Study Details: 1 year, part-time (you will be required to attend for 2 days)
This course is aimed at healthcare professionals who wish to advance their knowledge and understanding, as well as develop new skills to a high level demonstrating the ability to analyse and interpret effective person centred care. The course aims to provide you with the skills required to demonstrate self-direction and originality in solving problems and act autonomously in planning and implementing tasks at a professional level.
The course is designed to develop your existing knowledge and communication skills within person centred care.
You will be introduced to the theoretical and practical aspects of effective communication in your practice which will enable critical thinking surrounding service user care.
Informed consent, risk, care governance and patient safety all balanced with informing the decision making of the individual will be explored. As well as the principles of empowerment in health care together with motivational interviewing.
You will be taught by a team of passionate academics who have a wealth of skills, expertise and professional credibility.
Teaching and assessment
Learning and teaching is delivered through lectures and seminars.It is supported by the University’s virtual learning environment, Brightspace. Your module specification/course handbook will provide full details of the assessment criteria applying to your course.
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.
The University of Huddersfield operates an attendance monitoring system. Further details can be found in the Attendance Monitoring Policy.
You should:
Possess an Honours degree in Podiatry or an equivalent qualification. Individuals without Honours or with a Diploma in Podiatric Medicine will be considered on an individual basis by the admission team
Be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) or the relevant registration authority in your country of origin
If you trained overseas, you must be registered with an appropriate governing body
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 7.0 overall with no element lower than 6.5, 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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