Infection Prevention and Control for Children and Young People
Delivered by Great Ormond Street Hospital Learning Academy (GLA), this 15-credit module aims to provide professional development for multi-disciplinary healthcare staff to ensure best practice for infection prevention, and control (IPC) and apply that to the care of children and young people.
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Viewing course details for 2024 year of entry
- Code
- PCH3810 (level 6) PCH4810 (level 7)
- Start
- 23/04/2025
- Fees
- £64 per credit
- Course Leader
- Kate Harkus
- Location
- Great Ormond Street Hospital
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.
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, 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.
Dates: 23/04/2025, 30/04/2025, 07/05/2025, 14/05/2025, 21/05/2025, 28/05/2025
Assessment date: 30/06/2025
To undertake this module, you must be a healthcare professional working with paediatric patients but are not required to hold professional registration.
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].