Program Overview

Course Overview

This module is aimed at health care professionals who do not normally work with people who have a mental health issue but present to them in an emergency or unscheduled care practice setting.

Course Details

How You Learn

Learning is supported through the virtual learning environment where asynchronous learning activities will be present. The learning will be scheduled flexibly over a period of eight weeks, normally introducing a new topic every other week with activities and directed learning such as specific scenarios. Asynchronous learning activities will include a range of media platforms including blogs to create a virtual workspace for discussion and interactive and collaborative work. Specific online lectures are recorded and released as per the timetable.

How You Are Assessed

Summative assessment will be flexible and you can choose to write a 2,500 word assignment or opt to do a five minute online presentation (using an appropriate media) to analyze the care delivered to a person with a challenging clinical presentation you would normally find in your working environment such as a person under the influence of substances, self-harm or responding to voice.

Entry Requirements

Any registered paramedic, nurse, or other AHP working in an emergency, unscheduled or out of hospital area where patients may present to them with mental health issues needing signposting and/or referral or immediate support.

Employability

Successful completion of this module would suit a wide range of AHPs who work with patients who present with mental health issues to enable them to develop skills in the management and referral of such patients, and may support their development of a specialist pathway in their own area of practice.

Part-time Entry

• Fee for applicants: £772.50
• Length: 12 weeks
• 100% online
• Start date: September
• Level: Degree
• Credits: 20

Service User and Carer Involvement

Service users and carers support all aspects of our students' lifecycle from recruitment to graduation.