PgC - Practice Development: Emergency Care

What you will learn

Our long-established Practice Development Framework comprises tailor-made continuing professional development (CPD) for all healthcare professionals including nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, radiographers, paramedics as well as unregistered staff working in the health, wellbeing and social care sector. Your programme of study has been designed to meet your needs and interest in developing your professional and personal knowledge and expertise to develop excellence in practice within community, workplace and health and social care settings.

Studying with us you will be offered the opportunity to further enhancement your study/experience through other CPD opportunities. Delivery is flexible online distance learning. There may be opportunity to APL, credits from other programmes you have studied into the programme and there are flexible funding options available, with the option to pay on a module-by-module basis or via a student loan where appropriate.

Your programme provides accessible higher education opportunities at a level which is appropriate to you, the student. The programme utilises a collaborative approach in the provision of inclusive person-centred continuing professional development education, which is responsive to market demand, and which has been developed following extensive engagement with employers, current students and external commissioners. Whilst undertaking this programme of study, you will be introduced to and experience the process of transformative learning, founded upon personal critical reflection which will develop you as a knowledgeable, flexible, enquiring practitioner, capable of problem solving and leading innovative approaches.

Your programme “will provide a distinctive, enabling framework to unlock innovation in programme design and delivery and prepare our graduates for sustainable success in their workplace, their community and the world” (University of Cumbria, Learning, Teaching and Assessment Strategy [LTA]). Equally focussing upon one of the key themes from the same strategy we aim to be “informed and enhanced through our research and professional practice, drawing on innovative and sector-leading approaches and contributions of employers and practice.” This theme not only provides a foundation for your chosen area of study, but it also recognises the importance of using a clear educational curriculum model and framework to structure your programme, with you as the learner being central to this process.

Focussing on the knowledge and skills required for your employment, the curriculum accommodates the latest contemporary practice developments, key elements of reflective practice and transformative learning. Our University of Cumbria graduate attributes recognise the importance of you being “self-reliant, adaptable and flexible” in your thinking and practice. This will be reflected in developing and enhancing your skills of enquiry and encouraging you to be “enquiring and open to change” embracing the principles which underpin transformative learning. Our collaborative approach to learning has underpinned Practice Development programmes for many years and moving forward together we can support you as you adopt and benefit from the transformative learning process, which indicates an ongoing change and reflects the importance of life-long learning.

The University’s standard criteria for admissions apply. Please refer to the Applicant Information pages of the University website for more information. For RPL, please refer to the University website.

The following additional requirements apply for entry to this programme:

• Honours degree 2:2 or above
• Applicants must be a registered healthcare professional

Admission criteria are outlined in the University Admissions Policy. Normally applicants will be required to hold an honours degree classification second-class honours, lower division or above in a related subject. For applicants who do not meet this requirement, non-standard entry criteria will apply. In such cases, applicants will be interviewed. This decision will be at the discretion of the programme leader. It is expected that such candidates will have evidence of successful study at level 6 (or equivalent) within the preceding 5 years.