Long Term Conditions (Taught)

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Course summary

This course is aimed at health and social care professionals who are working within a role involving caring for people with long-term conditions. It offers you the opportunity to develop your knowledge and understanding of long-term clinical management of the individual with a long-term condition.

You will consider the implications for patients and carers facing the reality of living well or dying as a result of a long-term condition.

It will assist you in developing your history taking, diagnostic reasoning, clinical assessment and examination skills, in order to inform the principles of case management and therapeutic interventions.

Your learning will be enhanced through the opportunity to meet service users within the University setting and discuss the implications of living with a long-term condition.

You will have the opportunity to explore research relevant to your individual professional developmental needs and apply this in your specialist area of practice.

Modules

Core modules Long Term Conditions Management (Diabetes, COPD, Long COVID and Frailty) Personal and Practice Development Please note that students are not able to double count Personal and Practice Development if a second Postgraduate Certificate is taken.

Assessment method

Assessment involves a variety of formative and summative methods including action planning, quizzes, written case studies and presentations. Your module specification/course handbook will provide full details of the assessment criteria applying to your course.

Entry requirements

Entry requirements for this course are normally: * You must be a Health or Social Care Practitioner, registered with a professional body such as the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) or the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) with at least 12 months post-registration employment. * Have an honours degree at 2:2 or above, have studied at honours level or can demonstrate appropriate knowledge and skills at honours degree standard. We will consider other qualifications and experience on an individual case basis.

English language requirements

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

England	£660	Module
Northern Ireland	£660	Module
Scotland	£660	Module
Wales	£660	Module
Channel Islands	£660	Module
Republic of Ireland	£660	Module

Additional fee information

The part-time tuition fee for UK postgraduate students on this course will be £660 (Band 2) per 15 credit module. Tuition fees for UK students will cover the cost of your study at the University. For more information about funding, fees and finance for UK students, including what your tuition fee covers, please see our Fees and Finance - https://www.hud.ac.uk/postgraduate/fees-and-finance/ Please note that tuition fees for subsequent years of study may rise in line with inflation (RPI-X). If you are an EU or international student coming to study at the University of Huddersfield, please visit the International Fees and Finance pages for full details of tuition fees and support available - https://www.hud.ac.uk/international/fees-and-funding/ Please email the Student Finance Office (mailto:[email protected]) or call 01484 472210 for more information about fees and finance.