| Module Code: NUR3119 |
Module Title: CLINICAL DECISION MAKING (COMMUNITY FOCUS) |
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Module Provider: Health & Social Care
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Short Name: NUR3119
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Level: HE3
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Module Co-ordinator: MOORE CR Mrs (HSC)
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Number of credits: 10
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Number of ECTS credits: 5
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| Module Availability |
| Semester 2 |
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| Assessment Pattern |
| The assessment is a 2,000 word academic essay within which the student must critically analyse a decision made concerning the care of a patient / client with particular reference to the clinical reasoning process involved. (100%) |
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| Module Overview |
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| Module Aims |
| The aim of this module is to develop professional knowledge together with a growing understanding of the intricacies of decision making processes that are important to the advancing of professional practice. This module aims to provide participants with the opportunity to develop their knowledge and understanding of the decision making process within health and social care practice |
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| Learning Outcomes |
On completing this module the student should be able to:
Subject knowledge and understanding
• develop their knowledge and understanding of the decision making process within health and social care practice
• consider key elements in the decision making process such as critical thinking, memory, judgment theory, levels of expertise and appropriate decision making modes utilised.
Cognitive skills
• reflect on the process of clinical decision making
• discuss the complexities arising from clinical dilemmas and their impact on decision making
• critically analyse a decision made concerning the care of a patient / client with particular reference to the clinical reasoning process involved.
Practical skills
• undertake effective clinical decision making based on best available evidence and known best practice
• utilise a systematic problem-solving approach in their clinical decision making process in order to make choices between alternative actions.
Key / transferable skills
• communicate effectively regarding decisions made in practice
• demonstrate cognitive flexibility in utilising clinical decision making approaches.
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| Module Content |
Problem setting:
Problem identification, structuring the problem, pattern recognition.
Decision making:
Process in practice, alternative actions, information processing, diagnostic reasoning, using evidence and best practice
Factors affecting decision-making:
Intrinsic and extrinsic, legal and ethical frameworks, health and social care policies
Decision analysis approach:
Evaluation of effectiveness of decision making, peer review and feedback, clinical supervision
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| Methods of Teaching/Learning |
| The module will be delivered over five full days utilising lectures, peer group presentation, discussion and evaluation, small group work, focused clinical enquiry based learning and tutorials as teaching methods. Lectures and decision theory content will be delivered by specific expert teachers, and supported by pathway specialists. |
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| Last Updated |
| 30TH JULY 2010 |
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