Long Term Conditions (Taught)

This course is aimed at health and social care professionals who are working within a role involving caring for people with long-term conditions. It offers you the opportunity to develop your knowledge and understanding of long-term clinical management of the individual with a long-term condition.

• You will consider the implications for patients and carers facing the reality of living well or dying as a result of a long-term condition.

• It will assist you in developing your history taking, diagnostic reasoning, clinical assessment and examination skills, in order to inform the principles of case management and therapeutic interventions.

• You will have the opportunity to explore research relevant to your individual professional developmental needs and apply this in your specialist area of practice.

Core modules
Long Term Conditions Management (Diabetes, COPD, Long COVID and Frailty)
Personal and Practice Development

Please note that students are not able to double count Personal and Practice Development if a second Postgraduate Certificate is taken.

The modules are delivered through a range of teaching methods including formal lectures, seminars, small group tutorials, e-learning and case-based tutorials.

Assessment involves a variety of formative and summative methods including action planning, quizzes, written case studies and presentations. Your module specification/course handbook will provide full details of the assessment criteria applying to your course.

Feedback (usually written) is normally provided on all coursework submissions within three term time weeks – unless the submission was made towards the end of the session in which case feedback would be available on request after the formal publication of results. Feedback on exam performance/final coursework is available on request after the publication of results.