Health and Social Care - CertHE / FdSc / Module

Adult care:

Application of knowledge and skills to practice:

When you have successfully completed this module you will have an improved understanding of the pathophysiology that relates to the diseases and illnesses your patients suffer from.  You will also be able to effectively monitor the health status of your patients and be able to confidently perform appropriate assessments and record and report your findings.

The aim of this module is to assist you in gaining understanding of different models of health promotion and their application to care practice in health and social care.  It will enable you to gain understanding of the nature of contemporary health issues and the perception of health and ill health. You will explore how government initiatives are designed and assess the impact on the health and wellbeing of your service users within your workplace.

This module aims to enable you to identify the difference between acute and chronic disease.  You will explore the range of chronic diseases that will have a holistic impact upon individuals in the long term.  It will also enable you to consider your own role in the care of such individuals.

Working within the health and social care professions, you will come into contact with people who have been diagnosed with a palliative illness or may be approaching the end of their life.  You may also be supporting individuals who have recently experienced loss and are experiencing bereavement.  This module aims to provide you with the relevant knowledge and understanding in order to provide support to these individuals.

The module is designed to meet the development needs of health and social care workers who are involved in the care of people with dementia and with supporting their families. The content will enable you to promote the well-being of people with dementia through provision of person-centred, evidence-based care.

Autism and wellbeing:

This module has been designed to help you develop skills to meet the needs of people with learning disabilities, especially those diagnosed as being within the autistic spectrum. Autism is a spectrum of conditions characterised by social, communicative, sensory-motor and cognitive difficulties. The social and psychological consequences can be profound.

It aims to enable you to develop an understanding of the main features of Autism and its impact on the lives of people who have this condition.

The module provides you with the fundamental knowledge and the core clinical skills to enable you to meet the health needs of people with learning disabilities. The syllabus includes opportunities to learn and perfect the practical skills identified to help you meet health needs.  The development of these clinical skills will provide the support that people with learning disabilities may require in order to have a good quality of life.

Clinical Skills in Mental Health:

The module includes exploration of mental health and mental illness, principles of assessment, physical assessment, assessment of mental state, values-based care, person-centred care and legal and ethical issues.  You are encouraged to develop a greater level of self-awareness through discussions in class and self-directed study.  The module has been developed with the assistance of service user representatives who deliver at least one session on the module.

This module has been planned to examine the diversity of different service user groups, and to focus on how you can develop your skills to work more effectively with people who are experiencing mental illness.  Understanding the experiences that people who use services have to deal with on a daily basis is crucial to being able to form therapeutic relationships and this in turn will enable more effective care to be offered.

Diagnostic Radiography for Assistant Practice:

This module provides you with the fundamental knowledge and the core clinical skills that Assistant Practitioners require to enable you to competently perform radiographic imaging examinations. The syllabus includes anatomy, physiology and pathology, patient care and communication and standard radiographic examination procedures.

This module is essential to enable your understanding of the theory and practical applications of physics in the context of radiography or radiotherapy. Radiation physics and the safe and legal use of ionising radiation is an essential aspect of the radiation disciplines. It involves the underlying principles of the nature of matter and associated principles and how that relates to radiation production and attenuation its application to imaging and therapeutic modalities.

Fundamental perioperative practice:

This module provides you, a first year student Assistant Practitioner (Surgical Care Support) to study the fundamental principles of perioperative practice and engage in applying these in the clinical setting to develop your clinical practice skills as part of the multidisciplinary team. You will utilise the knowledge and skills attained in other first year modules to demonstrate a commitment to providing a safe environment for the surgical patient.

This module provides you with an introduction to the wider considerations for holistic patient care delivery in the perioperative setting. As work-based learning remains the very essence of the programme, you will have the opportunity to combine your previous experience with your newly acquired knowledge and apply this immediately into your practice.

Knowledge and skills to practice in Maternity Practice:

This module provides the underpinning principles for care planning during the pregnancy and childbirth journey and enables you to appreciate your role in accomplishing a safe and positive birth experience and support the integration of the baby into the family.  During the module you will be encouraged to develop an understanding of normal birth and how you can, through reflection on your practice, achieve professional and personal growth as a Maternity Support Worker.

This module seeks to facilitate your development by extending your knowledge and skills as a maternity support worker, to assist mothers to choose breastfeeding as the optimal form of infant nutrition for their baby whilst acknowledging women’s choice.

This module provides the underpinning principles for care planning during the pregnancy and childbirth journey and enables you to appreciate your role in accomplishing a safe and positive birth experience and support the integration of the baby into the family. 

Knowledge Skills and Assessment in Children’s Healthcare:

This module aims to develop and enhance your skills and knowledge in relation to delivering compassionate, empathetic, competent family centred care within a clinical healthcare environment. The module aims to highlight the theoretical principles underpinning Family Centred Care and explore how these are applied in practice whilst enhancing confidence and compassion when communicating with infants, children, young people and their families and the wider inter-professional team.

Mammography – Principles and Practice:

This module aims to provide you with the fundamental knowledge and the core clinical skills that Assistant Practitioners require to prepare for and undertake the standard routine mammographic imaging of the breast on the screening and/or symptomatic patient. It will therefore enable you to learn how to position and undertake Cranio-Caudal (CC) and Medio-Lateral Oblique (MLO) projections of the breast.