Through theory and practical based application, our short courses will provide you with the opportunity integrate your previous knowledge with new skills and experiences, so that you can deliver a higher level of person-centred care within the fields of nursing, midwifery and paramedic practice.
Short Courses & Professional Development
Nursing ,Midwifery & Paramedic Practice - Short Courses
With a selection of short courses in a variety of fields, you can build upon your specialist skills and knowledge to enhance your career.

This module will promote the provision of informed and supportive strategies for effective absence management in the workplace.

To enable the student to develop a critical understanding of the theories, principles and concepts required to become a leader within advanced district nursing.

This module is part of the Masters Community Children Nurse (SPQ) programme. Delivered and assessed online this module prepares practitioners to develop a critical understanding of the theories, principles, and concepts in relation to contemporary community children's nursing.

This module sets out to enable students to demonstrate a critical understanding of law and ethics in the context of health and social care.

Delivered and assessed online, this module prepares practitioners to perform a holistic assessment of children and young people. You will apply a focused, systematic approach to clinical history taking and physical assessment, along with necessary skills for potential escalation and referral. Additionally, participants will gain a deeper understanding of complex childhood presentation.

This course will prepare you to independently undertake a clinical history and examination and critically explore the impact of pathophysiological processes and their impact on patient care to aid clinical decision making.

This course aims to develop practitioners knowledge of key clinical investigations including; Blood tests and analysis, Arterial Blood Gas analysis, ECG analysis and the fundamentals of X-Ray interpretation.

This module is suitable for healthcare professionals in any setting, if you are looking to extend your knowledge on pain management to benefit your clients.

Develop and enhance your digital literacy skills within health and social care. This course will equip you with the knowledge and skills to support digital transformation and improve the health and well being of people through considering the design and delivery of digital technologies within your area of professional practice.

Enhance your digital skills to transform health and social care! This module equips you with the tools to communicate effectively, share best practices, protect personal data, and tackle digital exclusion. Gain experience in using technology to deliver person-centred care and make a real impact.

Develop and enhance your ability to support the health and wellbeing of children, young people and families. Gain the knowledge and skills to analyse the bio-psycho-social factors that influence children, young people and family's development and wellbeing. Explore how to assess these influences holistically and consider evidence-based strategies to offer meaningful support.

This module is suitable for you if you are a registered nurse, management professional, or have an interest in Occupational Health practice. This module will enable you to develop a knowledge and understanding of the key principles of health surveillance.

Develop the leadership skills needed to drive change in health and social care. Explore leadership theories, management approaches, and quality improvement models. Learn to navigate strategic, cultural, and organisational challenges while applying change theory to real-world practice. This module promotes your ability to lead with confidence.

This module is suitable for you if you are a registered nurse, management professional, or have an interest in Occupational Health Management. This module will enable you to explore, analyse and appraise leadership theory and practice within the context of healthcare.

This module sets out to enable students to critically reflect on leadership within the context of health and social care.

This module sets out to enable students to critically explore the theories, principles, and concepts which underpin leading improvement in health and wellbeing among populations Nationally and Internationally.

To enable practitioners to develop a critical understanding of the theories, principles and concepts required to become a leader within advanced practice.

This module will cement your foundations of academic learning associated to your healthcare practice, demonstrating evidence based critical reflection, thinking and writing.

This module provides a holistic theoretical knowledge base for the student to enable you to develop your role in participating in the management of individuals with long term conditions.

This module is suitable for you if you are a registered nurse, management professional, or have an interest in Occupational Health Management. This module will enable you to promote the provision of informed and supportive strategies for mental wellbeing at work.

This course will provide a stimulating learning environment for you if you are a suitably qualified healthcare professional seeking to advance your knowledge and skills. Within your own context, you will be challenged to demonstrate innovation in establishing and managing a minor illness clinic.

This module is designed to equip registered healthcare practitioner to develop the knowledge and skills to assess and manage patients with minor injuries.

This module is suitable for you if you are a registered nurse, management professional, or have an interest in Occupational Health practice. This module will enable you to develop the ability to understand and contribute to the strategic management of Occupational Health.

This course will enable you to critically analyse pathological processes to disease management and the impact of investigations to form an immediate management plan within the remit of advanced practice. This module is part of the MSc Advancing Practice programme but can also be undertaken as a stand-alone module.

This course will prepare non-medical health professionals to prescribe within the legislation relevant to their profession. This course is aimed at experienced practitioners who wish to enhance their advanced practice by prescribing according to relevant professional standards.

This module is suitable for you if you are a registered nurse, management professional, or have an interest in Occupational Health practice. This module will enable you to demonstrate a broad knowledge and understanding of the theories, principles and concepts relevant to occupational health.

Critically analyse the development of professional practice within your specialist area, planning an area of quality improvement for practice.

This module sets out to enable students to explore and critically analyse contemporary professional leadership practice in their area of health or social care practice in order that they can develop a critical perspective of professional development needs in a practice environment.

The aim of this module is to enable you to develop the ability to critically analyse research methods and critically review literature to inform an area of practice. This course is a practice programme, however it can also be undertaken as a standalone module.

This course will provide a stimulating learning opportunity for you if you are in the field of the unplanned care for acutely ill/injured child or young person and wish to advance your knowledge and skills and enhance the effectiveness of your work.

This module is suitable for you if you are a registered nurse, management professional, or have an interest in Occupational Health practice. This module will enable you to develop knowledge and understanding of health promotion within the workplace.

This module is suitable for you if you are a registered nurse, management professional, or have an interest in Occupational Health Management. This module will enable you to develop a critical understanding of risk management in the workplace.

