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PTY-30058 - Module Specification
School of Allied Health Professions
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

For academic year: 2022/23 Last Updated: 19 January 2023

PTY-30058 - Evaluating Healthcare Services
Coordinator: Elizabeth Rutley
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 6
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
School Office:

Programme/Approved Electives for 2022/23

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

none

Barred Combinations

none

Description for 2022/23

The Evaluating Healthcare Services module builds on content introduced in Year 1 and year 2 of the MSci Physiotherapy programme and enables the student to plan and undertake service evaluation.
Students will have the opportunity to acquire the knowledge and skills required in data handling, analysis and presentation with both qualitative and quantitative data, within the context of a service evaluation.
The module aims to prepare the student to evaluate aspects of clinical practice whilst also developing transferable skills (such as presentation of charts, graphs and evaluation of data) that can be applied in a variety of healthcare settings and specialities.

Aims
This module aims to:
- Introduce the student to methods used to evaluate current healthcare practice/services.
- Develop the skills required to evaluate and report on the efficiency or efficacy of health service provision.

Intended Learning Outcomes

Justify the appropriateness of a specific research design approach in order to address a specific service evaluation need: 1,2
Manage, manipulate, analyse and present data from a service evaluation in a coherent and appropriate manner: 1,2
Synthesise findings and convey rationales for service evaluations in a concise written report: 1,2
Discern and coherently articulate appropriate recommendations for clinical practice in the written form: 1,2

Study hours

~30 tutor led hours which include lectures, workshops, seminars, tutorials and assessment preparation.
Independent study hours comprising:
~ 5 hours of asynchronous teaching
~ 20 hours of guided study
~ 95 hours of independent study, assessment preparation and writing.

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Report weighted 50%
A service evaluation report 1000 (words)
Students will submit two service evaluation reports, (each of 1000 words). One produced from simulated quantitative data (provided by the tutor), the second from simulated qualitative data (provided by the tutor).

2: Report weighted 50%
A service evaluation report
Students will submit two service evaluation reports, (each of 1000 words). One produced from simulated quantitative data (provided by the tutor), the second from simulated qualitative data (provided by the tutor).

Please note that for the 2022/23 Academic Year programmes may be adapted to operate in accordance with a flexible, digital approach. This means that there may be some changes made to how modules are delivered and assessed. The latest information will be provided to you by your School in module handbooks. We endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes and details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/student-terms-and-conditions/

Last Updated: 19 January 2023