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Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025

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Date posted: September 2024

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Module Title
Module Code (ITS)
Faculty School
Module Co-ordinatorSemester 1: Noel Hayes
Semester 2: Noel Hayes
Autumn: Noel Hayes
Module TeachersNoel Hayes
NFQ level 9 Credit Rating
Pre-requisite Not Available
Co-requisite Not Available
Compatibles Not Available
Incompatibles Not Available
Repeat examination
Description

This purpose of this module is the enhancement of the financial and operational management capabilities and skillset necessary for modern healthcare excellence. Drawing on practical insights, and implementable techniques, the module focuses on financial and operational perspectives to deliver successful healthcare projects. The approach adopted draws heavily on direct knowledge of healthcare procedures, and learning focuses on case-based study, group projects, and individual challenges and reflective pieces to build practical knowledge of the procedures of most relevance to healthcare professionals. An additional focus is on the coming developments in both the financial and operational space that will impact on decision making in this space.

Learning Outcomes

1. Critical analyse and appraise the core financial and operational processes in healthcare settings
2. Demonstrate advanced levels of articulation of healthcare excellence projects with a practical understanding of the financial and operational processes that need to be managed in achieving that project
3. Critically analyse and demonstrate through reflective practice in portfolio on their own project experiences and how these experiences could have been improved through active management of the financial and operational project aspects - development of this reflective work will contribute to the end organisational development project
4. Using critical skills of analysis, synthesis and evaluation, articulate their knowledge of current financial and operational healthcare systems, and draw critical comparisons between current and upcoming systems



Workload Full-time hours per semester
Type Hours Description
Lecture13Lectures: 13 hours
Seminars15Seminars: 15 hours
Independent Study72Independent study: 72 hours
Online activity10Online activities: 10 hours
Group work15Group work: 15
Total Workload: 125

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Indicative Content
Understanding the financial and operational manager mindset Current financial systems for healthcare Current operational systems for healthcare Legal and compliance aspects of financial and operational systems Hands-on experience with financial and operational systems How health care policy communicates financial and operational aspects Implementing a project with excellent financial and operational process perspectives Handling under-resourced projects The next generation of health care financial and operational systems Recognizing and responding to business opportunities in a healthcare setting

Indicative Activities
Class will be delivered over one semester. Participants will be given readings and exercises to prepare for each class. Practitioner talks will be a critical component of participant engagement

Reading List
A number of articles will be recommended for each topic. These will be based on practitioner media, and some academic articles where appropriate. As this is intended as a practical module, most of the readings will be financial and operational handbooks from healthcare systems, and public health policy documents. Some textbooks will be noted but are not the main focus of the learning approach.

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment% Examination Weight%
Course Work Breakdown
TypeDescription% of totalAssessment Date
Group assignmentDevelopment of a group assignment that will be presented to the class and marked with part peer-to-peer assessment50%Week 8
AssignmentComplete written assignment addressing all learning outcomes50%Week 12
Indicative Reading List

    Other Resources

    49910, 2020, State of the Worlds Nursing Report, https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240003279, 49911, 2021, State of the Worlds Midwifery Report, https://www.unfpa.org/publications/sowmy-2021, 49912, 2021, The Future of Nursing report, https://www.nap.edu/download/25982,

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