Diploma in Community and Prima - University Coll

The Postgraduate Diploma in Community and Primary Healthcare is a one-year full-time or two-year part-time program designed to enhance the knowledge and skills of healthcare professionals working in community and primary healthcare settings. The program emphasizes evidence-based practice, health promotion, and interdisciplinary collaboration. It includes supervised clinical practicums and offers a wide range of elective modules to tailor the program to individual career aspirations. Upon successful completion, graduates are prepared for specialized roles in community and primary healthcare, including Community Practitioner roles and onwards to specialist and senior practice positions.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The Postgraduate Diploma in Community and Primary Healthcare is a one-year full-time or two-year part-time program designed to equip graduates with the knowledge and skills necessary to meet the healthcare needs of patients and service users in a multidisciplinary and collaborative environment.

Objectives:

Upon successful completion of the 60-credit program, students should be able to:

Develop knowledge and critical reflective skills to interpret and evaluate evidence and adopt an evidence-based practice approach to professional practice in the community healthcare, integrated care context.
Critically reflect upon a variety of contemporary healthcare issues as they relate to primary healthcare theory and practice both nationally and internationally.
Demonstrate critical reflection on the role and impact of an interdisciplinary and collaborative cross-boundary team working in meeting service users’ needs in an integrated care system.
Enhance the knowledge and skills in prevention, early intervention, and self-management of conditions in the community and promote an understanding of the importance of integration of services for the continuity of care.

Outline:

1 Year (60 credits):

Core Modules (45 credits):
NU6005 Evidence-Based Practice for Healthcare Professionals (10 Credits)
NU6044 Health and Health Promotion: Concepts and Principles (5 credits)
NU6095 Primary Healthcare Services in the Community (5 credits)
NU6302 Practice Enhancement for Quality Healthcare (10 credits)
NU6175 Integration and Continuity of Care Across Primary, Secondary, & Tertiary Healthcare Settings (5 credits)
NU6176 Community and Primary Healthcare Clinical Practicum 1 (5 credits)
NU6177 Community and Primary Healthcare Clinical Practicum 2 (5 credits)
Elective Modules (15 credits):
MH6032 Effective Communication in Healthcare (5 credits)
MH6038 Allergy and Immunology focused on Primary Healthcare (5 credits)
MH6039 Allergy and Immunology: the Nurses and Dietetics Perspective (5 credits)
NU5082 History Taking and Physical Assessment for Nursing Practice (5 credits) (nurses only)
NU6053 Professional, Ethical, and Legal Decision-Making in Specialist Practice (5 credits)
NU6078 Aging and Older People: Comprehensive Assessment and Management (10 credits)
NU6079 Promoting Positive Ageing and Planning for End of Life (5 credits)
NU6085 Wound Care for Healthcare Professionals (5 credits)
NU6145 Foundations of Cancer Care (10 credits)
NU6158 Evidence-Based Cervical Screening (10 credits)
GP5100 Diabetes in Primary Care (10 credits)
GP5103 Fundamentals of CVD in Primary Care (5 credits)
EH6161 Contemporary Perspectives on Global Health (5 credits)
EH6162 Environmental Health: Principal Aspects and Burden of Disease (5 credits)
EH6163 Principles and Practices of Screening (5 credits)

2 Years (30 credits per year):

Year 1 Modules (30 credits):
NU6005 Evidence-Based Practice for Healthcare Professionals (10 Credits)
NU6044 Health and Health Promotion: Concepts and Principles (5 credits)
NU6095 Primary Healthcare Services in the Community (5 credits)
NU6176 Community and Primary Healthcare Clinical Practicum 1 (5 credits)
Plus a 5-credit elective module
Year 2 Modules (30 credits):
NU6302 Practice Enhancement for Quality Healthcare (10 credits)
NU6175 Integration and Continuity of Care Across Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Health care settings (5 credits)
NU6177 Community and Primary Healthcare Clinical Practicum (5 credits)
Plus elective module(s) worth 10 credits

Teaching:

The program is delivered through a blended learning approach, combining online, face-to-face, and clinical practicum components. The program emphasizes interprofessional and peer learning, facilitated through online discussion boards, workshops, and face-to-face sessions.

Careers:

The diploma program is suitable for individuals currently working in community and primary healthcare who seek enhanced qualifications for career advancement. Graduates may progress to Community Practitioner roles and onwards to specialist and senior practice roles in the community and/or Primary Healthcare setting. Progression pathways will vary by discipline, setting, and availability of promotional opportunities.

Other:

The program includes a supervised clinical practicum module (NU6176 & NU6177), undertaken in Ireland, where students can integrate theory with practice in the community and primary healthcare setting and enhance their appreciation of interdisciplinary team-working.
The diploma program supports students from a range of professional health backgrounds in developing knowledge, skills, and competencies to assist them in delivering health and well-being in the community and primary healthcare setting.
The program also supports students to take on the delivery of community and primary healthcare at a specialist level as well as in leadership and senior roles.

Non-EU FeesNot open to Non EU applicants