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

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

none

Barred Combinations

none

Description for 2024/25

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.

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