Personalised Care: Peer Leadership Foundation - Step Two (FutureLearn)

Personalised Care: Peer Leadership Foundation - Step Two (FutureLearn)

Further explore personalised care in the NHS and how you can help others to benefit. Learn more about personalised care so you can help others to benefit. You will learn about the changing culture in the NHS and the shift from ‘what’s the matter with you’ to ‘what matters to you?’ You will see further real-life examples of personalised care in practice and learn about the role of policy, guidance, legislation and good practice in delivering personalised care.

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This course builds on the Personalised Care: Peer Leadership Foundation - Step One course to further explore the introduction of personalised care in the NHS.
You will also explore the difference between providing peer support and becoming a Peer Leader.

What topics will you cover?

  • Where personalised care came from and where it is heading
  • Culture and the NHS
  • The vision for personalised care and what ‘good’ personalised looks like
  • Helping others to benefit from personalised care
  • The difference between peer support and peer leadership
  • Next steps to becoming a Peer Leader

Learning on this course
You can take this self-guided course and learn at your own pace. On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.

What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

  • Describe where personalised care came from
  • Describe the culture in the NHS
  • Describe the benefits of personalised care for the whole population
  • Explain the difference between peer support and peer leadership

Who is the course for?
It is open to everyone but is mainly aimed at people who want to use their knowledge of personalised care to help others.

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