Stand Alone Module

Minor Illness Management

30 Credits

Duration:: 15 Weeks
Start Dates:: Thursday 29 September
Attendance:: 12 Days
Venue:: Uxbridge Campus
Cost:: Available on request

Key Contact:: Zoe Berry
Tel:: 01494 522 141
Email:: zoe.berry@bucks.ac.uk

Is this course suitable for me?

This course is aimed at nurses and allied health professionals working in advanced practice roles where the management of minor illness would contribute to patient care.

Overview

To train nurses and allied health professionals to manage minor illness in a variety of settings using an integrated approach including theoretical perspectives and supervised clinical practice.

Content

Consultation skills and history taking;
Knowledge of nursing and medical models and exploration of key components from each in order to undertake a patient history effectively;
Articulate strategies within individual practice that will facilitate management of uncertainty.
Clinical decision making and record keeping
Review of anatomy and physiology and associated physical examination
Systems will include respiratory, abdominal, ENT, skin, muscular skeletal and general survey including mental health assessment.
Health beliefs, health psychology and health promotion – application to practice for the management of minor illness
Legal and professional frameworks,
Accountability and clinical governance;
Evidence based practice and management of minor illness
Change management and protocol development.

What will I learn?

On successful completion of the module, you will be able to:

Integrate nursing and medical approaches to consultation and history taking and develop skills in clinical examination for patients presenting with minor illness and consider how this could be utilised in clinical practice consultations.
Analyse the factors that may affect patient participation in their care and adopt a partnership approach to the planning and implementation of care with clients.
Critically evaluate the key components necessary for the development of protocols, algorithms and guidelines for practice and demonstrate the ability to develop an algorithm for the management of a minor illness.
Using a range of strategies to critically appraise the process of clinical decision making and its application in both practice and clinical governance frameworks.

The 30 credits gained from this module can also be used towards a ‘Top Up’ Degree by enrolling on the BSc (Hons) Health Care Practice. In order to complete this degree you can automatically transfer these credits on enrolment within a two year period, otherwise application through the CATs Committee will apply.

Knowledge and skills framework (KSF)

This module will address elements of the following KSF’s dimensions:

Communication; Personal and people development; Heath safety and security; Service improvement; Quality, Equality and diversity; Health & well being (1 – 8)

Teaching and learning

You are guided toward mastery of critical content by a variety of learning strategies including assigned reading, case studies, group work and lectures by a variety of lecturers. An atmosphere of mutual respect and scientific enquiry is fostered throughout the course as a means to examine a body of knowledge presented in the course content. You are encouraged to explore the subject matter and further investigate by learning in practice, which will then be presented through student led seminars, self directed learning and using the discussion forum on the VLE ( blackboard).

Entry requirements

A registered nurse ‘normally’ working in general practice or primary care with the support of their employer or an allied health professional with a recorded professional qualification working at a point of first contact, with the support of their employer

60 credits at level 5

How to make an application

Please contact the Enquiries Team on 01494 603 171 or email ask@bucks.ac.uk

We hope to have a fully on-line application system shortly, but in the meantime, to apply for a course, please download and print these forms, completing them fully and posting back to the address below.

Mike Thomson

Student Recruitment Officer

Bucks New University

106 Oxford Road

Uxbridge

UB8 1NA

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Alternatively, if you call us on 01494 603 171 or email ask@bucks.ac.uk we can post you a hard copy application pack.

Students funded by the NHS or other employer

If the cost of your course is being funded by your employer, please contact your education lead or manager for guidance as to how they would prefer you to make an application.