Program Overview

Infection Prevention and Control for Children and Young People

Course Overview

The module content will provide the learners with specialist paediatric IPC knowledge and application to practice. This will allow practitioners to risk assess and manage patients to facilitate safe care as well as identify areas for improvement in practice related to IPC.

Teaching

Active learning will allow practitioners 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, 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).

Assessment

The formative assessment will be in the form of a peer presentation.

The summative assessment will require learners to complete a written case study.

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.

• 23/04/2025
• 30/04/2025
• 07/05/2025
• 14/05/2025
• 21/05/2025
• 28/05/2025

Assessment date: 30/06/2025

UK Entry Requirements

To undertake this module, you must be a healthcare professional working with paediatric patients but are not required to hold professional registration.

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.