module information

1. Introduction to PUP 3232
Preparing for the professional
role
Elaine Hughes & Judith Ball

2. Learning outcomes
 1. Critically evaluate effective leadership qualities required to
manage oneself and others.
 2. Critically analyse the role of inter-professional collaboration
to the safe delivery of care and services.
 3. Use evidence from a range of sources to critical evaluate
service delivery and identify opportunities for service
improvement.
 4. Critically reflect on their role and responsibilities to enable
successful transition to professional practice.

3. Aim of the module
 Transition from focusing on delivering care to managing care
 Leading others and acting as a role model
 National quality mechanisms
 Professional accountability in ensuring the safety of those in
our care

4. How this module fits with others
 In second year you looked at research which helped you to
critically evaluate research studies- important in service
improvement to have an evidence base for your change as
well as be able to analyse the literature
 In other modules you will have focused on the provision
patient care- in this module you will take this one step further
and aim to improve the patients experience and foster a
safety culture

5. Focus on safety
“The first dimension of quality must be that we do no
harm to patients….Safety must be paramount for the
NHS. Public trust in the NHS is conditional on our
ability to keep patients safe when they are in our care”
Lord Darzi (DH 2009)

6. Focus on Service Improvement
“The single most important change in the NHS…would be for it
to become, more than ever before, a system devoted to
continual learning and improvement of patient care, top to
bottom and end to end”
(Don Berwick former president of the Institute for Healthcare)

7. Why? The national improvement and
quality agenda
 The Francis Report and its key themes
 NHS change model
 The 6 C’s
 The productive ward series (releasing time to care)
 The safety thermometer (CQUIN)
 Nursing metrics
 Dashboard
 The friends and family test

8. Preparing for the professional role
Expectation you will come to class prepared and
ready to participate
Given time within the module to do this and guided
in your learning
Materials available before hand
Regular tutorial access at the end of each classroom
contact day- please make an appointment

9. Getting to know yourself: Simulated
learning
 All fields
 Small groups
 Focus on delegation, leadership and the management of care
(domain 4 PAR)
 Element of teaching and learning and providing feedback to
others- essential role of the registered nurse

10. Summative assessment: presentation
 Supported via action learning
 Please only access your marker for academic advice

11. Blackboard
 All classroom materials will be made available on blackboard
prior to the start of the sessions.
 All reading and preparatory materials will be made available
at least 24 hours in advance
 Lets take a look……