The 'Me' in Leadership for Health Care Practice (Level 7, 30 credits)
Part-time
One semester
February 2025
In a nutshell
This module is ideal if you want to better understand yourself as a leader and improve your personal leadership knowledge, skills and qualities
You will:
- learn about leadership and management approaches and styles
- develop your skills in emotional intelligence and effective leadership
- explore the complex relationship between yourself as an individual, your team and your health care organisation
All about the course
This module will explore:
- Leadership and management approaches and styles
- Symbolic interactionism
- Narrative analysis
- The looking glass self: transference and counter transference
- Projective identification and containment
- Discovery: sub personalities
- Emotional intelligence and effective leadership
- Comparison and exploration of the students perspectives of themselves as a leader through discussion and reflective groups (comparison UK and international student perspectives)
- Skills to identify evidence-based practice and associated critical appraisal of UK and international literature
- Working with conflict: the anti-group
- Mentoring/coaching relationships
Please note that it may not be possible to deliver the full list of options every year as this will depend on factors such as how many students choose a particular option. Exact modules may also vary in order to keep content current. When accepting your offer of a place to study on this programme, you should be aware that not all optional modules will be running each year. Your tutor will be able to advise you as to the available options on or before the start of the programme. Whilst the University tries to ensure that you are able to undertake your preferred options, it cannot guarantee this.
School of Health and Society
The School of Health and Society is a forward-thinking, dynamic school with a commitment to lifelong learning and real world impact.
Our courses are informed by the latest research and we work closely with organisations from both the public and private sector to ensure our teaching is at the forefront of practice.
What about after uni?
This module can be taken as stand-alone for the purposes of continuing professional development or as part of our MSc Leadership and Management for Health Care Practice.
You will be able to apply what you have learnt to the workplace and personally and professionally develop as a leader.
Career Links
We work with over 100 health and social care organisations so our links with industry are very strong. These relationships will be of direct benefit to you because our academic team work in practice in some of these organisations at a senior level so are able to keep you at the forefront of developments in the sector which in turn help you provide a better service.
What you need to know
This module starts in February and lasts for one semester.
This module is suitable for all health care professionals who want to develop in their leadership or management role.
Previous study and experience
You must be:
- A registered professional working in health care.
- A graduate or graduate equivalent.
Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL)
We welcome applications from students who may not have formal/traditional entry criteria but who have relevant experience or the ability to pursue the course successfully.
The Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL) process could help you to make your work and life experience count. The APL process can be used for entry onto courses or to give you exemptions from parts of your course.
Two forms of APL may be used for entry: the Accreditation of Prior Certificated Learning (APCL) or the Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning (APEL).
How much?
| Type of study | Year | Fees |
|---|---|---|
| Part-time | 2025/26 | £1,530 per 30 credit module |
Additional costs
You should also consider further costs which may include books, stationery, printing, binding and general subsistence on trips and visits.