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Registration & Induction Week - Learning materials

Here you will find all learning resources from both the registration and induction weeks from Spetember 2022. These include informative resources such as study skills, Harvard referencing, time and stress management, and critical thinking.

Taking Control Leading Managing and Caring in IHSCWB Services Specification (IH304)

This module will help you develop your knowledge, leadership, and management skills in preparation for employment. They will explore and critique a range of contemporary leadership and management approaches utilised to lead the strategic direction of service improvement initiatives within the Integrated Health, Social Care and Well-Being sector. You will compare the skills needed for effective leadership in the implementation of health, social care, and well-being initiatives in relation to political, social, cultural, and professional perspectives in the workplace, by drawing on real life examples.


Dissertation (IHS305)

The Dissertation module is one of the most important components of the BA (Hons) Integrated Health, Social Care and Well-Being undergraduate study and BSc (Hons) Public Health. The Dissertation is a significant piece of work that will enable you to develop critical employability skills, such as managing a project, working independently and in a timely manner, collating and organising information, take on board critical feedback, and producing a meaningful research report that provides clear analysis and effectively conveys your ideas and arguments. 

 

Health Policy, Politics and Power (IH303)

This module aims to provide an analysis of health policy – primarily focusing on recent policy changes in the UK and further to identify the major influences which have shaped these policies. The last two decades have seen considerable changes to existing policies and the development of new policy themes. This module is theoretically informed and lays emphasis on the interplay of powerful structural interests, such as the influence of professional medicine, the media (including the social media), the pharmaceutical industry, the food industry, commercial health care companies, the State and the socio-political values associated with the government in power.


Research Methods (IHS301)

The aim of this module is to develop the student’s ability to critically understand and conceptualise the process of research methods and data analysis. This will include issues of methodology, methods, data analysis, data management, ethics, governance, and dissemination. This content will enable you to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to provide the highest quality of evidence-based care and support within integrated health, social care, and well-being systems. The module further aims to equip you with a critical and practical understanding of research and health improvement processes and refine skills in critical appraisal and project planning.


Developing Strategies for Health & Well-being in the Community (IH302)

In this module, you will consider the concept of socially prescribing the five pillars of well-being (mental & emotional, social, physical, digital, and financial well-being) in community led activities. Furthermore, you will explore the benefits of different well-being therapies including scream, laughter, rage rooms, pat animals and ASMR tingles. The module culminates with the developing and justifying your own Community Well-Being strategy.