Programme summary for PGCert Planning and Developing Health Care
This programme is part of the Professional Health Sciences Post Graduate Framework based in the School of Health, Sport and Bioscience. The PG Framework comprises a range of accredited short courses and modules which offer clinicians the opportunity to design a programme to meet their personal needs and aspirations. Each programme and module has been mapped to Skills for Health competences which encompass key areas for senior clinical and managerial staff working in health fields.
About the programme
This programme explores business planning and service development in the health context. Topics covered include: business planning; governance; service management, evaluation and development; political, economic, social, technical, environmental and legal factors affecting service delivery; stakeholder involvement in service development; evidence-based practice;
and team leadership.
Programme structure
The programme forms part of our Post Graduate Framework for Health Professions, which offers a wide range of accredited short courses and modules focused around patient centred care and evidence based practice.
Full time Students complete the programme in 5 months.
Part time students may take one to three years - undertaking modules at a pace to suit their busy lives.
Students are required to complete two core modules:-
- Improving evidence based health care
- Business planning in the clinical setting
Career opportunities
The programme enables you to return to the practice environment and be in a position to expand your career or personal horizons. You can also undertake research or one of our MSc degrees, or work in an area such as consultancy to related commercial enterprises.
Support
The School Help Desk provides immediate help with day to day problems. This is normally the first point of call for a student and if further advice is required the Help Desk staff will advise the student on where to go for support.
All students are allocated a personal tutor who will support them throughout the programme. Tutors are able to provide information and advice about services available to support learning or to cope with the stresses that study may bring.
Personal tutors can provide feedback and help on draft coursework essays but where the material lies outside their area of expertise the help will focus on presentation and writing style rather than on content.
Module leaders and the module teaching team provide support for students seeking help with understanding of detailed concepts being studied.
The Programme Leader provides support for the students from the time they enrol until they graduate. Advice is available on module choices and practical aspects undertaking part time study.
Admission
Students will all have:-
- A first degree in a health related discipline classified second class or above
- Professional registration with the relevant regulatory body from their home country and/ or
- Current membership of the relevant Professional Body
- Relevant work experience is desirable but the applicant’s overall profile will be considered during the admission’s process.
We anticipate that the programme and modules offered may be of interest to a range of health disciplines including Allied Health Professionals, Nurses, Medics, and Service Managers.
In the case of applicants whose first language is not English, then IELTS 6.5 (or equivalent) is required. International qualifications will be checked for appropriate matriculation to UK Higher Education postgraduate programmes.
Students who apply to enter stages of the programme may be admitted through normal Accreditation of Experiential Learning (AEL) or Accreditation of Certificated Learning (ACL) processes, or through an approved articulation agreement. Therefore such applicants must be able to demonstrate and evidence that they have the required learning outcomes as listed in the modules for which they are seeking exemption.
Key facts
You can start many programmes in either September or February and applications are simple to make. Click below to:
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Tuition Fees - 2013/14
Home/EU Fees
- Module fee: £1,100
- Full time fee: £6,600 per yr
International Fees
- Module fee: £1,770
- Full time fee: £10,620 per yr
Fees based on 30 credit modules (unless otherwise indicated) For further information regarding postgraduate fees please refer to www.uel.ac.uk/fees/
