The Major Project is central to the Masters award and allows you to demonstrate your ability to synthesise learning from previous modules. You’ll use this learning as the basis for planning, conducting and writing up a literature review, using an enhanced approach to research or a work-based project. This is the opportunity for you to demonstrate your ability to raise significant and meaningful questions in relation to your chosen topic and a critical understanding of research methodology and its relation to knowledge. You’ll be able to develop solutions to ethical dilemmas likely to arise in your research or professional practice. As well as expanding existing knowledge, this will contribute to your development of best practice and critiquing primary research.
View the full module definitionThe module examines diverse approaches to educational research and explores research ethics, methodologies, methods and design. The module will draw upon a range of research literature and theory so that students are exposed to the idea of challenging existing theoretical stances and philosophical aspects of educational research. The module is designed to support the needs of postgraduate students who are ready to prepare a major project proposal. This module will incorporate peer group and tutor-facilitated discussions and observations plus tutor inputs and small group and whole group study.
Pre-requisite: Current live registration with a health professional statutory regulatory body such as the NMC. The Professional Advocate Preparation module is for current healthcare practitioners who wish to develop their clinical leadership skills. Candidates will have a current live registration with a professional statutory regulatory body such as the NMC. Combining academic rigour with practical applications to create forward thinking dynamic practitioners who’ll have the ability to lead the services within which they work. Developed to meet the Professional Advocate standards set by NHS England, including the mandated 10 taught days (https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/a-equip-midwifery-supervision-model.pdf), we combine preparation for the Professional Advocate role with an innovative exploration of leadership and management in healthcare and examine your impact on your organisation. Royal College of Nursing Standard for PNA 2023 Sound theoretical knowledge of leadership theory underpins the role and competencies of the Professional Advocate. We’ll develop your skills and expertise in the four functions of the Professional Advocate: Education and Development (formative function), Restorative Clinical Supervision, Monitoring, Evaluation, and quality control (normative function) and Personal action for quality improvement.
View the full module definitionCombine preparation for the PMA role with an innovative exploration of leadership and management in healthcare. Sound theoretical knowledge of leadership theory underpins the role and competencies of the PMA. We aim to develop your skills and expertise in the four functions of the Professional Midwifery Advocate: education and development (formative function), restorative clinical supervision, monitoring, evaluation and quality control (normative function) and personal action for quality improvement. On successful completion of the module, you’ll be able to undertake the role of the Professional Midwifery Advocate (PMA), and be appointable as a Professional Midwifery Advocate by your employing organisation. This module has been developed to meet the PMA standards set by NHS England, including the mandated ten taught days. Lectures on leadership will be shared with students on Applied leadership and Management, to develop interprofessional networking.
View the full module definitionBuilding on your existing strengths and resources, you’ll develop your skills of reflection and self-awareness. Additionally, you’ll reduce your stress levels and risks of burnout. As an in-practice professional, you will learn and apply in your practice the fast-growing theoretical framework for ‘Compassionate Resilience’. You’ll find out how you can use the personal compassionate resilience skills that you’ll develop on the programme, as well as in your team, clinical practice and at the organisation level. Together, we’ll explore self-awareness, understand how to foster hope, discover how to form supportive relationships and utilise compassionate resilience in leadership, management and supervision. You’ll pack your Resilience Kitbag, demonstrating your critical understanding, and informed application, of the compassionate resilience skills in practice.
We’ll prepare you to assess and manage patients with minor illnesses, while incorporating a symptom-based, patient safety-focused approach.
View the full module definitionExplore 11 unique topic areas relevant to the lactating parent and infant. This module is ideal for all health care professionals, midwives, midwifery students, infant feeding leads, health visitors, health visiting students, dieticians, nurses, nursing students, osteopaths, community and children’s centre staff, doulas, National Childcare Trusts (NCT) birth preparation educators, or maternity nurses, developing their knowledge and understanding of human lactation. We’ll provide you with the knowledge and competence to become a competent practitioner in the field of lactation. This module would prepare you for Pathway One of the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners’ (IBCLE) examination, providing, in excess of, the 95 hours of specific lactation education required to apply for the IBCLE exam. If you choose to do so.
View the full module definitionThe Fundamentals of Practice Nursing module aims to provide qualified nurses, new to general practice, with a foundation for providing safe, evidenced based and effective care for patients, and to be able to work as part of the healthcare team with colleagues, such as GPs, Health Visitors, District Nurses and others. We’ll cover a range of topics to aid transfer of existing skills and the development of new skill. The NHS values-based care and the 6Cs will be core themes running throughout. You’ll benefit from blended learning and the support of your mentor.
View the full module definitionYou’ll explore national concerns around childbirth, including rising rates of intervention, and family experience of birth, and build on your existing knowledge and skills as we examine the concepts surrounding childbirth. We’ll look at how to support physiology during the antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal periods to promote safe, positive birth experiences, including how choice, continuity and control support physiological childbirth. You’ll also examine how cultural, political, environmental, and economic factors influence childbirth, developing a deeper understanding of how societal issues shape the way care is provided. By analysing both international and local perspectives, you’ll apply your learning to your own clinical practice and deepen your understanding of alternative approaches to care. You’ll draw on your own experience, as we work to advance your midwifery knowledge and apply it confidently in a variety of professional settings, wherever you practice.
