Professional Practice in Healthcare

This module aims to develop and expand on your knowledge and understanding of UK health policy and its decision making process. It gives you the opportunity to identify, explore and analyse the health policies which are applicable to your area of practice and how they impact on patient/client care.

This module explores contemporary mental health practice based on the bio-psychosocial determinants of mental health and illness. Participants will gain an understanding of mental health promotion and explore effective approaches in responding to individuals experiencing mental distress across the life continuum.

The module aims to critically discuss and reflect on the current challenges for people with a learning disability and/or autism in health care. It aims to enhance your knowledge and understanding of the needs of people with a learning disability and/or autism and is suitable for all health care practitioners from any clinical setting. Alongside this, evidence-based interventions for enhancing health care for people with a learning disability and/or autism will be shared and disseminated more widely.

This module is designed to introduce you to the process of history taking and the necessary knowledge, skills and techniques required to conduct a basic physical health assessment of the adult. The module introduces the skills required within a structured and organised approach building the essential knowledge required to gather a comprehensive history taking combined with the core systematic approach to a physical examination. You will learn how to perform an effective and holistic systematic health assessment which may identify differential diagnoses to support a more detailed investigation, further referral or which may lead to a confirmed diagnosis and clinical management plan.

This module aims to support the student to develop skills of academic inquiry in relation to the delivery of high quality care in the field of long term condition management. Contemporary systems and models of healthcare delivery will be explored and applied to enhance the experience of the patient and carer across a diverse range of long term conditions.

This module will enable you to advance your ability to recognise, assess, escalate and commence early interventions appropriately the deteriorating adult patient. The module is suitable for practitioners(Registered Nurses, Nursing Associates or Allied Health Professionals) caring for acutely ill patients in general care areas (for example; general and specialist wards and departments, assessment units, and Emergency Departments). The module will focus on enhancing evidence-based practice, theoretical knowledge and clinical skills in the provision of care for the deteriorating acutely ill patient, by developing your clinical acumen and confidence. You will be required to identify an appropriate registered health care professional in your clinical practice setting to support you in completion of the clinical practice element of the module.

This module aims to enable and encourage youto work with others in the health and or social care setting in order to improve the quality of the service for the benefit of patient/clients.

This module aims to enable you as an experienced, registered health care professional to critically examine knowledge and theoretical principles that guide best tissue viability practice in order to enhance the quality of patient care.