How to
Prioritise
Your
Learning
Before choosing an educational programme, it’s important to think about your career goals and ambitions.
To assist you in achieving a clear view of what you want to learn, and why, and to help you to decide whether the
Health & Medical Sciences programme at UCL is right for you, we’ve developed this simple three-step tool.
Step 1
People undertake professional development for many reasons.
Which of these describe you?
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Reflect on and review
your career goals and
reasons for learning
Step 2
Rate your skills,
knowledge and
experience
Whatever your motives for
contemplating
postgraduate study, you
need to identify your
strengths and those skills
which are less developed.
Use the checklist (derived
from the literature):
• In column A, rate the
relevance of each skill to
your goals as blank, ,
or
• Then, where column A
shows that an area is
important, use column B
to rate your current skills
as blank, ,
,
or
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I am seeking promotion (e.g. I will be applying to become a consultant).
I would like to change my job and want to improve my CV.
I am taking on a new role and want to ensure I am ready for the challenge.
I plan on staying in my current job but would like to take on
new responsibilities.
I feel it’s time for me to learn new skills and to keep my practice up to date.
I want to deepen my knowledge in specific areas and improve my practice.
A
Cardiology
C
L Care of the Elderly
I
N
Child Health
I
C
Chronic Disease Management
A
L
Gastroenterology
S
P
E
C
I
A
L
T
I
E
S
Mental Health
Oncology
Primary Care
Sport, Health & Exercise
Sexual Health
Women’s Health
Clinical Effectiveness
e.g. national policies, audit, NICE
Clinical Governance
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E
N
E
R
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C
T
R
A
N
S
F
E
R
A
B
L
E
Healthcare Finance
e.g. commissioning services; strategic needs assessment;
resource allocation
Leadership: Supervision
e.g. leading and managing change; managing teams;
motivating staff
Legal & Ethical Issues relating to Healthcare
Patient Safety
e.g. adverse healthcare events; risk assessment
Patient’s Perspective & Experience
e.g. eliciting feedback and handling complaints; culture and
health; patient self-care; shared decision-making; impact of the
Internet
Public Health
e.g. health promotion; healthcare policy
S Quality in Healthcare
K
I Research Methods and Skills
L
L Service Improvement
S
Teaching & Mentoring Students and Staff
e.g. educational supervision; assessing students
Using Technology in Clinical Settings
B
Step 3
Priority for you?
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L
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C
A
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Identify your priorities
Look in the Module Library under...
Cardiology
Under development
Care of the Elderly
Under development
Child Health
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Child Health
Chronic Disease
Management
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Chronic Disease Management
Gastroenterology
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Gastroenterology
Mental Health
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Mental Health
Oncology
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Oncology
Primary Care
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Primary Care
Sexual Health
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Sexual Health
Women’s Health
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Women’s Health
Clinical Effectiveness
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Law, Ethics, Clinical Governance
Leadership and Management
Organisational Issues
Quality and Clinical Effectiveness
Clinical Governance
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Law, Ethics, Clinical Governance
Leadership and Management
Organisational Issues
Quality and Clinical Effectiveness
Any line in Step 2 with
or more in column A
and
or less in column
B is a likely priority. Mark
the skills gap you’ve found
with a .
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P
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C
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A
L
T
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S
Column 3 points you to
relevant themes in the
HMS Module Library online
at www.ucl.ac.uk/chime/
study/health-sciences/
module-library
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G
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N
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C
T
R
A
N
S
F
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R
A
B
L
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S
K
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L
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Healthcare Finance
Under development
Leadership: Supervision
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Education and Training
Leadership and Management
Organisational Issues
Legal & Ethical issues relating to Healthcare
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Law, Ethics, Clinical Governance
Organisational Issues
Patient Safety
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Law, Ethics, Clinical Governance
Leadership and Management
Organisational Issues
Quality and Clinical Effectiveness
Patient’s Perspective & Experience
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Chronic Disease Management
Primary Care
Patient Perspectives and Experience
Public Health
•
Public Health
Quality in Healthcare
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Leadership and Management
Organisational Issues
Quality and Clinical Effectiveness
Research Methods & Skills
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Research Methods & Skills
Service Improvement
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Chronic Disease Management
Law, Ethics, Clinical Governance
Leadership and Management
Organisational Issues
Patient Perspectives and Experience
Quality and Clinical Effectiveness
Research Methods and Skills
Using Technology to support Patient Care
Teaching & Mentoring Students and Staff
•
Education and Training
Using Technology in Clinical Settings
•
Using Technology to support Patient Care