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Professional Skills and Leadership for Radiographers

Module description

In this module, you will develop your knowledge of the legislative and professional framework that governs radiographers together with associated managerial, professional and inter-professional issues encountered in clinical practice. The resulting framework of knowledge and skills supports safe and equitable practice.

Module aims - intentions of the module

This module aims to equip you with the knowledge to fulfil the non-clinical aspects of your role as a diagnostic radiographer such as compliance with governance and professional responsibilities.

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)

ILO: Module-specific skills

On successfully completing the module you will be able to...

• 1. Evaluate the impact of current Health and Social Care policy on professional practice
• 2. Discuss approaches to mentorship, clinical leadership, management and innovation within transdisciplinary teams and the impact of cultural, geographical and organisational factors
• 3. Critically evaluate individual professional roles, principles and values on interprofessional team members across partnerships and professional practice.
• 4. Evaluate the drivers and processes/barriers to quality improvement, clinical effectiveness, patient safety, service enhancement and workforce planning
• 5. Develop a broad understanding of all aspects of equality and diversity in healthcare practice.

ILO: Discipline-specific skills

On successfully completing the module you will be able to...

• 6. Demonstrate awareness of legal and ethical considerations in relation to digital innovation, radiography practice and emerging technology.
• 7. Demonstrate awareness of sustainable health care and healthcare education.
• 8. Critically appraise and apply information about health outcomes when supporting people to manage their physical and mental health care needs helping them to make informed health choices
• 9. Demonstrate an understanding of the need for active participation in training, supervision and mentoring in supporting high standards of practice, and personal and professional conduct

ILO: Personal and key skills

On successfully completing the module you will be able to...

• 10. Develop a service improvement proposal by using and producing research, identifying strategic context, analysis, recommendations of improvement, change management, capacity building and implementation of identified change.
• 11. Demonstrate understanding the importance of their own mental and physical health and wellbeing strategies in maintaining fitness to practise and how to take appropriate action if their health may affect their ability to practise safely and effectively.
• 12. Appraise the influence of resilience and emotional intelligence in communication, produce clear accurate and timely records, and confidently contribute to the interdisciplinary team.
• 13. Demonstrate proficiency at accessing and using digital literacy to inform safe, quality healthcare.
• 14. Demonstrate awareness of how personal assumptions, values, beliefs, respect and attitudes affect a professional's ability to interact appropriately with patients, their carers and colleagues.

Syllabus plan

Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, an example of an overall structure is as follows: 

• Professional Practice including regulations and legislation in relation to radiography practice: overview and general issues.
• Mentorship including skills for supervision of assistant practitioners, students on placement, etc. 
• Clinical leadership
• Management models
• Interprofessional working
• Clinical effectiveness including audit, service evaluation and research
• Service enhancement including the role of the Care Quality Commission in regulating quality of service. 
• Quality Improvement
• Workforce pressures and planning
• Equality and Diversity in health care practice
• Ethical and legal issues around digital innovation, radiographic practice and emerging technology
• Sustainability in healthcare and healthcare education.
• Health promotion and prevention
• Self-awareness of own physical and mental health
• Self-awareness of own values and beliefs.
• Emotional intelligence
• Resilience in health care practitioners
• Patient-centred care and patient involvement in radiography and healthcare

Learning activities and teaching methods (given in hours of study time)

Details of learning activities and teaching methods

Formative assessment

Summative assessment (% of credit)

Details of summative assessment

Details of re-assessment (where required by referral or deferral)

Re-assessment notes

The same piece of work will be resubmitted with improvements following feedback.

Indicative learning resources - Basic reading

Not applicable

Indicative learning resources - Web based and electronic resources

http://ele.exeter.ac.uk/

Indicative learning resources - Other resources

• Baggott R. (2004), Health and Health Care in Britain (3^rd edition), Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN 0-333-96159-5
• Fincham R. and Rhodes P. (2005), Principles of Organisational Behaviour (4th edition), Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0199253975
• Hannagan T. (2007), Management Concepts and Practices (5th edition), Financial Times Publishing/Prentice Hall, ISBN 978-0273711186
• Higgs J. et al. (Eds) (2018), Clinical Reasoning in the Health Professions (4th edition), Elsevier, ISBN 978-0702062247
• Lilley M (2002), An A-Z of Management for Healthcare Professionals, Radcliffe-Oxford, ISBN 978-1857759532
• Moullin M. (2002), Delivering Excellence in Health and Social Care, Open University Press, ISBN 7-80335-20888-3
• Roberts-Phelps G. (1999), Working Smarter, Ashford Colour Press, ISBN 1-154181-47-5
• Royal College of Radiologists and Society and College of Radiographers (2018), The radiological investigation of suspected physical abuse in children, Society and College of Radiographers, Ref No. BFCR(17)4a
• Society and College of Radiographers (2006), Health Care Associated Infections (HCAIs) Practical Guidance and Advice, Society and College of Radiographers, ISBN 1 871101 39 5
• Society and College of Radiographers (2018), Obtaining consent: a clinical guideline for the diagnostic imaging and radiotherapy workforce, Society and College of Radiographers, ISBN 978-1-909802-18-6
• Society and College of Radiographers (2013), Professional Supervision – Advice and Guidance Document, Society and College of Radiographers, ISBN 978-1-909802-00-1  

Key words search

Medical Imaging; Professional issues; Imaging; Interprofessional; Frameworks; Leadership Management Sustainability Equality and Diversity.