
Advancing Practice in Peripheral Vascular Disease - Module / MSc
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This newly designed course has been developed to meet the needs of interdisciplinary healthcare practitioners working in partnership with people in relation to peripheral vascular disease (PVD), which encompasses both arterial, venous and lymphatic diseases....
- Level Postgraduate Taught
- Study mode Distance Learning
- Location Online Learning
- Award Module / MSc
- Start date September 2024
- Fees View course fees
- School School of Nursing and Midwifery
- Faculty Faculty of Health, Education and Life Sciences
This course is:
Open to International Students
Overview
This newly designed course has been developed to meet the needs of interdisciplinary healthcare practitioners working in partnership with people in relation to peripheral vascular disease (PVD), which encompasses both arterial, venous and lymphatic diseases. This 100% online course aims to address the very significant challenges associated with PVD, providing a global perspective, whilst drawing upon existing expert knowledge and experience of working with international partners. The course team are dedicated and committed staff who are experts in the speciality and this course is a collaboration between Birmingham City University and the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Vascular Team.
This innovative online course is designed to help students to gain a greater and advanced understanding of the complexities of diagnosing and managing peripheral vascular disease (PVD) and how best to support and enable effective individualised self-management and develop limb salvage. It is suitable for healthcare professionals including hospital-based doctors, specialist nurses and podiatrists, sonographers and specialist roles in other healthcare sectors. The primary aim of the course is to support and enable students to critically explore and analyse existing and developing theories and concepts that underpin PVD and will equip students to embrace a strategic leadership role in the development and delivery of efficient, innovative, evidence based PVD services.
Students will develop a wide range of skills, learn about new and emerging evidence, advance their knowledge and practice and gain critical understanding in the management of peripheral vascular disease. Students will acquire knowledge to develop and improve clinical practice in the care of people at risk of or living with PVD across the age span. Through taking an evidence-based holistic approach to the provision and delivery of individualised PVD care.
What's covered in this course?
This course has been designed in close collaboration with clinical colleagues and blends theoretical approaches with practicalities of service development and person-centred care approaches. The international dimension and application of culturally appropriate surgical interventions in different environments and resources underpins this course. Through different modules, students will explore their employment situation, recognise the potential for excellence in practice-led care, extend and enhance their employability and extend their career progression. Students will also identify ways in which they can improve their practice and services in order to pioneer new interdisciplinary service developments.
There will be a strong focus on relevance to practice, practice development, leadership, transformation and strategic planning. An important focus will be the development of higher levels of understanding with decision-making, critical analysis appraisal of evidence-based practice and clinical guidelines as a strong theme throughout the course.
The programme will enable practitioners working in various aspects of care, with people either at risk of or living with PVD, to develop knowledge and skills in diagnosis and management. Students will develop analytical skills through interactive online learning opportunities so that they are able to critically examine practices within the context of the legislative and professional frameworks of their own countries.
The following modules can be studied as stand alone modules:
- Assessment and Management of Peripheral Vascular Disease
- Foot Care Complexities and Treatments in Diabetes and Peripheral Vascular Disease
- Leadership in Peripheral Vascular Disease
- Principles of Limb Salvage
- Psychological and Psycho-social Aspects of Peripheral Vascular Disease
Why Choose Us?
- This newly designed innovative course has been developed to meet the needs of interdisciplinary healthcare practitioners working in partnership with people living with PVD.
- This course aims to address the global increase in the number of people both at risk of developing PVD and living with PVD, and the developments in care needed to support these people.
- The course has a global perspective and draws upon existing expert knowledge and experience of working with national and international partners.
- This approach aligns with the vision of the University to learn from the best, with practice-based research supporting curriculum design whilst fostering an interdisciplinary approach to education in this field.
- The Faculty of Health, Education and Life Sciences (HELS) has a history of provision in healthcare and diabetes education previously with optional taught modules being available for practitioners in the region. This new course extends the reach of practice through online education to all multi-disciplinary and multi professional partners.