View the full module definitionIn this module you will study explanations of child abuse and safeguarding children and young people, and critically reflect upon the findings. An examination of personal reflections related to children and young people, and the relevant issues, will also offer professional insight into current policy and procedure. It will enable you to critically evaluate your own knowledge and the skills which underpin your current practice and to take a more proactive and innovative stance when promoting the safeguarding of children and young people.
View the full module definitionDevelop specialist knowledge on certain mental health skills, interventions and an understanding of the therapeutic milieu. You’ll begin to understand and comprehend various specialised aspects of the ‘craft of caring’ for people with a serious mental illness. You’ll have the opportunity to explore more specific aspects of professional care and it will give you the opportunity to develop a deep understanding of more complex individualised care, helping to improve the quality of care the patient receives. Explore the specialisms of forensics, older people, learning disabilities, carers, child and adolescence mental health care needs, as well as specialist services in community and inpatient. Alongside this you’ll be encouraged to consider an international perspective.
The needs of an individual will change on admission to hospital. In order to assess and interpret the patient’s needs and to provide high quality nursing care, nurses require particular skills and knowledge. This module will enable the student to enhance the skills necessary to assess and plan holistic care in a hospital setting, taking into account the biological disorders, multi-cultural needs and the diverse patient population that the students will be used to caring for in their own areas of clinical practice.
View the full module definitionDevelop your specialist knowledge on child and adolescent mental health focusing on an understanding of how significant the psyche development is on mental health. You’ll begin to understand various theoretical perspectives, relating to psyche development and how healthy development can have an effect on mental wellbeing. You’ll have the opportunity to explore more specific aspects of human development (including language and cognitive development) and it will give the you the opportunity to develop a deeper understanding of more complex circumstances which affect the mental health of children. Explore how the very early years can have an effect on child and adolescence mental wellbeing, helping you to understand possible concepts and issues including moral issues, risk and resilience. You’ll also be encouraged to consider this from an international perspective.
Understand the various causes and management of symptoms and learn how to communicate sensitively about end of life concerns. In order to meet the needs of dying patients, you need to understand the various causes and management of symptoms and also learn how to communicate sensitively about end of life concerns. This enables module enables you to provide high-quality, holistic end of life care, and to know when specialist input is required.
Explore key principles of teaching and learning within medical and healthcare education. Reflect on your own experiences as both a learner and an educator, to develop and enhance your own teaching practices in light of those principles explored, incorporating critical analysis of relevant literature. We’ll address practical aspects of teaching, from motivating learners through to designing effective learning resources to enhance your teaching strategies and provide guidance on planning, delivering and reflecting on teaching sessions to maximise the quality of the learning experience. This module includes ten taught lectures, online activities to support your learning, and ten hands-on skills sessions where you’ll gain practical skills and further your knowledge of modern technology in teaching.
View the full module definitionTo use ever changing wound healing technologies correctly and cost effectively, you need to be able to make informed decisions about products and care strategies. This module will give you the necessary knowledge to manage wounds on a day to day basis in both primary and secondary care settings. You will explore current wound care issues and develop a sound knowledge of aetiology, physiology & care and management of the individual with tissue viability needs.
View the full module definitionChronic respiratory disease remains the third leading cause of death in the UK (ONS, 2023), despite evolving healthcare research and improved medical management, ever increasing numbers of complex respiratory patients are managed in primary and community care. With global respiratory focus on early diagnosis, holistic management, and patient empowerment there is a growing need for enhanced skills and knowledge of all respiratory clinicians. Our Advanced Management of Chronic Respiratory Conditions for Primary and Community Practitioners module is for registered healthcare professionals currently working within respiratory care in a primary or community setting and with a keen interest in advancing knowledge of chronic respiratory disease and management. We’ll support your theoretical learning and application of this knowledge and skill set within the chronic respiratory field. The module adopts a blended learning delivery approach with a combination of live synchronous virtual learning directed by the module leader, self-directed and group learning as well as a face-to-face on-campus study day. We’ll support you to achieve the module learning outcomes through provision of online resources, facilitation of peer learning, application of critical evaluation of evidence and how this drives guidelines as well as encouragement to consider contemporary ideas and original influences in primary and community respiratory care and how this will ultimately impact the patient journey.
This module provides a partnership between theoretical knowledge and practical competence as supported by the National Standards for Critical Care Nurse Education (Critical Care National Nurse Network Leads 2012). You will be required to provide safe, high quality care for the critically ill. Through this module you will learn strategies to support improvements in critical care practice. Thus such safety and quality of care becomes embedded within your clinical practice through the ability to continually re-evaluate and enhance care. It is recognised that the critical care environment is constantly changing especially with the emergence of new technologies and therapies to facilitate patient recovery from an often life threatening illness. To be able to care for the critically ill patient expertly, critical care nurses need to ensure they develop and maintain their own competence in practice. The importance of competence within nursing is recognised as one of the six 'Cs' fundamental to the vision of developing a culture of compassion and care (Department of Health 2012). As a theory/practice you will learn both in the classroom and in the practice area. Learning and teaching methods in the classroom will include a variety of methods such as lectures, seminars, scenario based group work and simulation.
