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Our standalone modules and short courses provide high quality Continuing Professional Development (CPD) training for health and social care professionals. Whether you want to refresh your knowledge, expand your expertise or explore new areas of practice, we have a range of training to offer.

  • Level Short Course
  • Study mode Short Course
  • Award Module
  • Start date Various

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Overview

If you’re looking to develop your career in healthcare, and increase your expertise in a particular area, we offer a range of short courses and standalone modules.

Our CPD courses range from short, non-credit bearing courses to assessed modules which can count towards an undergraduate or postgraduate qualification, or full postgraduate degree (PgDip or MSc).

This course is not open to International students.

What's covered in this course?

Our non-credit bearing short courses are ideal for health and social care practitioners who wish to update their skills and knowledge, have a particular interest to pursue, or would like to gain a new skill. They can vary in length from half a day to five days. Please note that non-credit bearing short courses do not include academic credit; only our accredited courses count towards a qualification.

We also offer credit-bearing short courses. These assessed modules can count towards a Bachelor’s degree (Level 6) or a Master’s degree (Level 7). Our courses are run flexibly from September to June.

Further credit-bearing modules are available through our Professional Practice Framework. View our Professional Practice modules.

We also have some online non credit-bearing short courses. View our short course information.

Why Choose Us?

  • Clinically focused content
  • A strong focus on current issues and an emphasis on the practical application of knowledge
  • Each module has a bespoke "Moodle" based website which contains all module documentation, handouts, links to key documents and supplementary articles of interest
  • Ongoing support from staff whilst in university to facilitate your development as a learner
  • Excellence in delivering high quality standards of flexible and bespoke academic provision for post qualifying practitioners
  • State-of-the-art facilities

Fees & How to Apply

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UK students

Annual and modular tuition fees shown are applicable to the first year of study. The University reserves the right to increase fees for subsequent years of study in line with increases in inflation (capped at 5%) or to reflect changes in Government funding policies or changes agreed by Parliament.

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International students

Sorry, this course is not available to International students.

Course in Depth

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Facilities & Staff

 

Our Facilities

Our Nursing and Midwifery courses are based at our City South campus in leafy Edgbaston.

We’ve spent £41million expanding our facilities at City South. These facilities offer hands-on practical experience, replicating the spaces you will come across in professional practice.

In a sector where new techniques are constantly being discovered, we work hard to ensure that you learn using the most up-to-date equipment available. Alongside physical spaces such as a mock operating theatre and wards, we also make use of online and virtual technology, such as our virtual ward and virtual case creator.

See more of our skills facilities at City South

Centre for Skills and Simulation

The Centre for Skills and Simulation offers a range of different spaces which replicate situations that you will encounter in practice. These include hospital wards, an operating theatre and a home environment room.

Our mock wards enable you to get a feel of what a ward is really like before you head out for your first placement. The hospital wards can be adapted from low care to high dependency care environment with the necessary monitoring equipment.

The home environment room is the perfect space for teaching communications skills and allows us to simulate a community setting for our students. It is particularly useful for mental health nurses, learning disability nurses and midwives.

Simulation Manikins

We have several Simulation men (SIM men) and simulation babies (SIM babies) which are anatomically correct manikins used for teaching specific techniques such as advanced adult and paediatric life support skills, acute and high dependency clinical skills, first aid and communication skills. The manikins contain software which replicates real symptoms, and can manipulate indicators such as blood pressure, pulse and heart rate for extra realism. SIM man can even ‘talk’ to the students as they are treating him, to add another dimension to learning.

Computer Facilities

The Seacole building has two open-access IT Suites which offer PCs, printers, photocopiers and scanners. There is also an IT Helpdesk for quick and easy help with your computing or internet issues.

Our PCs utilise the latest Intel i5 core technology, all with:

  • Fast (unrestricted) internet connectivity
  • Ability to save files to USB, DVD & CD
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Research and statistical software
  • Storage space which can be accessed from any PC across the University and from home

Our PCs are also designed to support students who may have difficulties with reading and writing, featuring specialised software with zooming/magnification and screen reading capabilities, which may also be customised for individual student needs.

In addition to desktop PCs, we also offer a laptop loan facility, allowing students to borrow a laptop for up to six hours while on campus.

Enquiries

If you have any queries about one of the modules, please contact the Module Leader(s). Details can be found in the module description.