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Improving Health: Developing Effective Practice
Created: 31/10/2016
News/Events Category: Training and Learning
When: , Wednesday 11 January 2017
Where: Bay Hotel, Burntisland Rd, Kinghorn, Burntisland, KY3 9YE
This event is being organised by NHS Health Scotland
This particular event is free to attend, so no payment is required.
It is too late to book a place for this particular session, sorry about that.This accredited course is for anyone from any occupation, who has a role or interest in improving health or tackling health inequalities.
The course will enable you to increase your confidence in improving health and tackling health inequalities and will help you to explore the scope of your health improvement role in day to day practice.
Developed specifically for Scotland, the purpose is to provide a single short course that will set a standard for a common set of values and principles for you and others who have a role in health improvement as part of your daily practice.
Topics covered include health improvement, influences on health, health inequalities, working with individuals, working with communities and effective practice.
Course structure
This is a blended learning course combining 15 hours of online learning and 3.5 days of face to face workshops. Participants are also expected to carry out reflective tasks between course dates.
Those who successfully complete an additional optional assessment will achieve formal accreditation and quality for 15 SCQF points at Level 9 (third year degree level). There is a cost of £250 payable to Robert Gordon University for accreditation. Otherwise the course is free to attend.
Course dates
The face to face workshops will run on January 11th (half day induction), January 25th, March 1st and April 26th 2017. All except for the induction on January 11th are full days.
Learning outcomes
On completion of the course you will be able to:
- Critically examine concepts and models of health, health improvement and health promotion and their influence on current practice.
- Explain the mutual influences of social, policy, regulatory and legislative drivers on population health
- Appraise the implications of health improvement principles for reducing health inequalities and improving overall population health
- Critically examine your own practice in relation to achieving continuous improvement in delivery of interventions aimed to improve health and reduce health inequalities
- Demonstrate personal use of a reflective process to generate experiential learning.
The course has been developed by NHS Health Scotland and all who complete the blended course will receive an NHS Health Scotland course certificate, regardless of whether or not they have completed the final assignment. More information about the course can be found here.
Trainers
Laura Henderson, Senior Health Promotion Officer – Training, Health Promotion Fife
Katie Provan, Health and Wellbeing Advisor, Health Promotion Fife.
How to apply
To apply for a place, please complete the online application for at www.healthyfife.net/apply
For more information, please contact Laura Henderson, Senior Health Promotion Officer – Training at [email protected] or on 01592 226506.
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