Community Children's Nursing - 2012 entry
PGDip
Overview
Students who successfully fulfil the required criteria within the Community Children's Nursing PGDip course can qualify for the relevant NMC Community Specialist Practitioner (CSP) Award, which includes being a non-medical prescriber able to prescribe from the community practitioners’ formulary. You will also be deemed to have met the minimum mentorship requirements.
We will enable you to become a skilful community specialist practitioner, able to lead and bring about change in your practice environments. These courses will challenge you and help you to develop the knowledge and skills that you require in these exciting times.
The course is centred on practice and you will spend a large amount of time in the practice environment. You will have a practice teacher who will support the development of your professional practice.
Other study option
Community Nursing in the Home / District Nursing, PGDip
Why Brookes?
- We have a large and dedicated building in Oxford (Marston Road) and a campus in Swindon (Ferndale), equipped with state-of-the-art classroom and clinical skills simulation suites and resources.
- We have our own osteopathic clinics: Mill Court in Headington, Oxford and at Ferndale Campus in Swindon, offering a full range of osteopathic treatments to students, staff, NHS staff and the general public. http://www.shs.brookes.ac.uk/osteoclinics
- Our courses are open to a wide range of health and social care professionals providing highly-flexible continuing professional development (CPD) study opportunities with part-time, full-time and mixed-mode options (including opportunities for e-learning, blended and distance learning).
- We support multi and interprofessional learning and teaching, and many of our courses are either fully multiprofessional or offer excellent opportunities for shared learning.
- Our lecturers are experienced in their specialist practice areas and maintain excellent practice links with those areas locally or across the region.
- Many of our lecturers have reputations for excellence and have established links with colleagues, organisations and institutions at national and international levels.
- We have a strong research profile, with experienced researchers working in established areas of cancer care, children and families, drug and alcohol, physical rehabilitation and enablement, and interprofessional education and collaborative practice.
- Oxford Brookes is rated internationally excellent across a broad range of subjects in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE). 70% of our research in Allied Health Professions and Studies was rated as being of international significance, and of this, 10% was rated as world-leading.
- Oxford Brookes is a student-centred institution that is fully committed to each individual achieving their potential. To support this, we offer a broad range of student support schemes to facilitate learning and development: www.brookes.ac.uk/studying/life/wellbeing
- We have an excellent track record of high levels of student satisfaction, low student attrition rates and high employability.
In detail
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Department of Social Work and Public Health
Faculty of Health and Life SciencesCourse content
The community environments where health care is offered are undergoing great change. Achieving effective practice in these settings requires highly dynamic and flexible practitioners who can bring about positive change in relation to their community specialist practice.
For a service to be effective, it must be based upon ongoing assessment, planning and evaluation and involve an effective partnership between the patient/client, their carer, their family members and relevant population groups. This requires interdisciplinary, interprofessional and interagency collaboration. The importance of working collaboratively is therefore a central philosophy within the CSP PGDip course we offer.
The PGDip in Community Children’s Nursing comprises six single modules, four of which are compulsory and two of which are chosen from a possible three acceptable modules. You will be sponsored or seconded to study full-time over a period of 12 months, or two years part-time. The four compulsory modules are:
- Leadership in Health and Social Care will help you develop and apply the knowledge and conceptual and practice skills needed to be an effective leader within health and social care environments, in both the public and private sectors.
- Community Specialist Practice 1 (CCN)is a practice-based module, which enables you to develop an in-depth systematic understanding of the knowledge and skills in primary care nursing in relation to CCN practice.
- Community Specialist Practice 2 (CCN) will enable you to demonstrate originality and initiative in the consolidation of your community specialist practice knowledge and skills. You are based in a practice placement which enables you to develop and extend your specialist practice leadership skills in CCN and to discuss practice issues with colleagues and peers.
- Work-Based Learning (with a community children's nursing (CCN) focus) is a practice-focused single module which will enable integration and consolidation of your specialist community knowledge and skills. You will work on a project based on the principles of work-based learning.
The acceptable modules are:
- Community Practitioner Nurse Prescribing (V100) incorporates the learning outcomes specified by the NMC for registration to allow practitioners to prescribe from the Nurse Prescribers’ Formulary for Community Practitioners.
- Advanced Health Promotion explores practical aspects of health promotion, including how to develop strategic and action plans for health promotion.
- Risk and protection of children will critically examine contemporary childhood from an international perspective including children's rights, child welfare and wellbeing and children's experiences of harm in society.
Many opportunities are available to continue your studies. For example, you could take the credit you have achieved in the PGDip into the Student Designed Award and by completing a research module and a triple dissertation module gain a master's degree.
Please note: as courses are reviewed regularly, the list of modules may vary from that shown here.
Teaching, learning and assessment
The teaching, learning and assessment strategies which underpin the courses reflect their interprofessional, client-centred and practice-focused approach.
We encourage group work and discussions so that you can develop new skills, knowledge and experience. Lively debates develop within the sessions and you will be able to discuss the relevant issues with others from different primary care trusts and the wider health and social care environment. To make the most of the range of experience, skills and knowledge within the group, a variety of teaching and learning strategies are employed, including seminars, discussions, debates and group work. You will also have access to the 'Brookes Virtual’ learning environment (an online repository of lectures, handouts, information and learning exercises).
