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School: Nursing and Midwifery

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Clinical Leadership and Management

  • Unit Code

    CLM6100

  • Year

    2025

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    3

  • Credit Points

    20

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Ahmad MOUSA

Description

This unit is aimed at health professionals whose role and responsibility is to deliver clinical care.The unit focuses on the self-development of the participant, and emphasises close links with patient/client involvement and quality improvement. The unit teaches the use of a variety of different tools and interventions to enable clinical leaders to develop the necessary skills to set and maintain high standards of patient-focused care, to lead by example and to inspire, motivate and empower their teams.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded CLM4100

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Advocate for patient safety and integrate system improvement into clinical care.
  2. Analyse conflict resolution strategies within the broader health environment.
  3. Analyse their own leadership style and optimise its impact within their clinical team.
  4. Critically reflect on their cross cultural responsiveness when communicating with patients, families and colleagues.
  5. Evaluate their effectiveness and role within their clinical team.
  6. Evaluate their role within the multi-professional team.
  7. Generate skills and tools to be more effective advocates for the safety and quality initiatives.
  8. Transmit strategies to deal with difficult interactions with managers and peers.

Unit Content

  1. Clinical leadership and accountability for patient care.
  2. Clinical leadership and management within a quality-improvement environment.
  3. Management strategies for the challenges and critics in the clinical setting.
  4. Motivational theories and their use by clinical leaders.
  5. Principles of leading and managing a diverse workforce in the clinical setting.
  6. Relationship between leadership and management in the clinical setting.
  7. Theories of leadership and application in the clinical setting.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 213 x 2 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

Additional Learning Experience Information

On-line modules, online discussions, social networking sites and virtual tutorials.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ExerciseOnline Discussions: Contemporary leadership theories and concepts20%
EssayApplication of leadership and management principles in a health care environment40%
AssignmentLeadership Development Plan and Strategy40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ExerciseOnline Discussions: Contemporary leadership theories and concepts20%
EssayApplication of leadership and management principles in a health care environment40%
AssignmentLeadership Development Plan and Strategy40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

  • Plagiarism: Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).
  • Unauthorised collaboration (collusion): Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).
  • Contract cheating: Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.
  • Cheating in an exam: Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

CLM6100|3|1

School: Nursing and Midwifery

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Clinical Leadership and Management

  • Unit Code

    CLM6100

  • Year

    2025

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    3

  • Credit Points

    20

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Ahmad MOUSA

Description

This unit is aimed at health professionals whose role and responsibility is to deliver clinical care.The unit focuses on the self-development of the participant, and emphasises close links with patient/client involvement and quality improvement. The unit teaches the use of a variety of different tools and interventions to enable clinical leaders to develop the necessary skills to set and maintain high standards of patient-focused care, to lead by example and to inspire, motivate and empower their teams.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded CLM4100

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Advocate for patient safety and integrate system improvement into clinical care.
  2. Analyse conflict resolution strategies within the broader health environment.
  3. Analyse their own leadership style and optimise its impact within their clinical team.
  4. Critically reflect on their cross cultural responsiveness when communicating with patients, families and colleagues.
  5. Evaluate their effectiveness and role within their clinical team.
  6. Evaluate their role within the multi-professional team.
  7. Generate skills and tools to be more effective advocates for the safety and quality initiatives.
  8. Transmit strategies to deal with difficult interactions with managers and peers.

Unit Content

  1. Clinical leadership and accountability for patient care.
  2. Clinical leadership and management within a quality-improvement environment.
  3. Management strategies for the challenges and critics in the clinical setting.
  4. Motivational theories and their use by clinical leaders.
  5. Principles of leading and managing a diverse workforce in the clinical setting.
  6. Relationship between leadership and management in the clinical setting.
  7. Theories of leadership and application in the clinical setting.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 213 x 2 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

Additional Learning Experience Information

On-line modules, online discussions, social networking sites and virtual tutorials.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ExerciseOnline Discussions: Contemporary leadership theories and concepts20%
EssayApplication of leadership and management principles in a health care environment40%
AssignmentLeadership Development Plan and Strategy40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ExerciseOnline Discussions: Contemporary leadership theories and concepts20%
EssayApplication of leadership and management principles in a health care environment40%
AssignmentLeadership Development Plan and Strategy40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

  • Plagiarism: Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).
  • Unauthorised collaboration (collusion): Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).
  • Contract cheating: Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.
  • Cheating in an exam: Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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