BSc (Hons) Clinical and Professional Child and Younger Person Palliative and End of Life Care Practice

Edge Hill University

Bachelor's degree

In Ormskirk, City of London and London

£ 4001-5000

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Description

  • Duration

    2 Years

This programme provides the opportunity to gain a comprehensive understanding of the challenges faced by those working in palliative and end of life care services for children and young people.

If you are a professional practicing in a palliative and end of life care environment and wish to build upon your clinical experience and advance your academic standing to degree level, this is the course for you. The programme will enhance your professional decision-making and critical judgment and will help you to develop a body of knowledge that will influence your practice and the practice of others in your professional sphere.

You will study two core modules with the remainder of the degree offering a flexible choice of modules which can be tailored to meet individual professional and academic needs.

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City of London (London)
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London
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Ormskirk (Lancashire)
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St Helens Road, L39 4QP

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About this course

A degree will help you stand out from the crowd in a competitive job market, allowing you to progress in your profession whilst improving patient care.

You will also gain universal skills, such as how to problem solve, apply relevant knowledge and skills, communicate effectively and reflect on your practice.

To join this programme you should be practicing in a palliative and end of life care environment.

You must be registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council or Health and Care Professionals Council or hold an overseas nursing or allied health professional qualification and IELTS 6.0 or equivalent (with 6.0 achieved in the written and spoken language element of the test, completed within the last two years).

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Subjects

  • End of Life Care
  • Child and Younger Person
  • Clinical and Professional
  • Young people
  • Leadership
  • Change Management
  • Palliative
  • Moral Dilemmas in Health
  • Ethical
  • Life Care Environment

Course programme

The programme’s core modules introduce you to the skills and methods of research and subsequently involve the completion of a dissertation.

The Research Methods module will help you to develop skills in specific aspects of research methodology and equip you to prepare a proposal to undertake a small scale piece of research. The emphasis throughout is on the practical application of research principles to ensure that practice is evidence-based.

The Advancing Practice Project module offers you, with the support of an academic supervisor, the opportunity to develop your ability to independently produce a sustained piece of work.

You will select a total of 40 credits from a number of optional palliative care-related modules and choose a further 20 credit module from the Faculty of Health and Social Care’s CPD portfolio.

How will I study?

Module delivery approaches vary from face-to-face classroom-based activities to solely online delivery. Many modules involve a blended approach combining online study with taught sessions on campus.

The course is designed for busy professionals to study on a part-time basis whilst in employment. It is possible to study the degree as a full award or study a module on a standalone basis.

HEA3102 Research Methods (20 credits)

HEA3161 Advancing Practice Project (40 credits)

You will select a total of 40 credits from the following modules:

HEA3065 Negotiated Learning Shell (20 credits)

HEA3198 Palliative and End of Life Care of Children and Young People (40 credits)

HEA3218 Ethical and Moral Dilemmas in Health (20 credits)

You will select an additional 20 credit module from the Faculty of Health and Social Care CPD portfolio.

Optional modules provide an element of choice within the programme curriculum. The availability of optional modules may vary from year to year and will be subject to minimum student numbers being achieved. This means that the availability of specific optional modules cannot be guaranteed. Optional module selection may also be affected by timetabling requirements.

Additional information

Tuition fees for part-time study on this degree are: £31 per credit for UK and EU students enrolling on the programme in academic year 2016/17, i.e. £620 per 20 credit module; £32 per credit for UK and EU students enrolling on the programme in academic year 2017/18, i.e. £640 per 20 credit module.

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