Introduction to Integrated Care

About This Course

Through this module, the student will learn to:
1. Appreciate the societal context and the foundational concepts (of populations, consumers, systems and policies) that undergird theory and practice in Integrated Care.
2. Understand the constructs for the delivery of Integrated Care, including services and models, capabilities and tools, and resources and financing.
3. Contextualise their own programmes within these theories and practices in relation to their own health and social care organisations and to apply insights and processes to their real-world work.
4. Critique the pilots and implementations underway with appreciation of the complexities and subtleties of a relatively under-understood domain.

Through points 1 to 4, the student will:
5. Plan and design Integrated Care programmes in the health and care delivery services and the community.
6. Pilot and scale such programmes for actual patient, family and societal impact.
7. Market, enable and activate patients and caregivers to make good use of such programmes.
8. Evaluate the efficiency, effectiveness and impact of such programmes, and conduct research to further improve the delivery of health and social care.