Course summary
Our Postgraduate Certificate in Person-Centred Dementia Studies has been designed specifically for current or potential future managers or leaders of dementia services in health and social care organisations, charities or businesses. Effective leadership in person-centred care is fundamental for the ability of an organisation to deliver services that work for people living with dementia. This course will provide you with evidence-based practical interventions to expand your knowledge and skills in order to provide exemplary dementia care. The course provides a developmental route for health and social care professionals to improve the quality of their services. It aims to equip students with the knowledge, skills and resources to enable them to reach their full potential as skilled care givers, managers and leaders. The course content will reflect the requirements of the Dementia Training Standards Framework and will meet all of the Tier 3 leadership learning outcomes. Key features
- A flexible, multidisciplinary, student-centred route to postgraduate achievement, taught in a supportive online learning environment.
- An opportunity to critically reflect on your own practice and role in the field of dementia care.
- A chance to challenge your own values and attitudes and develop new ways of thinking in a supportive environment.
- A stimulating environment where you can gain the confidence to feel you can shape future dementia care by challenging and enhancing current practice and approaches.
- An opportunity to complete a series of modules which develop critical reflection, originality, critique and synthesis to inform evidence-based practice.
- A critical appreciation of the varying perspectives and values of health and social care professionals, service users, carers and cultures.
- A learning environment based on the values of academic freedom, ethical awareness and critical appraisal.
Modules
- Person-Centred Leadership: the VIPS Approach
- Expert Practice in Delivering Person Centred Dementia Care
- Supporting People Living with Advanced Dementia
- Enabling Environments for People Living with Dementia
- Engagement and Empowerment in Dementia Studies
Assessment method
The course provides opportunities to test understanding and learning informally through the completion of practice or ‘formative’ assignments helping students to achieve the learning outcomes and provide scaffolding towards their summative assessments. Each module has one or more formal or ‘summative’ inclusive assessments which are graded and count towards the overall module grade and is an opportunity for students to apply learning into practice within their professional context. The precise assessment requirements for an individual student in an academic year will vary according to the optional modules taken. The range of assessments within the modules represent a pedagogical approach of application of knowledge and self-directed study. Assessment methods include:
- Practice based exercise
- Reflective practice report
- Reflective Case Study
- Action Plan
Entry requirements
Applicants will require current experience of working with or supporting people with dementia, either through employment, regular voluntary work or caring; An honours degree at 2:2 level or above OR Qualifications and experience considered to be equivalent to the above. All students applying via this route will be assessed and where necessary interviewed by the Course Lead. Students whose first language is not English will be expected to have reached a sufficient standard on admission to the programme (e.g. IELTS 6.5, with a minimum of 5.5 in each element, or equivalent).
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Additional fee information
Please see the university website for fee details.
Provider information
University of Worcester
Henwick Grove
Worcester
WR2 6AJ