Bowel Cancer Screening Specialist Practice
This module will enable health care professionals to develop existing professional skills.

This 40 credit module is aimed at health care professionals wanting to develop existing skills. Looking at comprehensive health care and the complexities associated with specialist bowel screening care. The practitioner will develop competence through experience in clinical practice, utilising pathophysiological knowledge within the clinical decision / governance making process.
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This module is designed to respond to the needs of the bowel cancer patient by providing continual professional development tailored to staff whose role is pivotal to the delivery of bowel cancer screening services. It challenges and develops an awareness of relevant national and international bowel cancer guidance / policy. The outcome provides a person centred approach which enables creative solutions to individual care and to prepares the student to work autonomously and to meet the specialist elements of their role.
The module dates are yet to be confirmed for 2020 / 21.
Occasionally delivery dates might be subject to change - always check with the module lead or Professional Development Unit.
Please be aware that all modules run to minimum numbers.
In the event that there are low numbers, this module may be rescheduled to an alternative date.
Some modules are also subject to maximum numbers.
Please contact the Professional Development Unit Admissions team for more information.
Please see our Professional Development module fees page.
For further information on module dates, entry requirements, fees and funding and how to apply please contact the relevant education coordinator for the organisation where you wish to undertake the module, see below contact details.
This module is delivered by:
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
Jessica Piper, jessica.piper@nhs.net
Email: pdu@plymouth.ac.uk
Professional Development Unit, Level 4 Rolle Building, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, United Kingdom.
Monday–Thursday 8:30–17:00 and Friday 8:30–16:30.