End of Life Care PgCert

This module will provide you with opportunity to enhance your knowledge and understanding of effective palliative/end of life care. You will focus your studies on the enhancement of your knowledge, skills and essential attributes required to drive high quality care for the individual with palliative care needs along with their families/carers in a variety of health and social care settings. Emphasis will be placed on the holistic assessment of the individual with development of subsequent management plans from which to provide optimum end of life care. You will be assessed through two pieces of coursework.

You will be provided with the opportunity to enhance your knowledge and understanding of an area of interest to support your continuing professional development needs. Informed by robust evidence based, you will have the flexibility to apply and reflect your individual personal and/or practice development learning needs expanding your knowledge and abilities within your practice. You will be assessed through coursework.

Please note that students are not able to double count Personal and Practice Development if a second Postgraduate Certificate is taken.

Teaching and assessment:

This course has been developed in partnership with Kirkwood hospice therefore you will be taught by academics and palliative care leads who are experts in the field. A student centred approach utilising shared experiences, reflection and critical appraisal will be encouraged. Varying blended teaching and learning strategies will be utilised including lectures, tutorials, group discussion and computer-assisted learning.

You will be assessed by a presentation and a written assignment. Your module specification/course handbook will provide full details of the assessment criteria applying to your course.

Feedback (usually written) is normally provided on all coursework submissions within three term time weeks – unless the submission was made towards the end of the session in which case feedback would be available on request after the formal publication of results.Feedback on exam performance/final coursework is available on request after the publication of results.