The strategies we use encourage self-reflection, the integration of theory and practice, and interprofessional collaboration. Staff will support the development of your academic and professional practice.
Practice assessment is a key part of the assessment process and many strategies are used to assess your overall practice competence. These are all clearly demonstrated in the course practice assessment document.
Assessment is based on a developmental process of acquiring, modifying and refining skills and knowledge during each module. A variety of assessments is used, including written assignments, a practice portfolio and examinations. Your practice knowledge and skills will also be assessed, so that you can demonstrate your ability to critically reflect on and develop practice in line with current professional standards.
Free language courses for students - the Open Module
Free language courses are available to all full-time undergraduate and postgraduate students who are studying any course on our Headington (including Marston Road), Harcourt Hill or Wheatley Campuses, and can be taken as a credit on some courses.
Key facts
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Faculty
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Department
Department of Social Work and Public Health
Course length
Full-time: 12 months
Part-time: 2 years
Teaching location
Headington Campus, Marston Road site
Start date
September 2012
UKPASS code
P037435
Apply / Entry reqs
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Entry requirements
Applicants for the PGDip in Community Children’s Nursing course will normally be health care professionals with a minimum of one year’s professional (ie post-qualification) practice.
In addition, you must normally:
- be registered on the relevant nursing part of the NMC register and demonstrate evidence of Advanced Level study on entry
- have the support of your manager or sponsorship from a Primary Care or Hospital Trust
- have access to a community practice teacher
- have a source of funding to enable you to meet the course fees.
Additionally:
- entry on the course will be subject to satisfactory Criminal Records Bureau clearance
- evidence of being currently on the NMC register will also be required.
Funding
You need to obtain funding and sponsorship from your strategic health authority through your local Trust.
English language requirements
If your first language is not English, you must demonstrate that your level of English is appropriate for study at postgraduate level - IELTS 6.5-7.0 overall, or equivalent.
Please also see the university's standard English language requirements.
This course is not available to non-EEA students unless you have an immigration status which allows you to study part-time in the UK.
How to apply
You apply for this course through UKPASS.
Applications received electronically through UKPASS will be forwarded directly to the Programme Administrator. Supporting documentation should be forwarded using the email addresses indicated on the UKPASS application form. Applications are dealt with on a first come, first served basis, so please act early to avoid disappointment.
Conditions of acceptance
When you accept our offer you agree to the conditions of acceptance. You should therefore read those conditions before accepting the offer.
Credit transfer
Oxford Brookes operates the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS). All postgraduate single modules are equivalent to 10 ECTS credits, double modules to 20 ECTS credits, and treble modules to 30 ECTS credits. A full master's course will carry 90 ECTS credits. More about ECTS credits.
Fees / funding
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TUITION FEES
UK/EU
Full-time: £5,400
Part-time: £900 per single unit
International
Full-time: £11,140
Please note; the fees quoted are for self-financing students. They differ if you are receiving Health Authority funding.
Fees (part-time and full-time) are for the academic year starting in 2012 only, unless otherwise stated. Fees increase annually by approximately 4%.
Questions about fees?
Contact Student Finance on:
+44 (0)1865 483088
finance-fees@brookes.ac.uk
Scholarships and funding
For general sources of financial support, see funding for Postgraduate students from the UK and EU.
Oxford
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Why Oxford is a great place to study Community Children's Nursing
As a student in Oxford you'll be at the heart of the UK's most successful economic region and in a centre for leading industries which provides you with a host of learning opportunities.
Because Oxford is one of the world's great academic cities, it is a key centre of debate, with conferences, seminars and forums taking place across education, science, the arts and many other subjects.
In addition to our own excellent libraries and resource centres, our postgraduate students have access to the world-renowned Bodleian Library, the Bodleian Law Library and the Radcliffe Science Library.
Support
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Support for students studying Community Children's Nursing
There is a range of support mechanisms for students, such as academic advisers, who will facilitate your academic development, and student support co-ordinators, who provide a drop-in service for queries about any aspect of student life, covering both academic and personal welfare.
The university’s support services include Upgrade, which provides advice on study skills such as planning and writing essays, assignments and dissertations, research, or preparing for an exam. They also give advice on statistics and maths. There is a dedicated Student Disability and Dyslexia Service, which provides support for students with disabilities including sensory and mobility impairments, dyslexia and other specific learning difficulties, mental health problems and medical conditions. Here, staff offer advice and support on a range of issues, including physical access, funding, alternative assessment arrangements and liaison with teaching staff to ensure that they are aware of your requirements.
How Brookes supports postgraduate students
Supporting your learning
From academic advisers and support co-ordinators to specialist subject librarians and other learning support staff, we want to ensure that you get the best out of your studies.
Personal support services
We want your time at Brookes to be as enjoyable and successful as possible. That's why we provide all the facilities you need to be relaxed, happy and healthy throughout your studies.
Research
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Programme Administrator
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Research excellence
We are very pleased with the results received in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE). 70% of our research in Allied Health Professions and Studies was rated as being of international significance in the assessment of research, of which 10% was rated as world-leading. The university has been careful to nurture emerging research strengths, and the international standing achieved by subjects allied to health demonstrates significant progress since 2001. For more details about our research portfolio, go to our website.