View the full module definitionThis course is designed specifically for registered practitioners working with infants/children and families affected by cleft lip/palate. We’ll give you a systematic understanding of the physical, psychological and social needs, as well as pathophysiology and treatment of the conditions and other conditions that may accompany it. Allowing you to gain an in depth understanding into the aetiology, anatomy and physiology of cleft lip/palate as well as exploring the evidence base for treatment and management of these affected families. Enhance your clinical skills, needed to manage infants/children and families affected by cleft lip/palate, as well as your counselling skills for family support. We’ll give you the opportunity to demonstrate leadership in reviewing your service provision and development. You’ll focus on the management of feeding infants affected by cleft lip/palate and the ongoing support and treatment required for individual cases. Reflection will form a significant part of your development, reflecting on current care as well as alternative practice experience.
View the full module definitionOn this module, you will gain advanced decision making skills, theoretical knowledge and advanced practical skills to work autonomously in caring for patients who present with a minor injury. Minor injuries cover all of the common injuries, for both adults and children. You'll learn from examples of history taking, examination, radiology, treatment and advice for each condition.
Collaborative working within mental health care is at the heart of this module, drawing on examples of good practice from a global perspective. Develop your understanding of collaborative working to enable high quality mental health care to be delivered. Focus on models of collaborative working and exploration of roles and responsibilities in delivering quality care. Collaborative working involves a range of stakeholders and organizations. The inclusion of service users and their families/carers in decision making has been a major shift in care delivery, as has the move from a medical model to a social model. Underpinning this is the emphasis on recovery principles and not symptom management. The development of peer workers in the UK has also led to recognition of how individuals who have experience of mental health problems can contribute to the recovery of others. Emphasis on collaboration to prevent mental health problems is also growing. This includes workplace and school-based initiatives to enable individuals to develop tools for managing their own mental health.
This module is aimed at all practitioners, especially those with an interest in the management of adults and children with diabetes. It will help you enhance your existing knowledge and skills for delivering evidence-based diabetes care and exercise your higher levels of judgment, discretion and decision making. Key aspects of diabetes care will be explored including the epidemiology, pathophysiology, novel biomarkers and diagnosis criteria of diabetes; main types of diabetes and short-term and long-term complications. You will analyse key standards required to improve diabetes care either in a primary or secondary care setting.
View the full module definitionFocussing on the different mental health conditions and disorders of emotional wellbeing that children and young people may present with or be diagnosed with. You’ll develop a comprehensive understanding of these conditions in order to facilitate support and to develop understanding in regard to how the statutory and non-statutory organisations can support the child/adolescent and their family to enable them to aid recovery. You’ll explore coping mechanisms and how these influence the child’s mental wellbeing, social communication and behaviour regulation will also be considered, as well as learning disabilities. The teaching and learning will focus on the family and how the dynamics, culture and systems can affect the child’s mental health, and how mental wellbeing affects the family. Interventions and treatment will be considered in relation to mental health issues in children.
Engage with fundamental questions concerning the aims, values and outcomes of education generally and within your area of practice. You’ll reflect on your own role in the learning process and consider how your personal values and goals influence your practice. Together, we’ll examine real world situations where policy doesn’t match up with practice, and you’ll use educational theory to explore possible solutions that work in your field of practice. You’ll take part in five in-person workshops (or five interactive webinars if you’re studying at a distance learner), supported by online resources and activities that deepen your learning and fit around your schedule. By the end, you'll: Critically reflect on your role within the education process; Gain a deeper understanding of how culture, society and educational philosophies affect learners and learning.
View the full module definitionThis module is open to healthcare professionals who are working with patients who have experienced a stroke. According to Public Health England stroke is a leading cause of death and disability in the UK. There are around 32,000 stroke-related deaths in England each year. They estimate that one in six people will have a stroke in their lifetime. Deaths related to stroke have declined by 49% in the past 15 years. This has been accredited to a combination of better prevention, earlier treatment and more advanced treatment (PHE 2018). We’ll equip you with the knowledge, skills and ability to recognise stroke symptoms and to plan immediate and ongoing interventions and care. You’ll gain a deeper understanding of the stroke pathways from onset to rehabilitation and social reintegration. In addition, you’ll enhance your knowledge of neurology, anatomy and physiology of the brain, types of stroke and correspondent treatment, hyper acute interventions and the evidence for new and novel practice. Therapeutic interventions will be examined in relation to the management of physical symptoms and provision of best practice. Explore the function of the multi-professional team, including specialist roles and accountability in practice. Equip yourself with strategies that promote awareness of high quality care, which in-turn will influence patient safety, satisfaction and outcome. You’ll be encouraged to explore underpinning theory related to all of the above issues. In addition, you’ll review your own practice and critically reflect on how patient satisfaction, compassionate care and team leadership and performance can be improved.
View the full module definitionWith increased knowledge, skills and understanding of the physiology and pathophysiology of the newborn, you can contribute with more confidence and awareness to their clinical nursing care. Using a critical approach to contemporary evidence, you’ll consider and analyse nursing and medical interventions that may be used in your clinical setting to ascertain appropriateness, effectiveness and best practice. In your own area of work, you’ll hone your skills in patient assessment and interventions with a focus on family integrated care. You’ll be encouraged to review the provision of special and transitional care in the light of supporting evidence, and to critically reflect on current practice.
View the full module definitionThis module will focus on the specialist knowledge and the clinical skills that are required to enable you to competently undertake a thorough Newborn and Infant Physical Examination (NIPE) in clinical practice. You will utilise in-depth knowledge and understanding that you have gained to enable you to recognise the deviations from the normal to initiate appropriate care and referral. Critical reflection and completion of the practice documents will allow you to further identify your learning needs and develop your scope of professional practice.