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Entry Requirements
UK students
This course is suitable for experienced and employed healthcare professionals who hold current professional registration with a UK regulatory body (e.g., NMC, HCPC, GMC) provided that they have: |
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A minimum of three years in their area of clinical practice and a first degree or evidence of recent professionally related study at diploma or degree level. OR |
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Accredited degree level study within the last five years. |
EU students
This course is suitable for experienced and employed healthcare professionals who hold current professional registration in their home country provided that you have: |
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A minimum of three years in their area of clinical practice with a first degree or evidence of recent professionally related study at diploma or degree level OR |
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Accredited degree level study within the last five years |
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Additionally, An IELTS score of 6.0 with no element below 5.5 or equivalent. |
We will accept appropriate Level 7 modules for review for application of Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) subject to review by the course and RPL teams. If you wish to explore RPL please contact Hels.rpl@bcu.ac.uk early in your admissions process and prior to any course enrolment.
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International students
This course is suitable for experienced and employed healthcare professionals who hold current professional registration in their home country provided that they have: |
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A minimum of three years in their area of clinical practice and a first degree or evidence of recent professionally related study at diploma or degree level. OR |
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Evidence of study at degree level including in research methods. |
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Additionally, A certified IELTS score of 6.0 is required with no element below 5.5 or equivalent. |
Fees & How to Apply
UK students
Annual and modular tuition fees shown are applicable to the first year of study. The University reserves the right to increase fees for subsequent years of study in line with increases in inflation (capped at 5%) or to reflect changes in Government funding policies or changes agreed by Parliament. View fees for continuing students.
Award: Module
Starting: Sep 2024
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- Duration
- Fees
- Distance Learning
- TBC
- £820 per 20 credit module
Award: MSc
Starting: Sep 2024
- Mode
- Duration
- Fees
- Distance Learning
- 3 years (Part Time)
- £820 per 20 credit module
International students
Annual and modular tuition fees shown are applicable to the first year of study. The University reserves the right to increase fees for subsequent years of study in line with increases in inflation (capped at 5%) or to reflect changes in Government funding policies or changes agreed by Parliament. View fees for continuing students.
Award: Module
Starting: Sep 2024
- Mode
- Duration
- Fees
- Distance Learning
- TBC
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TBC
Award: MSc
Starting: Sep 2024
- Mode
- Duration
- Fees
- Distance Learning
- 3 years (Part Time)
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TBC
The following modules can be studied as stand alone modules:
- Assessment and Management of Peripheral Vascular Disease
- Foot Care Complexities and Treatments in Diabetes and Peripheral Vascular Disease
- Leadership in Peripheral Vascular Disease
- Principles of Limb Salvage
- Psychological and Psycho-social Aspects of Peripheral Vascular Disease
Personal statement
You’ll need to submit a personal statement as part of your application for this course. This will need to highlight your passion for postgraduate study – and your chosen course – as well as your personal skills and experience, academic success, and any other factors that will support your application for further study.
Not sure what to include? We’re here to help – take a look at our top tips for writing personal statements and download our free postgraduate personal statement guide for further advice and examples from real students.
Course in Depth
Level 7 - Core Modules
In order to complete this course a student must successfully complete all the following CORE modules, totalling 110 or 130 credits. In addition to core modules, a total of either 50 or 70 credits from optional modules will also need to be completed. This will therefore ensure 180 credits is gained in total.
The module is designed for clinicians with experience in the assessment and management of the patient with lower limb peripheral vascular disease, which encompasses both arterial, venous and lymphatic diseases. Students will critically explore and analyse existing and developing theories and concepts that underpin the assessment and management of peripheral vascular disease including arterial and venous pathology, thus facilitating both professional and personal growth and enhancing patient care.
This module can also be studied as a standalone module. To choose this option, select the ‘Module’ option in the Fees and How to Apply tab.
This module is designed to equip students with the ability to identify how evidence can be applied to underpin and guide diabetes care decisions and how evidence informs standards, policy and guidelines. This module will include aspects of contemporary evidence and its application to diabetes care which is designed to enhance knowledge and skills in this specialist field. The module will require students to appraise and synthesis evidence and its application in diabetes care. Students will be encouraged to review their practices and then investigate what evidence they currently use to underpin their clinical decision making. The module has been designed in collaboration with clinical colleagues and blends theoretical approaches with opportunities of emerging evidence into clinical application and innovation.
