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Students
Tuition Fee
Start Date
Medium of studying
Duration
24 months
Program Facts
Program Details
Degree
Courses
Major
Hematology | Medicine | Nursing
Area of study
Health
Timing
Part time
Course Language
English
Intakes
Program start dateApplication deadline
2024-09-01-
2023-09-01-
About Program

Program Overview


This graduate certificate equips non-medical healthcare professionals with the knowledge and skills to manage blood transfusions effectively. Through work-based learning, students develop critical thinking and analytical abilities to enhance their practice as transfusion practitioners. The program offers optional modules in safe practice and advancing transfusion practice, leading to career development opportunities in various healthcare disciplines.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The graduate certificate will provide you with necessary knowledge and clinical decision making skills identified in the framework to enable you to follow a defined clinical management plan for individual patients or a group of patients requiring transfusion of blood components.


Outline:

  • Compulsory Modules:
  • None found.
  • Optional Modules:
  • Principles of Safe Practice in Clinical Transfusion Management (20 credits)
  • Advancing your Practice in Blood Transfusion (40 credits)

Assessment:

The assessment of the course requires students to demonstrate critical and analytical thinking through the evaluation and interpretation of evidence-based information to enhance practice as a transfusion practitioner.


Teaching:

This course is delivered through work-based learning with the support of an appropriate Clinical Facilitator.


Careers:

Our PG Cert in Blood Component Transfusion opens up career development opportunities for non-medical healthcare practitioners across a range of disciplines and specialities.


Tuition Fees - Year 1 £ 2,400

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Admission Requirements

Entry Requirements:

To apply for this course you must be employed by the NHS and have a first degree 2:2 or a minimum of 2 years experience as a Transfusion Practitioner. This course is not open to international applicants.

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