Health Care and Intervention Delivery
This module is designed to provide students with a knowledge base in the provision and delivery of health care. It will develop understanding of the structure and operation of different health care systems, including the NHS; managing change and leadership; health economics; issues around medical decision-making; models of doctor-patient communication; the impact of hospitalisation, stressful hospital procedures and screening; and developments that will impact on delivery of health care in the future such as telehealth and genetics. Lecture titles are:
Psychology of Public Health Crisis
Health Economics
Telehealth
Impact of Screening
Doctor-Patient Communication 1: Theory
Half-day observation of consultations between health care professionals & patients
Medical Decision-making
Working with Specialist Hospital Population
Motivational Interviewing
Behaviour Change Interventions
Managing Change & Leadership
Doctor-Patient Communication 2: Reflection on observation of consultations