This module can also be studied as a standalone module. To choose this option, select the ‘Module’ option in the Fees and How to Apply tab.
Our leadership in peripheral vascular disease module acknowledges that health professionals play a pivotal role in the experience of people peripheral vascular disease (PVD), which encompasses both arterial, venous and lymphatic diseases. Interdisciplinary team working in partnership with people experiencing PVD embraces the skills to deliver effective, efficient and efficacious PVD care. Contemporary evidence emphasises the partnership working potential of interdisciplinary working of effective teams, but also highlights where collaborative practices of teams or team members can place restrictions on services and lack growth of psychological or service development opportunities in PVD.
This module can also be studied as a standalone module. To choose this option, select the ‘Module’ option in the Fees and How to Apply tab.
This module will include all aspects of lower limb surgical practice in peripheral vascular surgery, which encompasses both arterial, venous and lymphatic diseases, and is designed to enhance knowledge and practical skills in this specialist surgical field and to enable students to achieve enhanced clinical competencies.
This module can also be studied as a standalone module. To choose this option, select the ‘Module’ option in the Fees and How to Apply tab.
Dissertation - 40 credits
This double module provides the student with the opportunity to complete a piece of work around a chosen topic in order to demonstrate competence in the planning, execution, analysis and evaluation of a Research Project, a Systematic Review or Project Management. It involves 400 hours of study. The focus is on facilitating the student's independent, critical study in their academic discipline or area of professional practice. It will also serve those who wish to embark on Doctoral studies in the future.
Dissertation - 60 credits
This triple module forms the final bridge between the award of a Postgraduate Diploma and a Health MSc related to a named award. It provides the student with the opportunity to complete a piece of work around a chosen topic in order to demonstrate competence in the planning, execution, analysis and evaluation of a Research Project, a Systematic Review or Project Management. It involves 600 hours of study. The focus is on facilitating the student's independent, critical study in their academic discipline or area of professional practice.
Level 7 - Optional Modules
A student must successfully complete one of the CORE MSc dissertation modules. The choice of this will be dependent on the optional modules taken (see below).
The aims of this module are to equip you with an in-depth knowledge, understanding and critical awareness of wound healing and tissue repair and to challenge your thinking and analysis of practice, contributing towards your personal and professional development and fostering independent study. There will be a strong focus on relevance to practice, practice development, leadership, transformation and strategic planning.
All methods of debridement, including autolytic, bio surgical, enzymatic and conservative sharp debridement can pose potential risks to the patient, but removal of devitalised tissue from a wound can reduce infection risk and facilitate improved healing outcomes. With the cost of wounds to the NHS estimated to be £8.3 billion annually, understanding and using advanced skills in wound management could contribute to reducing long term wound care costs and improving wound healing rates. Advanced knowledge and skills in wound management need to become part of the wound management practitioner’s tool kit. This module will enable the predominately graduate healthcare practitioner to explore advanced wound management techniques and consider the support and requirements needed to adopt them into practice.
Wounds to the lower leg are a significant cause of pain, anguish and distress to patients. The management of these long-term conditions are often poorly managed in practice. Unwarranted variations in lower leg and foot care not only have devastating consequences on quality of life but also have a major impact on the healthcare economy. This module aims to provide you with opportunities to further develop your understanding of these conditions and their management. You will have the opportunity to critically reflect on the current evidence-based principles underpinning the various assessment strategies and management options that may be utilised in the care of these wounds.
Wounds are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality as well as significant risk to global health care economies. The module aims to further develop your understanding of the key concepts of the wound healing process and how numerous factors can negatively affect the normal sequence of events. You will have the opportunity to critically reflect on the evidence-based principles underpinning wound management and explore the literature that currently guides practice. Interdisciplinary principles and practices of wound care management will be explored. By fully engaging in this module, you will have the opportunity to develop your critical analysis, evaluation and synthesis skills and the skills necessary to foster lifelong learning within this challenging field.
