Course Overview

Learners taking this module will be able to evaluate local policies and reflect on patient encounters to consider application of the content learned via local education or change to practice. This will lead to highly knowledgeable practitioners offering effective interventions and support derived from evidence-based 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 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).

Assessment

The formative assessment will require learners to reflect on a patient encounter and share with the wider group for peer review.

The summative assessment will require learners to prepare an education plan for their area of practice and present it via a viva voce.

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, as well as a London Based Hospice Centre accessible by London transport.

Dates: 05/02/25, 19/02/25, 04/03/25, 05/03/25, 19/03/25, 02/04/25

Assessment date: 22/04/2025, 23/04/25, 25/04/25

Entry requirements

To undertake this module, you must have a registration with your relevant registered body and be working for at least six months in a setting where palliative care is encountered.

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.

How to apply

Click here 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.

If you have any questions about the module, please contact [email protected].

Paediatric Palliative Care