View the full module definitionExplore current issues in mental health from both a national and global perspective. Together we’ll address a number of issues related to mental health and society. The way in which mental illness is portrayed through the media and the impact this can have on interpretations of mental health and mental illness within a given society will be explored. This includes examining how mental health is represented in the news, on social media and within fictional sources including films and literature. The delivery of culturally appropriate health care will also be examined and how the knowledge gained can be applied to current or future practice.
This module will enable you to develop in-depth knowledge and skills when caring for the critically unwell woman, during the child bearing continuum. Work-based learning is incorporated into the module in order to recognise and value your professional expertise. While practicing midwifery in an area where women with high dependency needs will be cared for, you will also spend clinical time developing your skills in the high dependency or intensive care unit.
This module provides an innovative exploration of leadership and management in healthcare, and examines their impact on organisations including wider considerations in the external environment. This module will enable students to assess and analyse the roles that leaders and managers play in a range of organizational contexts; and to apply the principles and techniques of leadership and management in a range of contexts.
View the full module definitionWith a focus on cultural, social and family influences on child and adolescent mental wellbeing you’ll explore current issues in mental health from both a national and global perspective. The need to understand children holistically; taking into account cultural beliefs, values and attitudes, and social context, is gaining importance due to the complexity of mental health problems and the increased need for services for different ethnic groups and for children whose lives have changed due to civil unrest. We’ll address a number of issues related to child and adolescent mental wellbeing and society including health promotion. The way in which mental illness is portrayed through the media and the impact this can have on interpretations of mental health and mental illness within a given society will be explored. Examining how mental health is represented in the news, on social media and global technology, sexuality will also be explored. The delivery of culturally appropriate health care will also be examined and how the knowledge gained can be applied to current or future practice.
Develop specialist techniques required for their role in medical and healthcare education. You'll have the opportunity to explore five techniques (of ten offered) that they believe will benefit their practice. You will be encouraged to reflect on how you might use these techniques to address identified areas for development in your practice and benefit your students’ learning. Face-to-face delivery will be across five ‘workshops’ with further complementary resources and activities available online. Distance learners will have further resources and activities online which will be complimented with five webinars. The overall aims of this module are: To provide you with an opportunity to develop skills and techniques pertinent to your professional practice; To encourage you to reflect on opportunities to utilise the new techniques to enhance your students’ learning experiences.
View the full module definitionThe importance of infection prevention and control (IPC) in clinical practice is well established. In undertaking this module, we’ll help you gain in depth knowledge of the fundamental principles of IPC and how the immune system works. IPC guidance is constantly changing at a local, national, and international level. You’ll need to understand, interpret, and enforce these IPC guidelines correctly, we’ll support you to critically appraise and synthesise this information to make informed decisions for practice around the use of products and the implementation of care strategies. Explore current IPC issues, such as antibiotic stewardship, facilitated by the module leader. We’ll equip you to manage any IPC issues on a day-to-day basis in both primary and secondary care settings. This module is essential development for IPC link practitioners or those developing their skills/knowledge towards becoming an IPC specialist nurse/practitioner. In addition, existing IPC nurses/practitioners wishing to expand their knowledge would also find the module beneficial.
Recent reports into maternity care have highlighted the need for improved multi-disciplinary team (MDT) collaborative working and training, strengthened leadership and an improved workplace culture. As senior midwives working in the UK, this module will expand your knowledge of: Compassionate leadership and how this inspires your team to perform at their absolute best; Developing a supportive workplace culture based on mutual respect; Role modelling professional behaviours that are consistent with positive team working.
This module explores all aspects of adult acute care and the support required for family or carers. It builds on the concept of Quality Critical Care (2005), recognising that individuals have the right to specialist care, regardless of location or speciality. Patient safety is an absolute priority and lessons learnt from the NPSA reports (2007, 2008) and the initiative of 'Reducing Harm from Deterioration' (Patient Safety First 2008) is incorporated as an outcome measure. Maintaining adequate tissue perfusion and oxygenation is essential for life. Compromise from any cause will lead to organ dysfunction, failure or even death. Through skilled assessment and interventions, practitioners can be proactive in detecting and supporting the highly dependent and acutely ill patient. This module provides the practitioner with the knowledge necessary to care for the highly dependent and acutely ill patient and maps directly against National Institute for health & Clinical Excellence Clinical Guideline 50, Acutely ill Patients in Hospital (2007). It is also guided by the Department of Health (2009) competencies for the acutely ill adult. In this post Francis (2013) era, the focus on patient experience and the NHS Constitution (2012) are embedded in the module. National reports such as 'Time to Intervene' (National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome & Death 2012) and 'Time to Act' (Parliamentary Ombudsmen 2013) continue to record failings in the provision of acute health care provision. This module helps to address how these failings may be remedied from the perspective of the practitioners and of the organisation. Opportunities to simulate practice and identify the human factors that influence patient safety together with increasing situational awareness will assist in this goal. Learning and teaching strategies include lectures, skills workshops, and a scenario based workshops. Opportunities to apply new knowledge and skills within your specialist practice will be facilitated.