Pressure ulcers are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality across all age groups. Treating pressure ulcers are estimated to cost between £1.2 billion and £2.4 billion per year in the UK, therefore preventing pressure ulcers is high on the agenda for the NHS and for other healthcare institutions globally. This module will address the considerations needed to implement clinically an effective pressure ulcers prevention and treatment strategy.
This module is aimed at post graduate senior healthcare practitioners who wish to enhance their skills and knowledge required to deliver evidence-based clinical management for a patient with sepsis in a range of settings, including pre-hospital, primary care, ward settings and specialist areas. The module will allow practitioners to explore the pathophysiological processes of sepsis, understand the complexities of sepsis in a range of settings and evaluate the reliability and validity of current evidence to justify the management of interventions. Throughout the module case studies will be used to help practitioners translate theory to practice, which will include the recognition of sepsis causing critical illness and impacting on an illness trajectory, initial treatment, stabilisation, ongoing treatment, the impact of anti-microbial resistance, post-sepsis syndrome, change management and human factors.
This on line module is part of the MSc Transforming and Leading Health Care and aims to facilitate advancing of your self-learning and self-understanding. It will give you insight into your personal and professional strengths, your limitations, your leadership, communication skills and work styles, and how these affect your behaviours including how you learn and your personal resilience. It incorporates psychometric tools and instruments and potentially elements from the Intelligent Behaviour AnalyticsTM programme, or similar.
The module aims to explore Quality Improvement methodologies and their application to wound healing and tissue repair to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of patient care and service delivery. It will support the development of your knowledge, understanding and skills in the application of Quality Improvement strategies into practice to support the delivery of high-quality care, ensuring improved patient services and outcomes. There will be a strong focus on measurement for improvement, understanding systems, variation, testing change ideas, leadership and strategic planning.
This module offers an opportunity to critically consider and investigate the intricacies and complexities of living with all aspects of lower limb peripheral vascular disease (PVD), this encompasses both arterial, venous and lymphatic diseases, as well as associated tissue viability complexities and multi-morbidity. People with PVD and associated multi-morbidities can experience high rates of mental ill health including increased incidences of depression, anxiety, and distress.
This module can also be studied as a standalone module. To choose this option, select the ‘Module’ option in the Fees and How to Apply tab.
This module will provide students with advancing strategies in foot care complexities and treatments in both diabetes and peripheral vascular disease (PVD) that can affect the lower limb, this encompasses both arterial, venous and lymphatic diseases. There will be a strong focus on relevance to practice, clinical management, practice planning and person-centred care approaches. It will blend theoretical advances with the challenges of up-to-date assessment, diagnosis and treatment approaches. Applying a strong focus on education, national guidelines and treatment challenges throughout the module.
This module can also be studied as a standalone module. To choose this option, select the ‘Module’ option in the Fees and How to Apply tab.
This module offers qualified health practitioners working with people living with diabetes the opportunity to extend the breadth, depth and complexity of their individual erudition and practice. Critically examining the knowledge, evidence and competencies to work at a higher level of practice to respond to prevention of complication of diabetes, and / or active evidence based management to prolong independence and promote quality of life
This module feeds into the MSc in Safeguarding programme philosophy aim of addressing key contemporary safeguarding issues. This module aims to facilitate your advanced learning and critical appraisal of contemporary safeguarding issues, and analyse how statutory and non-statutory agencies and services can work together to safeguard adults, children and vulnerable young people. It considers current safeguarding topics which have attracted high media attention and examines different agency interventions, good practice and failings, and how this knowledge can be applied to learning lessons for the future and to current best safeguarding practice.
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Download nowTeaching Approaches
During the course students will experience a range of learning and teaching approaches delivered online in both a synchronous and an asynchronous manner. They will attend online lectures, discussion forums, small group discussions, simulations and chat facilities with their peers, visiting experts and members of the teaching team. These approaches recognise that students have different learning styles with some reacting best to the voice while others prefer the written word, therefore a range is offered to suit all needs. Students can access the learning materials via the University’s Virtual Learning Environment – Moodle, Microsoft Teams and other means subject to the modules undertaken.
