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Overview
Course Length: | 1-3 Years Part-Time |
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Start Dates: | September 2022, February 2023, September 2023, February 2024 |
Subjects: | Health and Social Care Medicine |
Location: | Edge Hill University Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital |
This Postgraduate Certificate prepares practitioners for the innovative, specialist and advanced roles in cardiothoracic practice which are emerging in line with the NHS vision of delivering high quality, effective and compassionate care in the 21st century. It has been designed for qualified staff from a variety of professional backgrounds, including nurses and operating department practitioners, as well as allied health professionals such as cardiac catheterisation laboratory technicians, respiratory physiologists, physiotherapists and bioscience physiologists. Demonstrating an agile and responsive approach to learning, the programme will develop and embed additional skills and knowledge and enable you to provide expert cardiothoracic care, deliver effective supervision and leadership, and work towards advanced practice.
In Depth
What will I study?
You will have a choice of routes within this programme, enabling you to focus on either the journey of patients who have ongoing cardiothoracic disease requiring long-term care, or patients who present in need of care in cardiac catheterisation laboratories and theatres.
As such, you will focus on patient safety and the prevention of harm or specialise in interventions and surgery of a cardiothoracic nature.
An additional core module sets the context of advanced practice, while a further elective choice is drawn from the faculty’s professional development portfolio.
How will I study?
The programme is delivered through a combination of lectures, seminars, group discussion and case study examination.
Each module requires attendance of between 5-10 days, with additional support available via a virtual learning environment.
How will I be assessed?
You will be assessed through a combination written assessments, presentations and portfolios.
Who will be teaching me?
The programme team comprises frontline clinicians from Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital and academic experts from Edge Hill University. The research activities and educational roles of the programme team are varied and link to both theory and practice. A range of nationally and internationally recognised clinical experts will also be drawn upon to inform and enhance the learning experience.
Facilities
Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital is a leading national cardiothoracic care provider of integrated healthcare services for patients and their families across community and acute care settings. It was rated outstanding in its community health services for adults in the Care Quality Commission’s inspection report published in July 2019.
The Education Centre at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital comprises seminar, classroom and lecture theatre spaces, in addition to clinically equipped skill rooms (app supported) with simulation devices, mannequins and mock bed spaces.
You will also be taught at Edge Hill University where the Faculty of Health, Social Care and Medicine offers some of the best facilities for the education and training of health and social care professionals in the country.
The outstanding teaching and learning resources include leading edge clinical skills facilities, an 860-seat lecture theatre, and a variety of teaching rooms and social learning spaces.
Timetables
You can expect to receive your timetable at enrolment. Please note that while we make every effort to ensure that timetables are as student-friendly as possible, scheduled teaching can take place on any day or evening of the week.
Disclaimer
Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our published course information, however our programmes are subject to ongoing review and development. Changing circumstances may necessitate alteration to, or the cancellation of, courses.
Changes may be necessary to comply with the requirements of accrediting bodies, revisions to subject benchmarks statements, to keep courses updated and contemporary, or as a result of student feedback. We reserve the right to make variations if we consider such action to be necessary or in the best interests of students.
Modules
Expand AllCompulsory modules:
HEA9055Context of Advanced Practice (20 credits)
You will select one of the following optional modules:
HEA4501Safe from Harm (20 credits)
HEA4502Surgical Interventions in Cardiothoracic Theatre and Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory Settings (20 credits)
You will study a further 20 credits chosen from either HEA4034 Negotiated Learning Shell or an alternative module from the Faculty of Health, Social Care and Medicine’s CPD portfolio (subject to agreement with the programme leader).
HEA4034Negotiated Learning Shell (20 credits)
Entry Criteria
Entry Requirements
To join this Postgraduate Certificate, you should have a degree equivalent to UK first-class or second-class honours (2:2 or above) in a health or social care related subject.
You should also be registered with a UK Professional Body, hold a health-related professional qualification and be an experienced practitioner, typically with at least two years in practice (or equivalent).
To join this programme, you should have access to an appropriate practice environment in a suitable clinical area. For further advice on this, please contact either the Clinical Programme Lead or the Academic Programme Lead.
An interview will form part of the selection process.
Career Prospects
What are my career prospects?
The programme is designed to support practitioners in working towards the role of advanced practitioner to address patient needs in the clinical contexts of clinical care.
Successful completion of the course will enhance your ability to provide care in the field of cardiothoracic care and practice.
Finance
Tuition Fees
Tuition fees for part-time study on this Postgraduate Certificate are £37.50 per credit for HEA4501 Safe from Harm and HEA4502 Surgical Interventions in Cardiothoracic Theatre and Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory Settings and £39 per credit for HEA4034 Negotiated Learning Shell and HEA9055 Context of Advanced Practice for UK students enrolling on the programme in academic year 2022/23. This is equivalent to £750-£780 per 20 credit module.
60 credits are required to complete a Postgraduate Certificate.
EU/EEA and Swiss students who have settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme, as well as Irish nationals, may be eligible for the UK tuition fee rate.
The University may administer a small inflationary rise in part-time postgraduate tuition fees in subsequent academic years as you progress through the course.
Financial Support
For comprehensive information about the financial support available to eligible UK students joining postgraduate courses at Edge Hill University, together with details of how to apply for potential funding, please view our Money Matters guide for your intended academic year of entry.
- Money Matters 2021/22: www.edgehill.ac.uk/postgradfinance2021
- Money Matters 2022/23: www.edgehill.ac.uk/postgradfinance2022
EU/EEA and Swiss students who have settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme may be eligible to apply for financial support. Irish nationals should ordinarily apply to Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI). Please see www.edgehill.ac.uk/eufinance for further details.
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How to Apply
There is an online application process for this programme.
Visit www.edgehill.ac.uk/applydirect to access the relevant online application form and to find out more about the application process.
Should you accept an offer of a place to study with us and formally enrol as a student, you will be subject to the provisions of the regulations, rules, codes, conditions and policies which apply to our students. These are available at www.edgehill.ac.uk/studentterms.
Get in Touch
If you have any questions about this programme, please contact:
- School of Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions
- Tel: 01695 650946
- Email: [email protected]
If you would like to talk to the programme leaders about the course in more detail, please contact:
- Jeannette Ellis
- Tel: 01695 657025
- Email: [email protected]
Or
- Justine Brislen
- Tel: 0151 600 1686
- Email: [email protected]
Course Changes
Expand All This tab outlines any material changes to course content, programme structure, assessment methods, entry criteria, and modes of study or delivery, implemented in the past two years. Future material changes will be added here as amends are made to course information.Covid-19 - Advanced Cardiothoracic Care Essential Information
Advanced Cardiothoracic Care Course Statement
Delivery will be a mix of live interactive teaching by lecturers in an online environment and attendance on campus or at a University site. For the theory component of the programme, there will be campus attendance and online learning comprising of synchronous (seminar, tutorial) and asynchronous (lecture, discussion board) learning activities and academic support. For practical activities, simulation will be used, either on campus or via virtual learning environments. Attendance on campus or at a University site will be compliant with current Public Health England guidelines. If government advice allows, there will an offer of attendance on campus for relevant module activities which may include theoretical learning, academic support or access to campus/site-based learning resources.Teaching and Learning at Edge Hill University in 2020
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Campus Facilities at Edge Hill University in 2020
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