NURS20165 - Leadership in Healthcare

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit prepares you to undertake a leadership role in healthcare contexts. In this unit, you will have the opportunity to analyse theories and models of leadership and reflect upon your leadership strengths and weaknesses. You will apply leadership theories and your selected leadership model/s to leading in the healthcare setting. You will also focus on emotional intelligence and critique the concept of relational power to autonomous practice.Through the use of coaching and mentoring strategies you will develop the capacity to lead, empower and inspire members of the healthcare team.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 9
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 1
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites There are no pre-requisites for the unit.

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Residential School No Residential School

Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2023

Term 2 - 2023 Profile
Online

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Portfolio 25%
2. Portfolio 35%
3. Report 40%

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

Past Exams

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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2019 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 3.6 (on a 5 point Likert scale), based on a 35.71% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: Student evaluation
Feedback
Review links to mind-tools
Recommendation
All links will be reviewed prior to next offering.
Action Taken
Links to mind tools reviewed as well as hard copies of information is now provided in modules for students to access. Dr Joyce Hendricks and Dr Julie Shaw taught this unit and have now left the university. The data identified in this report is assumed to be correct as Dr Leanne Jack was not employed by CQU at the time of this unit's offering.
Source: Student evaluation
Feedback
Working out your individual leadership style and the associated strengths and weakness.
Recommendation
Maintain up-to-date topical information.
Action Taken
All information is contemporary and checked for recency and relevance. Dr Joyce Hendricks and Dr Julie Shaw taught this unit and have now left the university. The data identified in this report is assumed to be correct as Dr Leanne Jack was not employed by CQU at the time of this unit's offering.
Source: Student evaluation
Feedback
Change management was the most useful, very topical.
Recommendation
Maintain up-to-date topical information.
Action Taken
All information is contemporary and checked for recency and relevance. Dr Joyce Hendricks and Dr Julie Shaw taught this unit and have now left the university. The data identified in this report is assumed to be correct as Dr Leanne Jack was not employed by CQU at the time of this unit's offering.
Source: Student feedback
Feedback
Links to Mindtools website need checking
Recommendation
Links checked and copies of materials from the links also provided in modules. Dr Joyce Hendricks and Dr Julie Shaw taught this unit and have now left the university. The data identified in this report is assumed to be correct as Dr Leanne Jack was not employed by CQU at the time of this unit's offering.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: Student feedback
Feedback
Change management and leadership styles were very useful
Recommendation
Maintain unit materials for recency and relevance. Dr Joyce Hendricks and Dr Julie Shaw taught this unit and have now left the university. The data identified in this report is assumed to be correct as Dr Leanne Jack was not employed by CQU at the time of this unit's offering.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: Unit evaluation
Feedback
Assessments were hard to follow
Recommendation
Review assessments before next iteration of the unit. This was done for Term 3, 2019. Dr Joyce Hendricks and Dr Julie Shaw taught this unit and have now left the university. The data identified in this report is assumed to be correct as Dr Leanne Jack was not employed by CQU at the time of this unit's offering.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Analyse theories and models of leadership and apply these to the healthcare setting
  2. Evaluate your leadership skills and abilities and construct a professional development plan to effectively lead healthcare teams
  3. Apply skills and knowledge to effectively lead teams for change management in healthcare settings.

N/A

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3
1 - Portfolio • •
2 - Portfolio •
3 - Report • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Advanced Level
• Professional Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3
1 - Knowledge • • •
2 - Communication • •
3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills •
4 - Research •
5 - Self-management •
6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility •
7 - Leadership • • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Advanced Level
• Professional Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 - Portfolio • • • • •
2 - Portfolio • • • •
3 - Report • • • • • • •