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PgDip Caring for Children and Young People with Complex Health Needs

Academic Year 2020/21

A programme specification is required for any programme on which a student may be registered. All programmes of the University are subject to the University's Quality Assurance and Enhancement processes as set out in the DASA Policies and Procedures Manual.

Programme Title

PgDip Caring for Children and Young People with Complex Health Needs

Final Award
(exit route if applicable for Postgraduate Taught Programmes)

Postgraduate Diploma

Programme Code

NAM-PD-CC

UCAS Code

HECoS Code

100290

ATAS Clearance Required

Health Check Required

Portfolio Required

Interview Required

Mode of Study

Full Time

Type of Programme

Postgraduate

Length of Programme

1 Academic Year(s)

Total Credits for Programme

120

Exit Awards available

INSTITUTE INFORMATION

Teaching Institution	Queen's University Belfast
School/Department	Nursing & Midwifery
Quality Code https://www.qaa.ac.uk/quality-code Higher Education Credit Framework for England https://www.qaa.ac.uk/quality-code/higher-education-credit-framework-for-england	Level 7
Subject Benchmark Statements https://www.qaa.ac.uk/quality-code/subject-benchmark-statements The Frameworks for Higher Education Qualifications of UK Degree-Awarding Bodies https://www.qaa.ac.uk/docs/qaa/quality-code/qualifications-frameworks.pdf	Midwifery (2009)
Accreditations (PSRB)

REGULATION INFORMATION

Does the Programme have any approved exemptions from the University General Regulations
(Please see General Regulations)

Programme Specific Regulations

Student progress, review and support procedures

Full- and part-time routes

Full-time students must normally complete the PG Diploma within one calendar year of first registration. Full-time students cannot undertake more than 120 credits of taught modules per academic year.

Part-time students must normally complete the PG Diploma within two years of first registration. A part-time student may not complete the PG Diploma within one year of the date of first registration cannot undertake more than 60 credits of taught modules per academic year. Part-time students would normally take 60 taught credits in years 1 and 2. The timetabling of optional and compulsory modules accommodates this pattern of delivery and ensures that students have access to appropriate modules in both semesters.

For further information refer to the CPAD Student Handbook.

Programme Structure, Levels, Modules and Credits

To qualify for the Postgraduate Diploma in Caring for Children and Young People with Complex Health Needs students must take and pass modules worth a total of 120 CATS points.

The PG Diploma consists of taught modules of study. Students must successfully take and pass a total of seven to nine taught modules (120 CATS points), including: two compulsory cross-programme modules, two compulsory programme-specific modules; one compulsory research module and two to four optional modules that may be selected either from the cross programme modules or programme-specific modules.

Examinations

Students must pass 120 CATS points of taught modules, including all compulsory modules on the programme, to be eligible for the award of a Postgraduate Diploma in Caring for Children and Young People with Complex Health Needs.

The pass mark for all taught modules is 50%.

Students who fail one or more taught modules are permitted one further attempt to pass at the next available opportunity for a maximum mark of 50%.

The degree will be classified in accordance with the University General Regulations, Study Regulations, Mark Scales.

Candidates who pass all the taught modules, including all compulsory modules, but who fail to achieve a mark of at least 50% in the dissertation shall be eligible for the award of Postgraduate Diploma in Caring for Children and Young People with Complex Health Needs.

Candidates who pass all the taught modules, including all compulsory modules, but who fail to submit a dissertation shall be eligible for the award of Postgraduate Diploma in Caring for Children and Young People with Complex Health Needs.

Students with protected characteristics

No impediments to applicants for this programme.

Are students subject to Fitness to Practise Regulations

(Please see General Regulations)

No
Students are subject to Fitness to Practise Regulations.

EDUCATIONAL AIMS OF PROGRAMME

The overall aim of the PG Diploma in Caring for Children and Young People with Complex Health Needs is to offer high quality supportive teaching and learning environments that provide graduates with:

Skills necessary to promote and sustain innovative and emerging practice.

Intellectual and transferable skills necessary to function in positions of leadership and caring for children and young people with complex health needs.

Skills enabling graduates to critically review and introduce current evidence to practice or other investigative strategies relevant to caring for children and young people with complex health needs and their families.

