Prescribing for Healthcare Professionals Module

Program Overview

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Overview

This module will:

prepare nurses, midwives, podiatrists, physiotherapists, therapeutic radiographers and paramedics to prescribe as independent and supplementary prescribers and diagnostic radiographers to prescribe as supplementary prescribers

allow experienced non-medical health professionals to enhance their knowledge, and gain critical awareness of contemporary issues in order to become safe, competent and effective prescribers, within current legal and professional guidelines

enable successful students to record their prescribing qualification with the relevant professional body

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Application deadlines

September 2023 intake:

14 July 2023

January 2024 intake:

30 October 2023

Program Outline

Career support

The University is committed to helping students develop and enhance employability and this is an integral part of many programmes. Specialist support is available throughout the course from Career and Employability Services including help to find part-time work while studying, placements, vacation work and graduate vacancies. Students are encouraged to access this support at an early stage and to use the extensive resources on the

Careers

website.

Discussing options with specialist advisers helps to clarify plans through exploring options and refining skills of job-hunting. In most of our programmes there is direct input by Career Development Advisers into the curriculum or through specially arranged workshops.

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Career prospects

This module will support your career progression in your chosen field. You can choose to build upon this module with further study that can lead to a full MSc award.