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MSc / PgDip / PgCert Person-Centred Practice ( Palliative Care )
This course is for graduates and practitioners who wish to develop their careers in the broad field of palliative care .
Modules
To achieve a PgCert you will need to complete :
• A Person-centred Approach to Working with People with Complex Pain and Symptoms
• Building a Therapeutic Relationship with the Patient and Family in Palliative Care
• Shadows and Horizons : Advancing Palliative Care Practice
OR
• One of the palliative care modules listed above
• Theory and Practice of Person-centred Health and Wellbeing
• Leading Person-centred Practice for Health and Wellbeing
To achieve a PgDip you will need to complete 60 credits from the following :
• A Person-Centred Approach to Working with People with Complex Pain and Symptoms
• Building a Therapeutic Relationship with the Patient and Family in Palliative Care
• Shadows and Horizons : Advancing Palliative Care Practice
• Theory and Practice of Person-centred Health and Wellbeing
• Leading Person-Centred Practice for Health and Wellbeing
• Making Judgements and Decisions in Practice
• Advancing Practice in Clinical Assessment
• Independent and Supplementary Prescribing for Health Care Professionals ( 40 credits ) - Please check the course content and entry requirements for the Independent and Supplementary Prescribing for Health Care Professionals ( see page 116 . It is a NMC approved qualification , requiring an up-to-date Criminal Records Check .
To achieve a MSc you will need to complete a 60 credit dissertation .
MSc / PgDip / PgCert Person-Centred Practice ( Public Health and Wellbeing )
This course is for practitioners who wish to further develop critical thinking , professional reasoning , entrepreneurship , leadership and research expertise enabling you to develop practice in your chosen field of public health .
Modules
To achieve a PgCert , you will complete :
• Public Health Perspectives Across the Lifespan 1
• Public Health Perspectives Across the Lifespan 2
• plus an elective 20 credit module from a chosen array .
To achieve a PgDip , you will also complete :
• Theory and Practice of Person- Centred Health and Wellbeing
• Leading Person-centred Practice for Health and Wellbeing
• plus an elective 20 credit module from a chosen array .
To achieve a MSc , you will also complete a dissertation ( 60 credits ).
NB All modules on these pages are 20 credits , unless otherwise stated .
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