Caring for Children and Young People in Critical Care Level 1 and 2 (High Dependency)
Delivered by Great Ormond Street Hospital Learning Academy (GLA), the aim of this 15-credit module is to significantly enhance the knowledge and skills of healthcare practitioners working with paediatric critical care level 1 and 2 patients.
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Viewing course details for 2024 year of entry
- Code
- PCH3806 (level 6) PCH4806 (level 7)
- Start
- 17/09/2024 07/11/2024 26/02/2025 07/05/2025
- Fees
- £64 per credit
- Course Leader
- Shahi Fathema
- Study mode
- Online
- Location
- Great Ormond Street Hospital
Focused on those children requiring a higher level of care, to the module will provide practitioners with a deepened understanding of level 1 and level 2 critical care (RCPCH, 2014 and PCCS, 2021), equipping them with practical skills to navigate complex scenarios. The module will be a catalyst for career growth, offering practitioners the expertise needed for more specialised or higher banding roles. Ultimately the objective is to enhance the care of children by ensuring practitioners emerge as highly skilled professionals capable of driving positive changes in paediatric healthcare practices.
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. See our MSc Paediatrics & Child Healthcare Practice page for more information about these programmes. If you wish to discuss how this module could fit into one of our programmes, please contact [email protected].
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, 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 take the form of peer presentations.
The summative assessment will require learners to do an oral presentation of a clinical 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.
Dates: 17/09/2024, 25/09/2024, 02/10/2024, 09/10/2024, 16/10/2024, 23/10/2024
Assessment date: 19/11/2024, 20/11/2024
Dates: 27/11/2024, 04/12/2024, 11/12/2024, 18/12/2024, 08/01/2025, 15/01/2025
Assessment date: 11/02/2025, 12/02/2025
Dates: 26/02/2025, 05/03/2025, 12/03/2025, 19/03/2025, 26/03/2025, 02/04/2025
Assessment date: 29/04/2025, 30/04/2025
Dates: 07/05/2025, 14/05/2025, 21/05/2025, 04/06/2025, 11/06/2025, 18/06/2025
Assessment date: 15/07/2025, 16/07/2025
To undertake this module, you must hold a current healthcare-specific professional registration and be currently working with critical care level 1 and 2 paediatric patients.
How to apply
Applications will close two weeks before the module start date. It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that they have arranged the necessary study leave to attend the module.
Candidates whose fees are being paid by their organisation will need to obtain a letter of sponsorship from their organisation and upload this as part of the application. You will not be able to save your application form once you begin, so please have the letter of sponsorship ready. You may wish to use this template: GOSH SPONSOR LETTER PDF.
If you have any questions about the module, please contact [email protected].
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.
For further information about the programme content, or to set up a programme planning meeting to discuss which pathway will be best for you, please contact the Academic Programmes Team at the GOSH Learning Academy: [email protected].