Course Overview

The module seeks to enable learners to critically analyse the impact of illness upon the child and family and practice their newly learned knowledge and skills within a simulated learning environment and clinical practice. We welcome practitioners who may not have a paediatric background or who wish to gain credits in paediatric healthcare practice.

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 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 take the form of a reflective logbook.

The summative assessment will require learners to complete an objective structured clinical examination (OSCA) based on a common childhood scenario.

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: 29/08/2024, 05/09/2024, 19/09/2024, 26/09/2024, 17/10/2024, 24/10/2024

Assessment date: 27/11/2024, 28/11/2024

Dates: 19/02/2025, 26/02/2025, 19/03/2025, 26/03/2025, 16/04/2025, 23/04/2025

Assessment date: 28/05/2025, 29/05/2025

Entry requirements

To undertake this module, you must work with children and young people in clinical practice. The module welcomes all healthcare practitioners working with children and young people, as well as healthcare practitioners with experience in the adult, learning disability or mental health setting. No professional registration is required.

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].

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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].

Fundamental Care of Children and Young People