Program Overview

Caring for Children and Young People with a Cardiac Condition

Course Overview

This module enables learners to contribute to their development and improvement of specialist clinical knowledge regarding treatment interventions, ongoing management and ethical considerations. The module has been designed specifically to allow each practitioner to define their learning relative to their own area of practice and expertise within children’s cardiac care, for example, the ICU or Outpatients.

This module can be taken as standalone Continuing Professional Development (CPD), or as part of a Master’s of Science (MSc), Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip), Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert) or Graduate Certificate (GradCert) in Paediatrics & Child Healthcare Practice.

Teaching

Active learning will allow students to learn via collaboration, cooperation, and peer-based learning. Activities may include interactive lectures, clinical skills demonstration and supervised practice, small group activities, case-based discussions, workshops, practice simulations and tutorials.

Synchronous and asynchronous learning and teaching activities are delivered via a combination of study days and digital strategies at local sites or online using the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE).

Clinical skills development and simulation are delivered in fully equipped, state of the art skills labs using a range of low and high-fidelity learning modalities.

Assessment

The formative assessment will be the completion of peer presentations.

The summative assessment will require learners to demonstrate achievement of the learning outcomes through completing a viva voce regarding paediatric cardiac care.

Teaching Dates

This module may involve a mixture of online and face-to-face days. Face-to-face teaching will be held on or near the Great Ormond Street Hospital site.

Dates: 16/09/2024, 23/09/2024, 30/09/2024, 07/10/2024, 14/10/2024, 21/10/2024

Assessment Dates: 18/11/2024, 19/11/2024

Entry Requirements

To undertake this module, you must hold a current healthcare-specific professional registration and currently be working with paediatric cardiac patients.

Fees and Funding

The fees below refer to the 2024/25 academic year unless otherwise stated.

Part-time learners: £64 per credit

*Course fees are subject to annual inflation so the total costs for part time study are shown here as a guide.

Learners who withdraw on or after the start date of the module will be liable for the full tuition fees.