One Assignment
A reflective case study: 4500 words
Module Learning Outcomes
1. Critically examine the personal and professional qualities and attributes that foster resilience and authentic leadership in self and others.
2. Critically evaluate leadership approaches and the related evidence base that is used to inform and support effective delivery of health and social care services.
3. Critically analyse factors which influence and impact on leadership within organisational cultures.
4. Critically evaluate the components of healthcare leadership models and make informed judgements about their potential to support professional leadership approaches practice within health and social care settings.
Assignment Question
The NHS Scotland Leadership Qualities Framework states that having a consistent NHS leadership framework provides clarity about:
• Why effective leadership and management is important to the delivery of high quality health and social care services (the ‘why’?)
• What is expected of individuals, teams organisations in terms of delivering effective leadership and management (the ‘what’?)
• The values, behaviours and attitudes of leaders and managers which underpin effective leadership and management (the ‘how’?)
Write a reflective case study about a direct episode of care or an aspect of your leadership role in practice. The case study should be written in three parts to incorporate the key leadership principles stated above. The module learning outcomes should be evidenced within the assignment.
Suggested Structure:
Introduction and Overview of Episode of Care /Aspect of leadership: 1000 words
Part One: Why Effective Leadership and Management is Important: 1000 words
Part Two: What is Expected to deliver Effective Leadership and Management: 1000 words
Part Three: The values, Behaviours and Attitudes that underpin Effective Leadership: 1000 words
Conclusion: 500 words
Submission Requirements
Assessments must be word processed:
• Leave a margin to the left and right of the page
• Use 1.5 line spacing
• Arial font 11 or 12, or Calibri font 12
• Pages should be clearly numbered
• Your registration number should be on each page
• The title page and subsequent pages must include your student registration number, module number and assessment number and title e.g.
o Assessment 1
o ‘Essay Title’
• Your name should not appear on the Assessment or the Cover sheet
• Assessments must be submitted with a completed Cover sheet, available on Brightspace
• An electronic copy of your assessment must be submitted via ‘Turnitin’/Brightspace
• Assessments must be your own, original work and state the number of words
• You must retain a copy of all submitted work
• Work submitted is not returned
• Assessment marks will be available in the My Grades area of the VLE
• Patient/client confidentiality must be maintained.
• All academic work must be referenced using the University referencing system which can be accessed from the Post graduate Programme handbook on brightspace
