Leading and Managing Long Term Conditions

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.

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.

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.

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

Take a look at the module reading list.