Study Details: 5 weeks, part-time
Communicable diseases continue to be a major threat to public health, this course is aimed at healthcare professionals who are either planning to work in or who currently working in this field of practice, for example GPs, district nurses, health visitors. It provides the opportunity for you to develop a critical understanding of the principles of epidemiology, health surveillance and outbreak, as well as incident management of common infectious diseases.
It will assist you to gain the competencies required to plan prevention and control policies for infectious diseases.
You will gain the knowledge and skills required to develop incident management plans based on current best practice and international guidelines.
The course explores the prevention of healthcare associated infections (HCAIs) and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the context of public/patient safety.
It will provide you with up to date information on infectious diseases management.
You will be taught by lectures who are experts in this field, including those currently working in the UK National Health Service.
In order to provide you with an understanding of the complexities of managing infectious diseases, you will receive a multidisciplinary experience through looking at the role of public health bodies and infection prevention and control teams in the prevention and management of communicable diseases.
Teaching and assessment
Teaching is delivered through a range of teaching methods including lectures, seminars and tutorials.Assessment will be through one piece of coursework.
Your module specification/module handbook will provide full details of the assessment criteria for this module.
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.
An honours degree (2:1 or above) or equivalent in a subject relevant to public health, such as health professional qualifications, social science subjects, applied sciences, business, leadership, management or administration.
If your first language is not English, you will need to meet the minimum requirements of an English Language qualification. The minimum for IELTS is 6.5 overall with no element lower than 6.0, or equivalent will be considered acceptable. Read more about the University’s for students outside of the UK on our Where are you from information pages.
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