The aims of this module are to enable students to autonomously plan, manage deliver and evaluate personalised care provided to children, young people and adults who have a range of complex and/or acute care needs and/or who are living with long-term or life-limiting conditions, through the use of person-centred approaches, across primary and community settings.

Learning Outcomes

•   Develop an understanding of how to autonomously plan, manage, deliver, co-ordinate and evaluate care that is person/family-centred to children and young people/adults in primary care/community settings.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the political and economic policies and drivers that can influence health care and well-being of children and young people/adults.
• Demonstrate a holistic understanding of the palliative and end-of-life care needs of children young people/adults with life-limiting conditions or who are dying as well as those of their families/carers considering legal and ethical decision making at end of life.
• Recognise the emotional, mental, social and practical needs of children, young people/adults and their families/carers to facilitate person/family-centred interventions that meet their health needs.
• Apply advanced knowledge, skills and behaviours that are respectful of, and responsive to, the cultural needs of diverse people and communities when providing health and care.
• Demonstrate the ability to manage complex acute needs and those living with long-term conditions whilst navigating the challenges of associated multiple co-morbidities whilst recognising the risk.
• Demonstrate the ability to initiate evidence-based care and treatment, encompassing therapeutic interventions, social prescribing and medicines management that are supportive curative symptom-relieving or palliative.

Assessment

A Poster Presentation of case study of a child/young person/individual, family or patient group.