Professional Practice (Cancer Care) pt

Bachelor's degree

In High Wycombe

£ 4,250 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    High wycombe

  • Duration

    2 Years

This BSc (Hons) Professional Practice is a flexible programme designed to enable suitably qualified and experienced practitioners to 'top up' a Level 5 qualification to a degree, through a number of different pathways. This course can also be studied full-time over one year, or spread over up to six years.

Facilities

Location

Start date

High Wycombe (Buckinghamshire)
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High Wycombe Campus, Queen Alexandra Road, HP11 2JZ

Start date

On request

About this course

This course offers a grounding that enables health care professionals to knowledgeably manage patients within their specialist field. As a successful graduate you will have a desirable qualification for career progression, including highly sought after jobs.

Further opportunities for successful students include studying at master’s level towards an award in a relevant field of advanced practice, for example MSc Advanced Practice.

A typical offer will include at least 120 credits at level 5, evidence of clinical experience and candidates will need to be working in a relevant area of health care practice.

In addition to this applicants must be a registered nurse on the appropriate part of the NMC register for consideration.

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Subjects

  • Philosophy
  • Cancer care
  • Epidemiology
  • Aetiology
  • Carcinogenesis
  • Cancer
  • Screening
  • Investigations
  • Diagnosis
  • Trajectories
  • Disease

Course programme

The modules available on this course are as follows:

Year 1 Modules
  • Select 60 credits from the BSc/BA Optional Module menu. (See programme specification)

Contents of the course include:

  • The philosophy of cancer care
  • The scientific basis of cancer: epidemiology, aetiology, carcinogenesis, the genetic basis of cancer
  • Cancer prevention and early detection
  • Screening, investigations, staging, diagnosis
  • Disease trajectories
  • Site specific cancers and metastatic disease
  • The social, psychological , emotional, spiritual and cultural context of cancer care
  • Treatment modalities to include surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, hormone therapies, biological therapies, complementary therapies
  • Current trends in cancer management and health promotion
  • Evidence based practice and cancer related clinical studies
  • Acute oncology services and oncological emergencies
  • Rehabilitation and survivorship
  • Contemporary issues: e.g. the expert patient, community versus hospital care,
  • Health policy and Cancer NHS reform

Professional Practice (Cancer Care) pt

£ 4,250 VAT inc.