View the full module definitionThe module examines diverse approaches to educational research and explores research ethics, methodologies, methods and design. The module will draw upon a range of research literature and theory so that students are exposed to the idea of challenging existing theoretical stances and philosophical aspects of educational research. The module is designed to support the needs of postgraduate students who are ready to prepare a major project proposal. This module will incorporate peer group and tutor-facilitated discussions and observations plus tutor inputs and small group and whole group study.
The Major Project is central to the Masters award and allows you to demonstrate your ability to synthesise learning from previous modules. You’ll use this learning as the basis for planning, conducting and writing up a literature review, using an enhanced approach to research or a work-based project. This is the opportunity for you to demonstrate your ability to raise significant and meaningful questions in relation to your chosen topic and a critical understanding of research methodology and its relation to knowledge. You’ll be able to develop solutions to ethical dilemmas likely to arise in your research or professional practice. As well as expanding existing knowledge to contribute to the development of best practice and critiquing primary research.
View the full module definitionThe module examines diverse approaches to educational research and explores research ethics, methodologies, methods and design. The module will draw upon a range of research literature and theory so that students are exposed to the idea of challenging existing theoretical stances and philosophical aspects of educational research. The module is designed to support the needs of postgraduate students who are ready to prepare a major project proposal. This module will incorporate peer group and tutor-facilitated discussions and observations plus tutor inputs and small group and whole group study.
Pre-requisite: Current live registration with a health professional statutory regulatory body such as the NMC. The Professional Advocate Preparation module is for current healthcare practitioners who wish to develop their clinical leadership skills. Candidates will have a current live registration with a professional statutory regulatory body such as the NMC. Combining academic rigour with practical applications to create forward thinking dynamic practitioners who’ll have the ability to lead the services within which they work. Developed to meet the Professional Advocate standards set by NHS England, including the mandated 10 taught days (https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/a-equip-midwifery-supervision-model.pdf), we combine preparation for the Professional Advocate role with an innovative exploration of leadership and management in healthcare and examine your impact on your organisation. Royal College of Nursing Standard for PNA 2023 Sound theoretical knowledge of leadership theory underpins the role and competencies of the Professional Advocate. We’ll develop your skills and expertise in the four functions of the Professional Advocate: Education and Development (formative function), Restorative Clinical Supervision, Monitoring, Evaluation, and quality control (normative function) and Personal action for quality improvement.
View the full module definitionCombine preparation for the PMA role with an innovative exploration of leadership and management in healthcare. Sound theoretical knowledge of leadership theory underpins the role and competencies of the PMA. We aim to develop your skills and expertise in the four functions of the Professional Midwifery Advocate: education and development (formative function), restorative clinical supervision, monitoring, evaluation and quality control (normative function) and personal action for quality improvement. On successful completion of the module, you’ll be able to undertake the role of the Professional Midwifery Advocate (PMA), and be appointable as a Professional Midwifery Advocate by your employing organisation. This module has been developed to meet the PMA standards set by NHS England, including the mandated ten taught days. Lectures on leadership will be shared with students on Applied leadership and Management, to develop interprofessional networking.
View the full module definitionBuilding on your existing strengths and resources, you’ll develop your skills of reflection and self-awareness. Additionally, you’ll reduce your stress levels and risks of burnout. As an in-practice professional, you will learn and apply in your practice the fast-growing theoretical framework for ‘Compassionate Resilience’. You’ll find out how you can use the personal compassionate resilience skills that you’ll develop on the programme, as well as in your team, clinical practice and at the organisation level. Together, we’ll explore self-awareness, understand how to foster hope, discover how to form supportive relationships and utilise compassionate resilience in leadership, management and supervision. You’ll pack your Resilience Kitbag, demonstrating your critical understanding, and informed application, of the compassionate resilience skills in practice.
We’ll prepare you to assess and manage patients with minor illnesses, while incorporating a symptom-based, patient safety-focused approach.
View the full module definitionExplore 11 unique topic areas relevant to the lactating parent and infant. This module is ideal for all health care professionals, midwives, midwifery students, infant feeding leads, health visitors, health visiting students, dieticians, nurses, nursing students, osteopaths, community and children’s centre staff, doulas, National Childcare Trusts (NCT) birth preparation educators, or maternity nurses, developing their knowledge and understanding of human lactation. We’ll provide you with the knowledge and competence to become a competent practitioner in the field of lactation. This module would prepare you for Pathway One of the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners’ (IBCLE) examination, providing, in excess of, the 95 hours of specific lactation education required to apply for the IBCLE exam. If you choose to do so.
View the full module definitionThe Fundamentals of Practice Nursing module aims to provide qualified nurses, new to general practice, with a foundation for providing safe, evidenced based and effective care for patients, and to be able to work as part of the healthcare team with colleagues, such as GPs, Health Visitors, District Nurses and others. We’ll cover a range of topics to aid transfer of existing skills and the development of new skill. The NHS values-based care and the 6Cs will be core themes running throughout. You’ll benefit from blended learning and the support of your mentor.
View the full module definitionYou’ll explore national concerns around childbirth, including rising rates of intervention, and family experience of birth, and build on your existing knowledge and skills as we examine the concepts surrounding childbirth. We’ll look at how to support physiology during the antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal periods to promote safe, positive birth experiences, including how choice, continuity and control support physiological childbirth. You’ll also examine how cultural, political, environmental, and economic factors influence childbirth, developing a deeper understanding of how societal issues shape the way care is provided. By analysing both international and local perspectives, you’ll apply your learning to your own clinical practice and deepen your understanding of alternative approaches to care. You’ll draw on your own experience, as we work to advance your midwifery knowledge and apply it confidently in a variety of professional settings, wherever you practice.
