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Foundation Degree -  Acute Care Pathway

This pathway aims to provide health care workers working within the acute Trust with appropriate knowledge and skills to underpin their care.

It has been developed collaboratively between University and practice staff in order to support practitioners from a range of practice areas and to facilitate development of professional knowledge, understanding and skills, in order to meet the requirements of the changing nature of work place needs. Therefore, the pathway provides shared modules across other pathways and a choice of pathway specific modules. This allows participants and, where appropriate, employers to plan a pathway that meets the needs of specific roles.

 Level 4 Modules

Core modules 

  •   Personal, Academic and Workplace Development
  •   The Social Context of Health
  •   Contemporary Health Issues

 Shared modules

  • Applied Human Biology for Health Care Workers
  • Infection Prevention and Tissue Viability in Professional Practicey

 Pathway module

  •   Elective Care or Long Term Conditions or Negotiated Learning 1 

Level 5 Modules

Core modules

  •   Contemporary Issues in Ethics and Law for Practice
  •   Understanding Evidence for Practice
  •   Changing Workplace Practice

 Pathway modules

  •   Acute Care or Negotiated Learning 2
  •   Discharge Planning or Negotiated Learning 2
  •   Medication in Care or Negotiated Learning 2

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