Course overview
This module is aimed at all registered and practicing nurses or midwives, and allied health and social care professionals.
This module evaluates and applies established theories and models relevant to decision making in the context of health and social care. These are drawn from a wide variety of disciplines including clinical reasoning, philosophy and ethics, legal frameworks, Service User involvement, Inter-professional and Values Based Decision Making. Throughout, students will develop their critical thinking skills, with an emphasis on applying their learning to decision making in the students’ own health and social care context.
Learning Outcomes:
Knowledge and Understanding:
Successful students will typically..
- Identify and critique challenging decisions from health and social care practice.
- Critically evaluate and apply established decision-making theories and frameworks to complex decisions in health and social care.
Intellectual, Practical and Transferable Skills:
Successful students will typically..
- Critically appraise influences on decision-making in health and social care contexts.
- Critically evaluate the role of own and others personal and professional values in decision making.
Number of Learner Hours:
- Scheduled - 25
- Independent - 125
- Placement/work-based learning - 0
Assessment:
There are 5 elements to the assessment for this module using a variety of formats including academic poster, essay and podcast, each accounting for 12.5% of the total grade; grade and a final critical reflection, accounting for 50% of the overall grade.
This module can contribute to the following programme(s)
HHCONMSC: MSc Contemporary Nursing
HSACPM: MSc Advanced Clinical Practice
HSAPPM: MSc Advanced Paramedic Practice
HSMIRSM: MSc Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences: Medical Ultrasound
HSMIRSM: MSc Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences: Clinical Radiographic Reporting
HSMIRSM: MSc Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences – Advanced Radiotherapy and Oncology Practice
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Funding
£915.00
The price quoted above is for a [30/15 credit module] in the 2025/26 academic year and applies to students who are assessed as Home fee payers ONLY. Fees will differ for students assessed as Overseas fee payers. Fee assessment decisions follow UKCISA (UK Council for International Student Affairs) guidance, which is based on UK law and government regulations. Further information on who will pay Home or Overseas tuition fees can be found here: https://ask.herts.ac.uk/will-i-pay-home-or-international-tuition-fees
Once confirmed, a student’s fee status will normally remain the same for the duration of their course. However, information regarding fee reassessment is available here: https://ask.herts.ac.uk/will-i-pay-home-or-international-tuition-fees#FeeReassessment
Eligible students may be able to apply for a Postgraduate Student Loan. Please note that to access this funding, you must enrol on the full MSc programme; funding is not available for individual modules or interim awards (for example, a Postgraduate Diploma). Further information is available at: https://www.gov.uk/masters-loan
Further details, including tuition fee amounts, fee policy and payment deadlines, can be found here : https://www.herts.ac.uk/study/fees-and-funding/fee-information/fees-and-finance-policy-documents
If you require further information or have any questions regarding fees, please contact: cpdhealth@herts.ac.uk
Why choose HERTS?
Excellent sector connections: we have extensive links with eight NHS Trusts and Local Authorities in Hertfordshire.
Links with over 98 NHS Trusts and Local Authorities in East Anglia and London regions.
Flexibility: we provide flexible study options to ensure you can fit CPD study around your busy professional and personal lives.
Location: the main University of Hertfordshire campus is 25 minutes from London with easy access by both road and rail services.
Course details
Course leader
Dr Rosemary Godbold (r.godbold@herts.ac.uk) & Nathalie Pheasant (n.pheasant@herts.ac.uk)
Administrator
Eleena Ehiosun
Telephone
01707 284800
Course delivery
Online
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Prerequisites
- You should be a qualified health care professional currently working in an appropriate area of practice.
- If you have non-UK academic qualifications you will need to supply evidence of comparability. The organisation ECCTIS will supply this for a reasonable fee https://www.enic.org.uk
- You should also have current professional registration (e.g NMC, HCPC etc) and be employed as a health care professional in an appropriate setting.
- This module forms part of a broader CPD framework which can lead to a postgraduate award or it can be taken as a standalone module for CPD.
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