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Students
Tuition Fee
Start Date
2025-01-28
Medium of studying
Duration
2 months
Program Facts
Program Details
Degree
Courses
Major
Nursing | Surgery
Area of study
Health
Course Language
English
Intakes
Program start dateApplication deadline
2024-09-24-
2024-11-05-
2024-11-19-
2025-01-28-
2025-03-04-
2025-03-18-
2025-03-19-
About Program

Program Overview


This 8-day, blended learning program focuses on the physiology of wound healing, factors affecting healing, and care strategies. Taught by an interdisciplinary team, the program includes online and face-to-face modules, problem-based learning, and lectures. It is designed for healthcare professionals working in hospital, community, or commercial settings, including nurses, midwives, and health care assistants.

Program Outline


Outline:

  • Course Content:
  • Physiology of wound healing
  • Underlying factors preventing or impairing healing
  • Preparing the wound bed
  • Care strategies and advanced technologies
  • Research for healing and non-healing wounds
  • Developing high-quality wound care for individuals
  • Course Structure:
  • Blended learning (mix of face-to-face teaching and online sessions)
  • 8 study days
  • Taught by an inter-professional team
  • Course Schedule:
  • Trimester 1 2024/25 - Cambridge Campus (Blended Learning):
  • 24 September 2024 - Online
  • 25 September - Face-to-Face (Cambridge)
  • 1 October - Online
  • 2 October - Online
  • 15 October - Online
  • 16 October - Online
  • 5 November - Face-to-Face (Cambridge)
  • 6 November - Online
  • 19 November - Face-to-Face (Cambridge)
  • Trimester 2 2024/25 - Chelmsford Campus (Blended Learning):
  • 28 January 2025 - Online
  • 29 January - Face-to-Face (Chelmsford)
  • 4 February - Online
  • 5 February - Online
  • 11 February - Online
  • 12 February - Online
  • 4 March - Face-to-Face (Chelmsford)
  • 18 March - Online
  • 19 March -Face-to-Face (Chelmsford)

Assessment:

  • 4,000-word coursework essay

Teaching:

  • Lectures
  • Student-led seminars
  • Problem-based learning
  • Senior lecturer with experience as a nurse consultant in tissue viability

Other:

  • Suitable for registered nurses, health visitors, midwives, or other healthcare professionals working in hospital, community, or commercial settings
  • Health Care Assistants working in relevant settings can attend the teaching at level 6 without assessment and receive a certificate of attendance
  • Health Care Assistants can take the assessment to obtain academic credits
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