In addition to the scheduled teaching, students will be given directed learning activities pre and/or post classroom activities and they will be expected to undertake any reading required e.g., access to policy documents or guidelines. They will also be expected to spend time on their own independent study to give them the opportunity to explore subjects in more depth in preparation for assessment activities. It is expected that students will fully engage with all of the resources available to them to maximise their learning opportunities. The library will play a key role in the learning journey and students will receive both written and verbal guidance regarding accessing and utilising library resources.
Guidance
In addition to the course leader, students will be allocated a personal tutor who will be with them throughout their learning journey, an important resource and the person to go to if they have concerns, issues or anything that may impact on the successful completion of the course.
Each of the modules is led by a module lead and students will be encouraged to discuss any specific issues regarding the module with them as required. They will brief students on the assessment/s associated with each module to ensure they are clear of the expectations for successful completion.
Students will be exposed to a range of assessment tasks including written case histories, recorded presentations, course work, a quality improvement/service development project to name but some – each module has its own assessment and discussion will take place with the students to consider their specific modular choices, to ensure they select the most appropriate offering to balance the associated workload.
Employability
The course specifically aims to enable a range of healthcare professionals from across the world to share and reflect on their own experiences and gain a deeper insight into advanced PVD practice and leadership.
The programme will enable practitioners working in various aspects of care, with people either at risk of or living with PVD, to develop knowledge and skills in diagnosis and management. Students will develop analytical skills through interactive online learning opportunities so that they are able to critically examine practices within the context of the legislative and professional frameworks of their own countries.
The underpinning philosophy of the course will support you, as a specialist student, to blend new learning with your existing knowledge and experience in a way that is highly relevant to your own professional practice and chosen clinical area to impact positively on PVD practice and service delivery.
International
Birmingham City University is a vibrant and multicultural university in the heart of a modern and diverse city. We welcome many international students every year – there are currently students from more than 80 countries among our student community.
The University is conveniently placed, with Birmingham International Airport nearby and first-rate transport connections to London and the rest of the UK.
Our international pages contain a wealth of information for international students who are considering applying to study here, including:
- Explore some of the good reasons why you should study here.
- Find out how to improve your language skills before starting your studies.
- Find all the information relevant to applicants from your country.
- Learn where to find financial support for your studies.
Facilities & Staff
Our Advancing Practice in Peripheral Vascular Disease course is delivered through the an online learning resource, with online study materials to guide you through the appropriate topics, as well as providing links to other resources. You will also need textbooks, and a full reading list is provided with each module syllabus.
Although it is taught by distance learning, you will still have regular contact with your module tutor by email or telephone. We also offer optional periodic seminar talks where you can meet the course team, along with your fellow students.
Our staff
Jayne Robbie
Course Lead and senior lecturer in diabetes and vascular disease
Jayne qualified as a podiatrist from Brighton Polytechnic in 1987 and has had a varied career in primary and secondary care working extensively as a diabetes specialist in multi-professional teams as well as having experience managing a large primary care podiatry unit.
More about JayneProfessor Alok Tiwari
Visiting Professor of Vascular Surgery / Co-Course Lead in Advancing Diabetes Care
Professor Alok Tiwari has been a consultant vascular surgeon at University Hospitals Birmingham since 2011 and is Visiting Professor of Vascular Surgery at Birmingham City University.
More about AlokProfessor Anne Phillips
Professor in Diabetes Care
Anne Phillips is a Queens Nurse and a National Teaching Fellow with the Higher Education Academy. After a career in specialist and community diabetes nursing in London and Yorkshire, Anne previously worked with colleagues at the University of York and established a countrywide and international collaborative curriculum for Health Professionals in...
More about AnneJoanna Swan
Senior lecturer in Tissue Viability
Jo is qualified as an RGN in 1994 from the Queen Elizabeth College of Nursing in Birmingham and gained a job on a liver unit where her interest in tissue viability (TV) began. Jo became a TV link nurse, a role she carried on into her job as an intensive care nurse. BSc (Hons) in Nursing was completed at BCU, during this time Jo started a critical...
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