NMHS43620 Innovations in Healthcare, Local and Global

Academic Year 2023/2024

This module enables students to explore the theory and practice of innovation as it relates to the products, processes, services, ways of working and organising, and business models that create value for an organisation's stakeholders. The module adopts an applied and reflective approach to innovation in healthcare by identifying and analysing the features of successful innovations and innovative organisations, locally, nationally and internationally. Students will explore the factors that stimulate or inhibit thier own and their colleagues' creativity, reflect on their roles as innovators and will analyse examples of healthcare innovation in their own practice. Students will be facilitated to look inward, outward and forward, examining the sources, types, and history of innovation, how creativity and innovation is enabled or constrained in particular contexts, and how knowledge is managed to stimulate and sustain innovation. The emphasis is on self as innovator, students' personal and professional experiences of creativity and innovation, how organisations manage innovation, the impact of organisational strategy, systems and structure on innovation, and knowledge and innovation management frameworks. Promoting and leveraging creativity throughout organisations, and mainstreaming and sustaining innovation will be considered in the context of whether and how experimentation and implementation are encouraged and supported in specific organisational contexts. The Three Horizons framework developed by Sharpe (2013) and the International Futures Forum provides the theoretical framework for the module and the work of Frederic Laloux is also studied along with classic readings on innovation from authors including Christensen, Moss-Kanter, Herzlinger and Drucker.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On completion you will be able to:
1. Explore the theory and practice of innovation using the Three Horizons framework;
2. Articulate the value of innovation in products, processes, services, business models and ways of working and organising in health care;
3. Articulate and evaluate the significance of differences between incremental and radical innovation;
4. Identify the key components of innovative organisations, how they adapt to changing circumstances and how they build a sustainable culture for creativity and innovation;
5. Review strategies for innovating more effectively;
6. Understand how to constructively and effectively challenge and transform the status quo;
7. Understand how to systematically invent, design and introduce new approaches to practice using innovative methods that can help create new frameworks and models.

Indicative Module Content:

Classic and contemporary readings on innovation and innovation management.
Futures thinking and the three horizons framework.
Re-inventing organisations and the work of Laloux.
Innovations in healthcare, drawing on the work of Herzlinger and others.
Critical creativity.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Small Group

6
Tutorial

14
Seminar (or Webinar)

6
Specified Learning Activities

110
Cont Professional Development

64
Total

200
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
The module is delivered by blended learning, supported by 4 full-day workshops.
Pre-reading and completing short assignments in advance of each workshop, and active engagement in workshops, are key.
The focus on practice and the applied and experiential nature of the module place a premium on student engagement and participation and students are expected to take a lead in discussions and presentations.
The focus is on assessment as and for learning, as well as of learning and a high degree of reflection is expected. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Attendance: Class participation, engagement in discussions, student-led seminars, presentations, projects and team in each of the four workshops. Weighted at 5, 7, 8 and 10%, respectively. Throughout the Trimester n/a Other No

30
Portfolio: Post-module reflective report on implications for leadership and management practice of three key ideas from module materials. Coursework (End of Trimester) n/a Graded No

40
Continuous Assessment: Pre-workshop assignments due in advance of each of workshops 1-4 weighted at 5, 7, 8 & 10%, respectively. Throughout the Trimester n/a Graded No

30

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Remediation Type Remediation Timing
Repeat Within Two Trimesters
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Self-assessment activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
 

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