Professional Practice (Cancer Care) pt
Bachelor's degree
In High Wycombe
Description
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Bachelor's degree
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Location
High wycombe
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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.
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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