflection in a range of clinical settings
60 hours – identifying and implementing appropriate quality improvement processes
20 hours – observation and reflection of patient experience within the diagnostic pathway
38 hours - assessment preparation
Learning Outcomes
1. Discuss and critically evaluate the role of the biomedical scientist as a registered and regulated autonomous professional, reflecting upon own clinical practice to inform that evaluation.
Reflection
Analysis
2. Demonstrate understanding, application and critical evaluation of shared leadership and associated personal qualities, behaviours and communications in the provision of a safe, effective and efficient clinical pathology service.
Knowledge and understanding
Application
3. Discuss the role of continuous improvement, innovation and research within clinical pathology services and demonstrate a critical understanding of the ethical, legal, regulatory and methodological process involved.
Problem solving
Communication
4. Identify and evaluate common causes of error and critically evaluate methods to reduce and eliminate risk, improve patient outcomes and develop services within a patient-centred, evidence-based pathology service.
Analysis
Reflection
Analysis
2. Demonstrate understanding, application and critical evaluation of shared leadership and associated personal qualities, behaviours and communications in the provision of a safe, effective and efficient clinical pathology service.
Knowledge and understanding
Application
3. Discuss the role of continuous improvement, innovation and research within clinical pathology services and demonstrate a critical understanding of the ethical, legal, regulatory and methodological process involved.
Problem solving
Communication
4. Identify and evaluate common causes of error and critically evaluate methods to reduce and eliminate risk, improve patient outcomes and develop services within a patient-centred, evidence-based pathology service.
Analysis