Skills necessary to promote and sustain innovative and emerging practice.

Intellectual and transferable skills necessary to function in positions of leadership and caring for children and young people with complex health needs.

Skills enabling graduates to critically review and introduce current evidence to practice or other investigative strategies relevant to caring for children and young people with complex health needs and their families.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Learning Outcomes: Cognitive Skills

On the completion of this course successful students will be able to:

Apply a constant and integrated approach to analysis, evaluation and synthesis of all levels of evidence relating to caring for children and young people with complex health needs

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

The programme will be supported by lectures, tutorials, group discussion forums, computer assisted learning, supervision, distance learning, directed and independent reading.

Methods of Assessment

Assessment will be through written assignment and examination.

Identify and offer advanced insights into complex and abstract ideas, arguments, theories and practice.

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

The programme will be supported by lectures, tutorials, group discussion forums, computer assisted learning, supervision, distance learning, directed and independent reading.

Methods of Assessment

Assessment will be through written assignment and examination.

Nurture creative and original responses to challenges around caring for children and young people with complex health needs.

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

The programme will be supported by lectures, tutorials, group discussion forums, computer assisted learning, supervision, distance learning, directed and independent reading.

Methods of Assessment

Assessment will be through written assignment and examination.

Identify, understand, interpret and evaluate theories and research and reflect on how these can inform interventions, care and practice.

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

The programme will be supported by lectures, tutorials, group discussion forums, computer assisted learning, supervision, distance learning, directed and independent reading.

Methods of Assessment

Assessment will be through written assignment and examination.

Learning Outcomes: Transferable Skills

On the completion of this course successful students will be able to:

Communicate at an advanced level to a range of audiences and adapt communication method to context and purpose.

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

The programme will be supported by lectures, tutorials, group discussion forums, computer assisted learning, supervision, distance learning, directed and independent reading.

Methods of Assessment

Assessment will be through written assignment and examination.

Communicate effectively to peers and experts using critical dialogue in keeping with national standards and expectations within caring for children and young people with complex health needs.

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

The programme will be supported by lectures, tutorials, group discussion forums, computer assisted learning, supervision, distance learning, directed and independent reading.

Methods of Assessment

Assessment will be through written assignment and examination.

Use a range of resources to support and enhance work at Masters level.

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

The programme will be supported by lectures, tutorials, group discussion forums, computer assisted learning, supervision, distance learning, directed and independent reading.

Methods of Assessment

Assessment will be through written assignment and examination.

Exercise a level of autonomy and initiative in professional and equivalent activities

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

The programme will be supported by lectures, tutorials, group discussion forums, computer assisted learning, supervision, distance learning, directed and independent reading.

Methods of Assessment

Assessment will be through written assignment and examination.

Demonstrate leadership in tackling and solving problems and issues.

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

The programme will be supported by lectures, tutorials, group discussion forums, computer assisted learning, supervision, distance learning, directed and independent reading.

Methods of Assessment

Assessment will be through written assignment and examination.

Work in ways that are reflective, self-critical and evidence-based.

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

The programme will be supported by lectures, tutorials, group discussion forums, computer assisted learning, supervision, distance learning, directed and independent reading.

Methods of Assessment

Assessment will be through written assignment and examination.

Work with a range of students and academics from different disciplines.

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

The programme will be supported by lectures, tutorials, group discussion forums, computer assisted learning, supervision, distance learning, directed and independent reading.

Methods of Assessment

Assessment will be through written assignment and examination.

Make informed judgements on emerging issues linked to practice.

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

The programme will be supported by lectures, tutorials, group discussion forums, computer assisted learning, supervision, distance learning, directed and independent reading.

Methods of Assessment

Assessment will be through written assignment and examination.

Learning Outcomes: Knowledge & Understanding

On the completion of this course successful students will be able to:

Demonstrate a critical understanding of principal theories, principles and concepts of caring for children and young people with complex health needs in a range of contexts.

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

The programme will be supported by lectures, tutorials, group discussion forums, computer-assisted learning, distance learning, directed and independent reading and supervision.

Methods of Assessment

Assessment will be through written assignment and examination.

Demonstrate a critical and advanced knowledge and understanding of policy and practice in caring for children and young people with complex health needs and supporting families.

