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| Application Deadline: | as early as possible | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 5,259 - | ||
| Location: | Oxford / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 24 months | Start Date: | January, September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Oxford Brookes University
This course provides a programme of preparation for registered nurses, midwives and health visitors, to prescribe safely and competently as independent prescribers. In addition, the course is designed for therapists and podiatrists to prescribe as supplementary prescribers.
Other study options
* Non-Medical Prescribing short course at post-qualifying level
* Non-Medical Prescribing short course at postgraduate level
* Non-Medical Prescribing update sessions
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
* 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 area 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 level.
* 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, of which 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
* We have an excellent track record of high levels of student satisfaction, low student attrition rates and high employability.
Contents
Course length
Part-time: 18-24 months
The Postgraduate Certificate for Non-Medical Prescribing consists of three modules totalling 60 CATS credits:
Advanced History Taking and Assessment (20 CATS credits) - is a practice-based module enabling you to develop the skills and knowledge to take a comprehensive patient history and conduct a thorough physical and psychosocial assessment. It will significantly enhance your assessment skills and ability to accurately describe the patient/client’s history and examination findings using appropriate terminology, reporting deviations from normal in a succinct manner to colleagues within the multidisciplinary team. This module must be successfully completed before doing the Non-Medical Prescribing module.
Advancing Professional Practice (10 CATS credits) - will enable you to analyse and debate key issues in the advancement of professional health and social care practice. You will examine developments within your professional field, and in relation to your own role. You will be supported in the enhancement of self-awareness and personal/professional growth through the use of strategies that include reflective practice and critical thinking. You will be assisted in the analysis and debate of real issues from your practice through student-centred learning approaches such as action learning, student presentation and discussion.
Non-Medical Prescribing (30 CATS credits) - prepares you to prescribe safely and competently from the British National Formulary as independent prescribers and/or as supplementary prescribers, depending on your profession. The course introduces pharmacology, legal and ethical prescribing, interpersonal skills and quality assurance aspects of prescribing. These are underpinned by reflection on your own experience, applying theory to practice and evaluating your own performance.
This module is sometimes taught at our Ferndale Campus in Swindon.
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
Applicants should:
* be registered health care professionals, employed in health care within the UK
* have a first degree or equivalent in terms of prior learning at the appropriate level
* have a minimum of three years post-registration experience
* be employed in a suitable role to act as a non-medical prescriber.
In addition to the academic entry qualifications, for applicants whose home language is not English, an IELTs score of 7 is required for the PG Cert Non-Medical Prescribing.
You should:
* be a UK registered health care professional, employed in health care within the UK
* have a first degree or equivalent in terms of prior learning at the appropriate level
* have a minimum of three years' post-registration experience
* be employed in a suitable role to act as a non-medical prescriber.
English language requirements
In addition to the academic entry qualifications, if your first language is not English you must demonstrate that your level of English is appropriate for study at postgraduate level. An IELTS overall score of 7.0 is required for this course.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 7.0 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade B (Score: 75) |
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