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PCS-30001 - Module Specification
School of Medicine
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

For academic year: 2024/25 Last Updated: 21 December 2024

PCS-30001 - Challenges in Health and Social Policy
Coordinator: Ross Wilkie Room: MSPC1.74 Tel: +44 1782 7 34845
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 6
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
School Office: 01782 733928

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2024/25

This final year module focuses on the development of health and social policy in the UK and the relationships between government, society and policy, building on modules on previous years of the programme. You will learn more about policy development. implementation and the impact on public health in contemporary society. This wider understanding of the political agenda relating to public health may be useful in a range of future career settings with a health and wellbeing focus.

Aims
This module will enable the student to investigate and analyse the development and implementation of health and social policy in the UK and the relationships between government, society and policy. Students will be supported to consider particular topics in policy related to the determinants of health e.g. housing, education, and welfare, from a range of perspectives. Health policy will be examined to enable students to understand key drivers and influences underpinning policy development and change.

Intended Learning Outcomes

Critically discuss health and social policy development processes: 1
Evaluate the effectiveness of partnership working in the implementation of health and social policy: 1
Identify and analyse key current policy challenges relating to the wider determinants of health: 1

Study hours

25 hours face to face teaching: 15 hours lectures, 8 hours group work, 2 hour group debate
2.5 hours tutorial
30 minute oral exam
122 hours independent study

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Exam weighted 100%
A 30 minute oral exam


The University undertakes a continuous review of its teaching and research provision to ensure programmes are of a high quality and changes may be made to modules where it is necessary and reasonable to do so. Please be aware that minor changes to modules, such as a change to an individual assessment, can occur up until enrolment, although we endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes. 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/legalgovernancecompliance/governance/actcharterstatutesordinancesandregulations/studenttermsconditions/

Last Updated: 21 December 2024