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

The programme will be supported by lectures, tutorials, group discussion forums, computer-assisted learning, distance learning, directed and independent reading and supervision.

Methods of Assessment

Assessment will be by written assignment and examination.

Develop advanced knowledge and understanding of evidence-based and evidence-informed practice, generated through personal study and investigation, which could make a contribution to the development of caring for children and young people with complex health needs.

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

The programme will be supported by lectures, tutorials, group discussion forums, computer-assisted learning, distance learning, directed and independent reading and supervision.

Methods of Assessment

Assessment will be through written assignment and examination.

Demonstrate a critical understanding of incorporating best available research evidence into practice in caring for children and young people with complex health needs and supporting families.

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

The programme will be supported by lectures, tutorials, group discussion forums, computer-assisted learning, distance learning, directed and independent reading and supervision.

Methods of Assessment

Assessment will be through written assignment and examination.

Learning Outcomes: Subject Specific

On the completion of this course successful students will be able to:

Demonstrate evidence of reflection on their experience and professional practice (where appropriate) in relation to caring for children and young people with complex health needs and supporting families.

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

The programme will be supported by lectures, tutorials, group discussion forums, computer assisted learning, distance learning, directed and independent reading and supervision.

Methods of Assessment

Assessment will be through written assignment and examination.

Able to critically analyse and review relevant research and practice in the provision of health and social care to children and young people with complex health needs and their families.

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

The programme will be supported by lectures, tutorials, group discussion forums, computer assisted learning, distance learning, directed and independent reading and supervision.

Methods of Assessment

Assessment will be through written assignment and examination.

Demonstrate the development and application of advanced knowledge, understanding and practices to caring for children and young people with complex health needs.

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

The programme will be supported by lectures, tutorials, group discussion forums, computer assisted learning, distance learning, directed and independent reading and supervision.

Methods of Assessment

Assessment will be through written assignment and examination.

MODULE INFORMATION

Programme Requirements

Module Title	Module Code	Level/ stage	Credits	Availability		Duration	Pre-requisite			Assessment
				S1	S2			Core	Option	Coursework %	Practical %	Examination %
Childhood and Youth Research in Practice	NUR7018	7	10	YES		6 weeks	N	YES		100%	0%	0%
Economic Impact of Childhood Interventions	NUR7021	7	10		YES	6 weeks	N		YES	80%	0%	20%
Successful leading for health and social care professionals	HSN7032	7	20		YES	12 weeks	N		YES	100%	0%	0%
Perspectives on Childhood and Youth	NUR7017	7	10	YES		1 weeks	N	YES		100%	0%	0%
Law for Health Care Professionals	HSN7013	7	20		YES	12 weeks	N		YES	100%	0%	0%
Qualitative Research Methods	NUR7010	7	20	YES		12 weeks	N	YES		100%	0%	0%
Applied Research Methods and Statistics in Healthcare	NUR7002	7	20		YES	12 weeks	N	YES		70%	0%	30%
Independent Study Module	NUR7008	7	20		YES	12 weeks	N		YES	100%	0%	0%
Qualitative Research with Children and Young People	SOC9049	7	10		YES	12 weeks	N		YES	100%	0%	0%
Enhancing care and practice for children with complex health care needs	NUR7020	7	20	YES		12 weeks	N	YES		100%	0%	0%
Foundations of Children's Rights	EDU7219	7	20	YES		12 weeks	N		YES	100%	0%	0%
Childhood Disability and Rights	EDU7223	7	20		YES	12 weeks	N		YES	100%	0%	0%
Perspectives of family centred health & social care	HSN7038	7	20		YES	12 weeks	N	YES		100%	0%	0%
Notes Students must take either NUR7010 or NUR7002.

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PgDip Caring for Children and Young People with Complex Health Needs

Academic Year 2020/21

INSTITUTE INFORMATION

REGULATION INFORMATION

EDUCATIONAL AIMS OF PROGRAMME

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Learning Outcomes: Cognitive Skills

Learning Outcomes: Transferable Skills

Learning Outcomes: Knowledge & Understanding

Learning Outcomes: Subject Specific

MODULE INFORMATION

Notes