HealthKnowledge Teaching
The modules in this teaching section cover a variety of different subjects ranging from information and intelligence for commissioners through to undergraduate training and a range of ‘soft skills’ required for an holistic education, such as leadership and management, and collaborative working for health.
| This module introduces you to managing change by providing tools that will support putting the change into context, planning changes using change models, implementing changes and effective communication with an understanding of the environment and then monitoring and managing the process. |
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Collaborative Working for Health - Sally Markwell and Viv Speller |
| Participants will learn to understand the principles and methods of partnership working and the benefits which collaboration can bring. |
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Foundation Course – Health Intelligence for Commissioning and Practitioners |
| These teaching modules introduce commissioners and practitioners to the use of health intelligence in the commissioning process. The aim is to provide skills that will support health service workers in providing better health and wellbeing for all, better care for all and better value for money. |
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Getting the Message Across - Jeremy Francis and Martyn Laycock |
| Participants will be able to understand and use effective communication techniques. Knowledge will be gained on how to present material using styles and techniques appropriate for a range of audiences, understanding the effect that the media has on public perception, investment and decision-making. |
| These teaching modules introduce those working in local authority settings to the public health skills that are central to ensuring that local authority core services have positive impacts on health and wellbeing. The modules aim to provide participants with the knowledge, skills and language to promote health within key council roles, whilst at the same time developing public health champions working in senior positions across the council. |
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Health Services Planning in the World Class Commissioning Environment |
| These teaching modules introduce you to the competencies that will support the commissioning and planning of services, maximising patient outcomes within available resources and determining how to make difficult commissioning decisions. The best workshop format for these modules is one where commissioners, GPs, hospital clinicians, local authority and all other key stakeholders learn together. |
| This three-part module explores the subjects of learning and knowledge, their characteristics, their roles in organisations, and in society, their attainment and application, and also their management in an organizational sense. There are strong linkages between ‘learning’ and ‘knowledge’ - the process of learning leads to the acquisition of knowledge; this is why we feel the often-used term ‘knowledge management’ is an acceptable subject heading - organisations seek to manage both the acquisition and the use of knowledge. |
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Leadership and Management - Jeremy Francis and Martyn Laycock |
| Through this module participants will have a better understanding of themselves and their impacts on others. They will understand the similarities and differences between management and leadership, as well as different models/styles and principles of leadership, the strengths and weaknesses of each, when they should be used and their potential use in improving population health and wellbeing. |
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Policy and Strategy Development and Implementation - Sally Markwell and Viv Speller |
| Participants will be able to understand the strategic context of policy development - understand the process of policy development and its complexities - understand the importance and impact of public policy and legislation on health and wellbeing at individual, local, national and global levels - develop awareness of the major government policies related to health and wellbeing, health inequalities and their interconnections - explore the political environment in which one’s own organisation is set and how this affects its policy and strategy. |
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Prioritisation and Performance Management - Jeremy Francis and Martyn Laycock |
| Participants will be able to understand how trends within their part of the organisation are creating changes in their job role - understand how organisations achieve success and the part that vision, objectives and strategy play in achieving success - use a Balanced Scorecard approach to obtain a balanced focus on key objectives - understand the key elements of strategic thinking and link them to creating local strategies aligned with overall organisation strategies - understand the best practices of Effective Resource Allocation - understand the importance of Performance Management in delivering an organisation’s objectives - Understand the link of Performance Management to Competencies and the creation of a Learning and Development Environment - use a seven step Performance Management Process - describe Performance Measures for different aspects of a person’s performance - reflect on their use of Performance Management Practices - improve their People Management and Development skills. |
| Participants are introduced to the component parts of programme & project management, which are largely sensible, logical approaches to planning, implementing and managing work. The tools have been brought together over the years to form a structured, disciplined approach to managing goal-specific and time-finite activities. |
| In 2008, the Department of Health commissioned the Association of Public Health Observatories (APHO) to develop a public health intelligence training course covering knowledge and skills up to level 6 of the Public Health Skills and Careers Framework. The course was piloted in two regions in 2008. The content of the basic course is outlined. |
| These teaching resources introduce pre-qualification health students to public health as an integral part of their day-to-day work so that they understand fully their potential for improving health beyond treating the individual. As well as encouraging health professionals to fulfill their public health role at work, the knowledge gained will ensure that they have an understanding of health and its determinants, which permit them to make healthier choices for themselves and their families. They will also be useful as CPD for qualified health practitioners. |