View the full module definitionIn this module you will study explanations of child abuse and safeguarding children and young people, and critically reflect upon the findings. An examination of personal reflections related to children and young people, and the relevant issues, will also offer professional insight into current policy and procedure. It will enable you to critically evaluate your own knowledge and the skills which underpin your current practice and to take a more proactive and innovative stance when promoting the safeguarding of children and young people.
View the full module definitionDevelop specialist knowledge on certain mental health skills, interventions and an understanding of the therapeutic milieu. You’ll begin to understand and comprehend various specialised aspects of the ‘craft of caring’ for people with a serious mental illness. You’ll have the opportunity to explore more specific aspects of professional care and it will give you the opportunity to develop a deep understanding of more complex individualised care, helping to improve the quality of care the patient receives. Explore the specialisms of forensics, older people, learning disabilities, carers, child and adolescence mental health care needs, as well as specialist services in community and inpatient. Alongside this you’ll be encouraged to consider an international perspective.
The needs of an individual will change on admission to hospital. In order to assess and interpret the patient’s needs and to provide high quality nursing care, nurses require particular skills and knowledge. This module will enable the student to enhance the skills necessary to assess and plan holistic care in a hospital setting, taking into account the biological disorders, multi-cultural needs and the diverse patient population that the students will be used to caring for in their own areas of clinical practice.
View the full module definitionDevelop your specialist knowledge on child and adolescent mental health focusing on an understanding of how significant the psyche development is on mental health. You’ll begin to understand various theoretical perspectives, relating to psyche development and how healthy development can have an effect on mental wellbeing. You’ll have the opportunity to explore more specific aspects of human development (including language and cognitive development) and it will give the you the opportunity to develop a deeper understanding of more complex circumstances which affect the mental health of children. Explore how the very early years can have an effect on child and adolescence mental wellbeing, helping you to understand possible concepts and issues including moral issues, risk and resilience. You’ll also be encouraged to consider this from an international perspective.
Understand the various causes and management of symptoms and learn how to communicate sensitively about end of life concerns. In order to meet the needs of dying patients, you need to understand the various causes and management of symptoms and also learn how to communicate sensitively about end of life concerns. This enables module enables you to provide high-quality, holistic end of life care, and to know when specialist input is required.
Explore key principles of teaching and learning within medical and healthcare education. Reflect on your own experiences as both a learner and an educator, to develop and enhance your own teaching practices in light of those principles explored, incorporating critical analysis of relevant literature. We’ll address practical aspects of teaching, from motivating learners through to designing effective learning resources to enhance your teaching strategies and provide guidance on planning, delivering and reflecting on teaching sessions to maximise the quality of the learning experience. This module includes ten taught lectures, online activities to support your learning, and ten hands-on skills sessions where you’ll gain practical skills and further your knowledge of modern technology in teaching.
View the full module definitionTo use ever changing wound healing technologies correctly and cost effectively, you need to be able to make informed decisions about products and care strategies. This module will give you the necessary knowledge to manage wounds on a day to day basis in both primary and secondary care settings. You will explore current wound care issues and develop a sound knowledge of aetiology, physiology & care and management of the individual with tissue viability needs.
View the full module definitionChronic respiratory disease remains the third leading cause of death in the UK (ONS, 2023), despite evolving healthcare research and improved medical management, ever increasing numbers of complex respiratory patients are managed in primary and community care. With global respiratory focus on early diagnosis, holistic management, and patient empowerment there is a growing need for enhanced skills and knowledge of all respiratory clinicians. Our Advanced Management of Chronic Respiratory Conditions for Primary and Community Practitioners module is for registered healthcare professionals currently working within respiratory care in a primary or community setting and with a keen interest in advancing knowledge of chronic respiratory disease and management. We’ll support your theoretical learning and application of this knowledge and skill set within the chronic respiratory field. The module adopts a blended learning delivery approach with a combination of live synchronous virtual learning directed by the module leader, self-directed and group learning as well as a face-to-face on-campus study day. We’ll support you to achieve the module learning outcomes through provision of online resources, facilitation of peer learning, application of critical evaluation of evidence and how this drives guidelines as well as encouragement to consider contemporary ideas and original influences in primary and community respiratory care and how this will ultimately impact the patient journey.
This module provides a partnership between theoretical knowledge and practical competence as supported by the National Standards for Critical Care Nurse Education (Critical Care National Nurse Network Leads 2012). You will be required to provide safe, high quality care for the critically ill. Through this module you will learn strategies to support improvements in critical care practice. Thus such safety and quality of care becomes embedded within your clinical practice through the ability to continually re-evaluate and enhance care. It is recognised that the critical care environment is constantly changing especially with the emergence of new technologies and therapies to facilitate patient recovery from an often life threatening illness. To be able to care for the critically ill patient expertly, critical care nurses need to ensure they develop and maintain their own competence in practice. The importance of competence within nursing is recognised as one of the six 'Cs' fundamental to the vision of developing a culture of compassion and care (Department of Health 2012). As a theory/practice you will learn both in the classroom and in the practice area. Learning and teaching methods in the classroom will include a variety of methods such as lectures, seminars, scenario based group work and simulation.
