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Postgraduate Diploma
City South Campus
Part Time
SEP-25
2 Years
This newly designed, flexible and innovative course has been developed to meet the needs of interdisciplinary healthcare practitioners working with neonates and their families in a variety of settings. It can be studied as both standalone modules or a full MSc, so that you can tailor the learning to meet your needs.
It is suitable for healthcare professionals working with neonates in a variety of settings, including nurses, midwives, nursing associates, midwifery support workers and allied health professionals.
The course has been developed to address the very significant challenges associated with neonatal care, providing a global perspective, and drawing upon the knowledge and experience of our course team who are experts in the speciality. It will support the development of your knowledge and skills in relation to caring for the neonate and their family and will include the underpinning physiology and skills required for practice.
The course will build upon your previous educational and clinical experience, supporting you as a life-long learner. The innovative programme is designed to help you gain a greater understanding of the complexities of neonatal care and how best to support and enable effective individualised management of the neonate and their family.
You will develop a wide range of skills, learn about new and emerging evidence and gain critical understanding in neonatal care. You will acquire knowledge to develop and improve practice in the care of the neonate and their family. You will critically explore the evidence base towards your provision and delivery of individualised care.
Students will require a UK BSc degree or equivalent. If the student does not have a BSc degree or equivalent, then they must have 2 years of healthcare experience and recent Level 6 study in the past 5 years.
To prevent duplication of study, a student that has previously completed a Level 6 module or award within the last 5 years cannot access the equivalent award at Level 7.
Students wishing to have recognition of prior learning must have either: the BCU post graduate certificate in Enhancing Neonatal Care, BCU post graduate diploma in Enhancing Neonatal Care, an external Post Graduate Certificate or postgraduate diploma that can be mapped to appropriate modules on the BCU MSc Enhancing Neonatal Care in accordance with BCU RPL policy and academic regulations. Appropriate BCU or external modules can also be mapped to the award in accordance with RPL policy.
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£860 per 20 credits
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