Module - Advancing Mental Health Across the Health Care Spectrum (Advanced Level HCPD7040)
The aim of this module is to develop further understanding of the nature and impact of mental illness across the healthcare spectrum.
Having completed this module you may wish to use it towards a postgraduate programme such as the MSc Practice Development or MSc Paramedic: Practice Development.
By the end of this module you will be able to:
- Critically discuss theories of mental health across the lifespan and contemporary approaches to supporting individuals in crisis.
- Critically review the management and organisational issues related to provision of services related to mental health within a range of work based settings.
- Model appropriate multi-professional, evidence-based inclusive practice using a critically reflective approach to enable personal and professional development.
- Critically analyse how learning from this module has transformed your understanding of your practice.
Life stages and transitions; definitions of mental health; common and serious mental health problems across the age continuum; anxiety states; depression; alcohol/drug abuse; bereavement; suicide; gender and ethnicity; assessment skills; risk assessment; approaches to care' privacy and dignity; service user/carer involvement; mental health policy and guidance; multi-disciplinary support and process of referral.
How you will learn
This is an asynchronous distance learning module. Learning takes place in our virtual learning environment, Blackboard, using module teaching resources, reading tasks, discussions and Padlets. Participation in discussions and Padlets is expected. Peer contextual feedback will give a breadth of understanding applicable to different areas of practice’.
Discussions and Padlets are used for formative work and to give peer feedback. These provide an opportunity for you to receive feedback on work as part of your learning for the module. Formative work does not have marks awarded that contribute to the final module mark ’
How you will be assessed
The summative assessment is a written assignment of 3,500 words which provides the opportunity for you to demonstrate that you have met the learning outcomes for the module.
To be eligible to study this module, students must demonstrate the ability to study at this level and commit to attempting the assessment. When taken as part of a specific named award, the module content and assessment must be focused towards the subject of that award. Students must participate in the formative components of the module to successfully pass the module.
If you have previously studied this module at level 6, it cannot be studied again at level 7.
Tuition fees are set annually and are subject to review each year. The University may therefore raise tuition fees in the second or subsequent years of a course, in line with inflation and/or the maximum permitted by law or government policy. Students will be notified of any changes as soon as possible.
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