Health Sciences

MINOR ILLNESS LEVEL 6 (CPD)

This module will enable you the health care practitioner to develop a holistic approach to the assessment and treatment of patients with minor health problems and prepare you to provide evidence-based care in primary care, urgent care and first contact settings. The module will enable you to build on existing skills that reflect an individualised, empowering and holistic approach to patient health assessment, care management and treatment in a more advanced and autonomous clinical role. You will build on your knowledge base, demonstrating evidence based practice in the care of a patient with a minor health problem, providing anticipatory guidance and educating patients in self care.

This module supports your professional development by promoting: management and leadership, education, research and enhanced clinical practice to enable you to move forward in your level of practice.

Learning Outcomes

Demonstrate the theoretical knowledge and understanding underpinning structured consultation skills used to build a therapeutic relationship which facilitates effective history taking and clinical reasoning and actively considers the context in which the consultation takes place
Demonstrate a structured approach to the assessment and examination of a patient with a minor health problem in a variety of settings
Utilise and evaluate evidence drawn from a range of sources to inform the assessment and management of a patient with a minor health condition
Demonstrate an awareness of the limits and opportunities of the autonomous practitioner role, including the legal and professional issues, relating to the care and management of people with minor health problems

Teaching & Assessment

Teaching

6 blocks of online learning released every two weeks over 3 months comprising of a mix of live and asynchronous sessions
Independent Study

Assessment

Practice Assessment Document
Written Assignment

How to Apply / Disclaimer / Part of EPP / APP

To apply for this as a single module or as Part of the BSc Enhanced Professional Practice as part of your Continuing Professional Development please enter the application system via Professional Development section.

Whilst the University will make every effort to offer the modules listed, changes may sometimes be made arising from the annual monitoring, review and update of modules and regular (five-yearly) review of course programmes. Where this activity leads to significant (but not minor) changes to programmes and their constituent modules, there will normally be prior consultation of students and others. It is also possible that the University may not be able to offer a module for reasons outside of its control, such as the illness of a member of staff or sabbatical leave. In some cases optional modules can have limited places available and so you may be asked to make additional module choices in the event you do not gain a place on your first choice. Where this is the case, the University will endeavour to inform students.

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