COMPLEX HEALTH ASSESSMENT - 2018/9
Module code: NURM109
Module provider
School of Health Sciences
Module Leader
WISEMAN A Dr (Health Sci.)
Number of Credits: 15
ECTS Credits: 7.5
Framework: FHEQ Level 7
JACs code: B700
Module cap (Maximum number of students): N/A
Module Availability
Semester 2
Prerequisites / Co-requisites
Ability to study at Masters level.
Module content
Multi-professional and Interagency Working
Person Centred Care/ User Involvement
Humanistic Theories
Psychological health and wellbeing
Functional assessment
Environmental risk and safeguarding
Psychological health and wellbeing
Psychiatric health and wellbeing
Physical assessment
Nutritional needs
Acute and chronic pain
Social care needs
Cultural and spiritual needs
Health Promotion
Reproductive and Sexual Health
Drug & Alcohol
End of Life Care
Child Health Assessment
Assessment pattern
| Assessment type | Unit of assessment | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | CLINICAL LOG | Pass/Fail |
| Practical based assessment | 45 MINUTE OSCE | 40 |
| Coursework | CASE STUDY OF 1500 WORDS | 60 |
Alternative Assessment
Not required.
Assessment Strategy
Module aims
- To engender autonomous learning and understanding to advanced health assessment from a multi-professional and multi-agency perspective in health and social care domains.
Learning outcomes
| Attributes Developed | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Act with autonomy and responsibility for actions when carrying out assessment. | |
| 2 | To have an autonomous understanding and knowledge base of assessment and demonstrate awareness of holistic and systematic assessment with ongoing debate and reformulation. | |
| 3 | Identify advanced concepts underlying theoretical assessment frameworks and uses a range of assessment methods to communicate results to support judgements about potential interventions. | |
| 4 | Relate own assessment findings to define parameters and works collaboratively with others across health and social care boundaries and recognises factors that affect team performance. | |
| 5 | Be aware of own capabilities in key assessment areas and engages in assessment development activity through guided self direction. |
Attributes Developed
C - Cognitive/analytical
K - Subject knowledge
T - Transferable skills
P - Professional/Practical skills
Overall student workload
Independent Study Hours: 96
Lecture Hours: 60
Methods of Teaching / Learning
Teaching Methods
9 taught days at the University
Lectures
Discussion
Workshops
Work based Learning
Problem Based Learning
Simulation Learning
E-Learning resources
Indicated Lecture Hours (which may also include seminars, tutorials, workshops and other contact time) are approximate and may include in-class tests where one or more of these are an assessment on the module. In-class tests are scheduled/organised separately to taught content and will be published on to student personal timetables, where they apply to taken modules, as soon as they are finalised by central administration. This will usually be after the initial publication of the teaching timetable for the relevant semester.
Reading list
Reading list for COMPLEX HEALTH ASSESSMENT : http://aspire.surrey.ac.uk/modules/nurm109
Please note that the information detailed within this record is accurate at the time of publishing and may be subject to change. This record contains information for the most up to date version of the programme / module for the 2018/9 academic year.