Leading and Managing Long Term Conditions
Key information
- Start date:
- 26 October 2023
- Attendance dates:
26 October 2023
01, 02, 16, 29, 30 November 2023
06 December 2023
- Venue:
- Kate Granger Building, 30 Priestley Road, Surrey Research Park, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7YH
Depending on the subject and content, modules will be delivered via a combination of face to face and online.
- Some modules may be taught at: Stag Hill campus, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH
- Contact details:
- Post-registration Administration team
- Tel: +44 (0)1483 683576
- Email: postreg_admin@surrey.ac.uk
- Level
6 (undergraduate) - Credits
15 - Module code
NUR3211
Module aims
This module invites you to critically review your knowledge, skills and understanding of the management of long term conditions and reflect on how care is provided for clients. This will be achieved through analysing key concepts and models of care and by challenging existing practices. You will explore and debate new and contemporary ways of managing long term conditions which could deliver improvements in the care of this client group.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the module, you will be able to:
- Critique and evaluate existing frameworks for managing long term conditions at global, national, organisational and individual levels and explore and evaluate the effectiveness of existing service delivery models.
- Demonstrate a critical understanding and evaluation of the roles and responsibilities and complexities of a whole systems approach in relation to the management of long term conditions to include advanced communication and leadership skills, integrated care pathways and referral systems.
- Demonstrate a deep understanding and evaluate the impact of cognitive and behavioural factors on people with long term conditions and develop critical responses to existing approaches to self-management and models of empowerment and advocacy.
- Critically evaluate the legal and ethical dimensions of managing long term conditions including fair access to services through procurement and commissioning, and end of life issues.
Course content
Indicative module content includes:
- Models and frameworks for managing long term conditions
- Public health and epidemiology
- Policy and organisational analysis
- Pre screening to end of life
- Medicines management
- Decision making in the context case management, risk analysis and risk assessment
- Legal and ethical issues
- Psychological impact of long term conditions, including depression, loss and grief
- Models of empowerment and patient education
- Working in partnership, shared pathways in care, transition in care
- Working with and supporting patients/clients, families and carers
- E-health including telemedicine, telehealth and telecare.
Learning and teaching methods
The module will be facilitated using an enquiry based learning approach with key note lectures from relevant health and social care professionals.
For the 2023/24 curriculum, our PGT/CPD modules will continue to be delivered using hybrid learning. This means that depending on the subject and content of learning and teaching, modules will mainly be delivered via a combination of face to face and online delivery (both live and asynchronous), as this has worked really well for our practice-based colleagues. It is important to recognise the majority of modules contain face to face contact time and attendance at the University will be required.
Assessment
You will present a study of a patient/patient client group and critically analyse the way in which services to support their health and social care needs are organised, delivered and managed. The focus of your essay should be on your professional field and will conclude with recommendations for practice.
You will be expected to critically evaluate the key issues in the management of long term conditions.
Word count: 2,500
Course leader

Neesha Oozageer Gunowa
Senior Lecturer and Pathway Lead in Community Nursing
Reading list
Take a look at the module reading list.
Entry requirements
- Ability to study at level 6
- Professional registration as a healthcare professional:
- Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
- Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Working in health and social care.
Fees and funding
£1,019
How to apply
Please download and fill in an application form.
Please note:
- Applications close on 14 September 2023 or earlier if we reach a maximum number of applications. If we still have spaces on the course, we may extend the application deadline date.
- It is important to ensure that you complete all sections and answer all questions, incomplete forms will cause a delay and may result in you missing out on an available place.
- If you are registered on a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) course then you will need to complete an application form for each CPD module you wish to apply for.
Send your completed application to postreg_admin@surrey.ac.uk.
Terms and conditions
When you accept an offer of a place at the University of Surrey, you are agreeing to comply with our policies and regulations and our terms and conditions. You are also confirming you have read and understood the University's prospective student privacy notice.
If your sponsoring healthcare provider is funding you for this module, by submitting an application you agree to allow all information regarding your module (for example your exam results) to be shared with the sponsoring provider.
Cancellation policy
If you withdraw less than seven days before the module commences or do not attend on the first day (without informing the module administrator) the full cost of the module will be charged. Withdrawals after the module commences will also be charged.
Module availability
Places are confirmed approximately one month before the module start date. Please note that modules may be subject to teaching availability, student demand and/or class size caps.
Disclaimer
Modules listed are indicative, reflecting the information available at the time of publication. The University of Surrey has used its reasonable efforts to ensure that the information is accurate at the time of publishing, but changes (for example to module content) may occur given the interval between publishing and commencement of the module. It is therefore very important to check this website for any updates before you apply for a module with us. Read the full disclaimer.
Course location and contact details
Campus location
Kate Granger BuildingOur Medicine (Graduate Entry) BMBS degree, nursing and midwifery, and health science courses are taught at the Kate Granger Building (30 Priestley Road), on the Surrey Research Park.
Additional information
Depending on the subject and content, modules will mainly be delivered via a combination of face-to-face and online. Some modules may be taught at: Stag Hill campus, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH.
- Email: postreg_admin@surrey.ac.uk
- Phone: +44 (0)1483 683576
University of Surrey
Guildford
Surrey GU2 7XH