This page will tell you everything you need to know about the module and award choices associated with the BSc (Hons)/ BSc Professional Development in Health and Social Care programme and its specialist pathways.
All pathways of this programme offer the following awards:
To achieve this award you will need to earn 80 credits. All pathways share one core module at this level:
HEAD360 - Understanding evidence to inform clinical decision making
To achieve this award you will need to earn 120 credits. All pathways share at least two core modules at this level:
HEAD360 - Understanding evidence to inform clinical decision making
HEAD361 - Independent study
If you have previously obtained a health related honours degree at 2:2 or above, you are eligible to access the course via the graduate certificate/diploma route:
To achieve this you will need to earn 60 credits at degree level.
To achieve this you will need to earn 120 credits at degree level.
Students seeking to achieve either qualification will be required to achieve the specified number of credits by choosing from a range of pathway specific modules.
Please contact the Professional Development Unit for further information.
The modules listed here are the core pathway specific modules associated with the specialist pathways of our BSc (Hons)/BSc Professional Development programme. Some of these modules are run by University of Plymouth and others are run in partnership with NHS Trusts as part of the Health and Social Care Partnership Scheme - please check the module page for further information.
These modules can also be taken as optional modules towards some or all of the other pathways - please check with the Professional Development Unit for further information.
BSc (Hons)/BSc Professional Development in Advancing Practice
HEAD355 – Leadership and innovation
HEAD366 – Integrated advancing practice in context
HEAD367 – The fundamentals of health assessment
BSc (Hons)/BSc Professional Development in Critical Care
HEAD327P – Applied physiology in critical illness
HEAD328P – Advanced concepts in critical care
HEAD329P – Core concepts in critical care
BSc (Hons)/BSc Professional Development in End of Life Care
HEAD344 – Enhancing end of life care & palliative care practice
HEAD354 – Facilitating patient centred care and choice through advanced communication skills (core for BSc (Hons) pathway only)
BSc (Hons)/BSc Professional Development in Long Term Conditions
ADV605 – Advancing the management of long term conditions
BSc (Hons)/BSc Professional Development in Mental Health
HEAD349 – Advanced psychosocial assessment and formulation
BSc (Hons)/BSc Professional Development in Neonatal Care
HEAC396 – Contemporary issues in the care of the newborn
HEAC397 – Intensive care for the neonate BSc (Hons)/BSc Professional Development in Nursing
HEAD362 – Clinical decision making in healthcare practice
HEAD363 – Ethical and legal issues in healthcare practice
The following modules are run by University of Plymouth and can count as optional modules for some or all pathways of the BSc (Hons)/BSc Professional Development. Further information can be found on the module page:
ADV608 – Supporting the needs of the frail older person
ADV609 – Facilitating collaborative patient management and flow
ADV610 – Leading professionals, managing aspirations for self and others
HEAC385 – The child and young person with mental health needs
HEAC393 – Newborn and infant examination (APL)
HEAD306 – Family planning and women's health
HEAD308 – Non-medical prescribing: independent and supplementary prescribing for designated allied health professionals (physiotherapists and podiatrists)
HEAD331 – Preceptorship (APEL)
HEAD351 – CBT interventions for mental health professionals (psychosis)
HEAD353 – Working with people with a diagnosis of personality disorder
HEAD369 – Cardiovascular disease and stroke management in primary care
HEAD377 – Perinatal mental health
HEAD379 – Enhancing practice in paediatric palliative care
HEAD392 – Diabetes mellitus
HEAD382 - Minor illness and injuries - the principles and practice of management for unscheduled care
HEAD383 - Substance misuse and dual diagnosis
HEAD385 – Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - management in primary care
HEAD387 - Surgical first assistant
HEAD391 - Work based learning
HEAD397 - Emergency Nursing Care
MENT603 – AP(E)L Mentorship via distance learning route
MENT604 – Sign-off (nursing/midwifery) mentor APL
NMP603 / NMP703 – Independent and supplementary non-medical prescribing
UEC603 – Mental health assessment in urgent, emergency and acute care
UEC604 – The child or young person requiring urgent or emergency care
UEC605 – Developing expertise in clinical practice
UEC607 – Urgent, emergency and critical care: leadership and innovation
The following modules are run in partnership with NHS Trusts as part of the Health and Social Care Partnership Scheme and can count as optional modules for some or all pathways of the BSc (Hons)/BSc Professional Development . Further information can be found on the module page:
HEA302 – The supervision of clinical practice - application of enhanced theory and skills
HEAB344 – Specialist approaches to palliative care and symptom management – enhanced practice
HEAB358 – Advancing practice in long term conditions management
HEAB366 – Enhanced Parkinson's disease management
HEAB370 – Mentorship
HEAB397 – Intermediate course in family therapy and systemic practice
HEAC312 – Foundation course in solution focused therapy
HEAC334 – Management of infection prevention
HEAC348 – Effective promotion of continence and management of incontinence
HEAC349 – Foundation level cognitive behavioural therapy skills
HEAC350 – Enhanced acute medical care for older adults
HEAC358 – Nursing the critically ill child in a general intensive care unit
HEAC371 – Specialist practice in stroke care
HEAC372 – Principles of gastro-intestinal nursing
HEAC375 – Specialist approaches to patient management in critical care
HEAC381 – Minor skin surgery practice
HEAD304 – Supporting people in loss, grief and bereavement - enhanced practice
HEAD330 – Capable practice in mental health care
HEAD339 – Tissue viability: Core knowledge for practice
HEAD340 – Stoma care
HEAD345 – Enhancing clinical research in practice
HEAD346 – Assessment, management and escalation of the acutely ill adult
HEAD347 – Advancing the care and support of the person with dementia and their carer
HEAD348 – Principles and practice of cardiothoracic surgical care
HEAD356 – Foundation course in family therapy
HEAD358 – Enhanced care of the patient requiring systemic anti-cancer therapy (SACT)
HEAD359 – Specialist cancer care
HEAD375 – Holistic neonatal assessment and clinical management
HEAD378 – Haematology
HEAD381 - Adult elective orthopaedic nursing
HEAD384 – Specialist cardiothoracic critical care
NURB363 – Gastro-intestinal endoscopy and related procedures for nurses (specialist skills)
NURC317 – Enhanced principles and practice of renal nursing
NURC318 – Enhanced principles and practice of renal nursing (specialist skills)
Find out more about how the Health and Social Care Partnership Scheme worksAs a Partnership Programme Manager I have seen first-hand how valuable our suite of partnership modules can be in enhancing the care of patients and developing staff.
Find out more about the APL processYou may be able to accredit previous formal certificated learning and informal non-certificated learning, including e-learning as part of the degree pathway.