View the full module definitionThis course is designed specifically for registered practitioners working with infants/children and families affected by cleft lip/palate. We’ll give you a systematic understanding of the physical, psychological and social needs, as well as pathophysiology and treatment of the conditions and other conditions that may accompany it. Allowing you to gain an in depth understanding into the aetiology, anatomy and physiology of cleft lip/palate as well as exploring the evidence base for treatment and management of these affected families. Enhance your clinical skills, needed to manage infants/children and families affected by cleft lip/palate, as well as your counselling skills for family support. We’ll give you the opportunity to demonstrate leadership in reviewing your service provision and development. You’ll focus on the management of feeding infants affected by cleft lip/palate and the ongoing support and treatment required for individual cases. Reflection will form a significant part of your development, reflecting on current care as well as alternative practice experience.
View the full module definitionOn this module, you will gain advanced decision making skills, theoretical knowledge and advanced practical skills to work autonomously in caring for patients who present with a minor injury. Minor injuries cover all of the common injuries, for both adults and children. You'll learn from examples of history taking, examination, radiology, treatment and advice for each condition.
Collaborative working within mental health care is at the heart of this module, drawing on examples of good practice from a global perspective. Develop your understanding of collaborative working to enable high quality mental health care to be delivered. Focus on models of collaborative working and exploration of roles and responsibilities in delivering quality care. Collaborative working involves a range of stakeholders and organizations. The inclusion of service users and their families/carers in decision making has been a major shift in care delivery, as has the move from a medical model to a social model. Underpinning this is the emphasis on recovery principles and not symptom management. The development of peer workers in the UK has also led to recognition of how individuals who have experience of mental health problems can contribute to the recovery of others. Emphasis on collaboration to prevent mental health problems is also growing. This includes workplace and school-based initiatives to enable individuals to develop tools for managing their own mental health.
This module is aimed at all practitioners, especially those with an interest in the management of adults and children with diabetes. It will help you enhance your existing knowledge and skills for delivering evidence-based diabetes care and exercise your higher levels of judgment, discretion and decision making. Key aspects of diabetes care will be explored including the epidemiology, pathophysiology, novel biomarkers and diagnosis criteria of diabetes; main types of diabetes and short-term and long-term complications. You will analyse key standards required to improve diabetes care either in a primary or secondary care setting.
View the full module definitionFocussing on the different mental health conditions and disorders of emotional wellbeing that children and young people may present with or be diagnosed with. You’ll develop a comprehensive understanding of these conditions in order to facilitate support and to develop understanding in regard to how the statutory and non-statutory organisations can support the child/adolescent and their family to enable them to aid recovery. You’ll explore coping mechanisms and how these influence the child’s mental wellbeing, social communication and behaviour regulation will also be considered, as well as learning disabilities. The teaching and learning will focus on the family and how the dynamics, culture and systems can affect the child’s mental health, and how mental wellbeing affects the family. Interventions and treatment will be considered in relation to mental health issues in children.
Engage with fundamental questions concerning the aims, values and outcomes of education generally and within your area of practice. You’ll reflect on your own role in the learning process and consider how your personal values and goals influence your practice. Together, we’ll examine real world situations where policy doesn’t match up with practice, and you’ll use educational theory to explore possible solutions that work in your field of practice. You’ll take part in five in-person workshops (or five interactive webinars if you’re studying at a distance learner), supported by online resources and activities that deepen your learning and fit around your schedule. By the end, you'll: Critically reflect on your role within the education process; Gain a deeper understanding of how culture, society and educational philosophies affect learners and learning.
View the full module definitionThis module is open to healthcare professionals who are working with patients who have experienced a stroke. According to Public Health England stroke is a leading cause of death and disability in the UK. There are around 32,000 stroke-related deaths in England each year. They estimate that one in six people will have a stroke in their lifetime. Deaths related to stroke have declined by 49% in the past 15 years. This has been accredited to a combination of better prevention, earlier treatment and more advanced treatment (PHE 2018). We’ll equip you with the knowledge, skills and ability to recognise stroke symptoms and to plan immediate and ongoing interventions and care. You’ll gain a deeper understanding of the stroke pathways from onset to rehabilitation and social reintegration. In addition, you’ll enhance your knowledge of neurology, anatomy and physiology of the brain, types of stroke and correspondent treatment, hyper acute interventions and the evidence for new and novel practice. Therapeutic interventions will be examined in relation to the management of physical symptoms and provision of best practice. Explore the function of the multi-professional team, including specialist roles and accountability in practice. Equip yourself with strategies that promote awareness of high quality care, which in-turn will influence patient safety, satisfaction and outcome. You’ll be encouraged to explore underpinning theory related to all of the above issues. In addition, you’ll review your own practice and critically reflect on how patient satisfaction, compassionate care and team leadership and performance can be improved.
View the full module definitionWith increased knowledge, skills and understanding of the physiology and pathophysiology of the newborn, you can contribute with more confidence and awareness to their clinical nursing care. Using a critical approach to contemporary evidence, you’ll consider and analyse nursing and medical interventions that may be used in your clinical setting to ascertain appropriateness, effectiveness and best practice. In your own area of work, you’ll hone your skills in patient assessment and interventions with a focus on family integrated care. You’ll be encouraged to review the provision of special and transitional care in the light of supporting evidence, and to critically reflect on current practice.
