Extended Independent Project: Service Improvement

Apply Online

This module aims to equip students to be able to undertake an independent service improvement project in their workplace or within their professional field.

Course overview

Students will attend classes for taught content in Semester 1 to acquire the knowledge and skills required to undertake such a project, such as research and evaluation skills, both quantitative and qualitative. Students will learn how to critique relevant professional and academic literature. This will culminate in the design of a service improvement project which the student will then undertake in Semester 2. Students will be supported by a university tutor. The project will be written up either as a research, evaluation or service improvement report, or a systematic literature review. The module will culminate in a poster presentation event for students, tutors and employers.

What you need to know

Course start date

September

Location

University of Winchester Campus and Distance Learning

Course length

30 hours of contact time over 5 days

Apply

Apply Online

Typical offer

N/A

Fees

£900

Course features

Gain 60 academic credits that will be the culmination of your MSc in Professional Practice or your MSc Professional Practice (Community Rehabilitation).
Opportunity to design and develop a feasible, ethical and relevant approach to address a recognised issue within your professional field
Support to design, implement and analyse an original study
A chance to share your findings with your employer at a poster presentation event

Course details

Lectures will cover the following topics: the philosophical background of research and evaluation; the differences between research, service evaluation and service improvement; how to search the literature and how to evaluate what it is communicating; ethical considerations in research and evaluation; qualitative methods: data gathering and analysis; quantitative methods: data gathering and analysis; how to write a research proposal; how to present a project to specialist and non-specialist audiences: dissertations, reports, posters, infographics and conferences.

To gain the credits students will be required to submit a project proposal, a project write-up and present a poster that communicates the project rational, design and findings.

Modules

Please note the modules listed are correct at the time of publishing. The University cannot guarantee the availability of all modules listed and modules may be subject to change. The University will notify applicants of any changes made to the core modules listed. For further information please refer to winchester.ac.uk/termsandconditions

Entry requirements

N/A

Suitable for all practicing health and social care professionals who have already gained 120 credits from modules within the MSc Professional Practice.

For general enquiries please contact HWBShortCourses@winchester.ac.uk.

Please book via the 'How to apply' page.

No International Entry Requirements for this course.

Additional costs

For information about staff and student discounts please contact the short course administrator HWBShortCourses@winchester.ac.uk.