module specification

Professional practice 2: Team working and interprofessional practice  (PT5051) module will progress knowledge and skills learnt in the first year’s Professional practice 1 module in the leadership and management pillar of clinical practice.

Its focus will be further development of communication and collaboration skills for effective working with service users and other healthcare professions. It will introduce advanced skills required for team working, managing conflicts and effective communication in challenging clinical scenarios. This will prepare students for inter-professional working and collaboration in practice. Students will also continue the exploration of HCPC standards of proficiencies and standards of conduct, performance and ethics that relates to working with interprofessional collaboration and team working. 

Specifically in this module, you will: 

Develop communication skills to a higher level and enable communication in more complex scenarios with both service users and other members of the MDT. 

Introduce inter-professional education and collaboration with other healthcare students.

Acquire the knowledge around managing conflict and whistleblowing.

Develop skills in networking and collaboration

Pre-requisite: All level 4 modules

Co-requisites: PT5000, PT5052, PT5053, PT5W51, PT5W52

Available for Study Abroad? NO

Knowledge 

Team working approaches in clinical practice such as multi-disciplinary reviews, case conferences and other forms of reviews.

Understanding of roles of other health care specialities within different health care settings, and within multidisciplinary teams (MDT) (LO3) 

Overview of complex communication techniques required for interprofessional team working including managing conflict (LO1, LO2) 

Overview of the process of whistle blowing and HCPC regulations (LO2)

Understanding of the importance of collaboration with other health care professionals in achieving good patient outcomes (LO3, 4) 

Understanding limits of own practice

Explore HCPC standards of proficiencies relating to interprofessional working.

Skills

Complex communication skills (LO1) 

Conflict management with both service users and other professionals (LO2) 

Collaborative working skills (LO3) 

Clinical reasoning (LO3) 

Awareness of the MDT and their roles (LO3, 4)

Referral processes in clinical services

Discharge planning

Multi-agency working

Whistleblowing skills

Teaching approaches used in this module will include direct face to face teaching, blended learning with online resources and group work and inter-professional education.  

Students will work in groups to discuss and reflect upon professional practice, working through case studies and scenarios. Students will also work on case study presentations with other health science students to promote inter professional learning and collaboration.

By the end of this module students should:

Demonstrate awareness of the importance of multi-disciplinary team approach and complex communication skills when working with service users and other healthcare professionals. 

Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of how to delegate appropriately, manage conflicts and risks to achieve beneficial outcomes. 

Demonstrate an understanding of roles of other health care professionals in different clinical setting for effective patient care and protection. 

Identify when to seek advice or refer to another professional or service when they have reached the limits of their own knowledge and skills.

Core Reading

https://rl.talis.com/3/londonmet/lists/E351477D-5FA3-63BB-BE67-8A1C420E5A19.html?lang=en

Websites: 

HEALTH & CARE PROFESSIONS COUNCIL (2023). Standards of Proficiency (Physiotherapy) London: HCPC. https://www.hcpc-uk.org/globalassets/resources/standards/standards-of-proficiency---physiotherapists.pdf 

HEALTH & CARE PROFESSIONS COUNCIL (2023). Standards of conduct, performance, and ethics. London: HCPC. https://www.hcpc-uk.org/globalassets/standards/standard-of-conduct-performance-and-ethics/revised-standards-2023/revised-standards-of-conduct-performance-and-ethics.pdf 

Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (2019). Code of Members’ Professional Values & Behaviour.https://www.csp.org.uk/system/files/publication_files/000529_Code%20of%20Members%20Professional%20Values%20and%20Behaviours%202019.pdf 

Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (2020). CSP Physiotherapy Framework. https://www.csp.org.uk/system/files/documents/2020-05/CSP%20Physiotherapy%20Framework%20May%202020.pdf 

HEALTH & CARE PROFESSIONS COUNCIL (2020) Standards of Continuing Professional Development: HCPC. https://www.hcpc-uk.org/standards/standards-of-continuing-professional-development/