View the full module definitionThis module will focus on the specialist knowledge and the clinical skills that are required to enable you to competently undertake a thorough Newborn and Infant Physical Examination (NIPE) in clinical practice. You will utilise in-depth knowledge and understanding that you have gained to enable you to recognise the deviations from the normal to initiate appropriate care and referral. Critical reflection and completion of the practice documents will allow you to further identify your learning needs and develop your scope of professional practice.
View the full module definitionExplore current issues in mental health from both a national and global perspective. Together we’ll address a number of issues related to mental health and society. The way in which mental illness is portrayed through the media and the impact this can have on interpretations of mental health and mental illness within a given society will be explored. This includes examining how mental health is represented in the news, on social media and within fictional sources including films and literature. The delivery of culturally appropriate health care will also be examined and how the knowledge gained can be applied to current or future practice.
This module will enable you to develop in-depth knowledge and skills when caring for the critically unwell woman, during the child bearing continuum. Work-based learning is incorporated into the module in order to recognise and value your professional expertise. While practicing midwifery in an area where women with high dependency needs will be cared for, you will also spend clinical time developing your skills in the high dependency or intensive care unit.
This module provides an innovative exploration of leadership and management in healthcare, and examines their impact on organisations including wider considerations in the external environment. This module will enable students to assess and analyse the roles that leaders and managers play in a range of organizational contexts; and to apply the principles and techniques of leadership and management in a range of contexts.
View the full module definitionWith a focus on cultural, social and family influences on child and adolescent mental wellbeing you’ll explore current issues in mental health from both a national and global perspective. The need to understand children holistically; taking into account cultural beliefs, values and attitudes, and social context, is gaining importance due to the complexity of mental health problems and the increased need for services for different ethnic groups and for children whose lives have changed due to civil unrest. We’ll address a number of issues related to child and adolescent mental wellbeing and society including health promotion. The way in which mental illness is portrayed through the media and the impact this can have on interpretations of mental health and mental illness within a given society will be explored. Examining how mental health is represented in the news, on social media and global technology, sexuality will also be explored. The delivery of culturally appropriate health care will also be examined and how the knowledge gained can be applied to current or future practice.
Develop specialist techniques required for their role in medical and healthcare education. You'll have the opportunity to explore five techniques (of ten offered) that they believe will benefit their practice. You will be encouraged to reflect on how you might use these techniques to address identified areas for development in your practice and benefit your students’ learning. Face-to-face delivery will be across five ‘workshops’ with further complementary resources and activities available online. Distance learners will have further resources and activities online which will be complimented with five webinars. The overall aims of this module are: To provide you with an opportunity to develop skills and techniques pertinent to your professional practice; To encourage you to reflect on opportunities to utilise the new techniques to enhance your students’ learning experiences.
View the full module definitionThe importance of infection prevention and control (IPC) in clinical practice is well established. In undertaking this module, we’ll help you gain in depth knowledge of the fundamental principles of IPC and how the immune system works. IPC guidance is constantly changing at a local, national, and international level. You’ll need to understand, interpret, and enforce these IPC guidelines correctly, we’ll support you to critically appraise and synthesise this information to make informed decisions for practice around the use of products and the implementation of care strategies. Explore current IPC issues, such as antibiotic stewardship, facilitated by the module leader. We’ll equip you to manage any IPC issues on a day-to-day basis in both primary and secondary care settings. This module is essential development for IPC link practitioners or those developing their skills/knowledge towards becoming an IPC specialist nurse/practitioner. In addition, existing IPC nurses/practitioners wishing to expand their knowledge would also find the module beneficial.
Recent reports into maternity care have highlighted the need for improved multi-disciplinary team (MDT) collaborative working and training, strengthened leadership and an improved workplace culture. As senior midwives working in the UK, this module will expand your knowledge of: Compassionate leadership and how this inspires your team to perform at their absolute best; Developing a supportive workplace culture based on mutual respect; Role modelling professional behaviours that are consistent with positive team working.
This module explores all aspects of adult acute care and the support required for family or carers. It builds on the concept of Quality Critical Care (2005), recognising that individuals have the right to specialist care, regardless of location or speciality. Patient safety is an absolute priority and lessons learnt from the NPSA reports (2007, 2008) and the initiative of 'Reducing Harm from Deterioration' (Patient Safety First 2008) is incorporated as an outcome measure. Maintaining adequate tissue perfusion and oxygenation is essential for life. Compromise from any cause will lead to organ dysfunction, failure or even death. Through skilled assessment and interventions, practitioners can be proactive in detecting and supporting the highly dependent and acutely ill patient. This module provides the practitioner with the knowledge necessary to care for the highly dependent and acutely ill patient and maps directly against National Institute for health & Clinical Excellence Clinical Guideline 50, Acutely ill Patients in Hospital (2007). It is also guided by the Department of Health (2009) competencies for the acutely ill adult. In this post Francis (2013) era, the focus on patient experience and the NHS Constitution (2012) are embedded in the module. National reports such as 'Time to Intervene' (National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome & Death 2012) and 'Time to Act' (Parliamentary Ombudsmen 2013) continue to record failings in the provision of acute health care provision. This module helps to address how these failings may be remedied from the perspective of the practitioners and of the organisation. Opportunities to simulate practice and identify the human factors that influence patient safety together with increasing situational awareness will assist in this goal. Learning and teaching strategies include lectures, skills workshops, and a scenario based workshops. Opportunities to apply new knowledge and skills within your specialist practice will be facilitated.
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