Consolidation and Rehearsal of Essential Skills with Simulation (CARES) CARES is a flexible programme that allows organisations to select the key skills that they are focusing on in line with their key performance indicators for patient (client) centred quality care.
Counselling supervision This course will introduce students to the Seven-Eyed Model (Hawkins and Shohet, 1989) which is in keeping with the BACP (2021) Supervision Competency Framework.
CPR & Defibrillator Awareness Did you know that if someone suffers a cardiac arrest outside a hospital and receives CPR from someone at the scene they are two to three times more likely to survive? If someone collapsed in front of you, would you know what to do? This course will provide you with skills that could potentially aid you to save a life.
Debriefing Effectively This one-day interactive course allows participants to use a range of models in a variety of contexts including care settings, academic settings for teaching, learning and change.
Foundations of Simulation – Clinical This two-day course is aimed at those new to simulation or who are considering implementing this within their work or area of practice e.g. hospital, community, social care setting, school, or college.
Foundations of Simulation – Non-Clinical The course is not specific to any professional group and will provide all participants with the opportunity to design a simulation – based experience within their own setting by being guided through the process.
Immunisation Training for Healthcare Support Workers/Healthcare Assistants This foundation course adheres to the National Minimum Standards for Immunisation Training (2015) and includes flu, pneumococcal, shingles vaccination and intranasal (spray) influenza for children (2-17 years. The first day is taught online via Teams, the second is face to face in the skills laboratory which also teaches injection technique.
Initial Cervical Sampler Training This course is designed to meet the continuous professional development of healthcare staff involved in cervical cytology screening.
Introduction to Meta-analysis This one-day course offers an introduction to meta-analysis, a statistical technique used to pool results across studies identified within a systematic review
Managing Depression – Implementing Cognitive Behavioural Strategies In order to support our NHS partners, we offer this one-day workshop designed for none mental health professionals will focus on the cognitive behavioural model of depression.
Maintaining wellbeing and understanding self-care for healthcare practitioners This one-day course is targeted at health and social care professionals. Designed to assist staff in the recognition of stress and signs of difficulty. In themselves and their colleagues.
Recognition and Assessment of Sick Patients through Simulation (RASPS) RASPS is new programme that has been designed for health and social care staff to work together in a range of settings to practice key non-technical skills including communication, teamwork, and situational awareness alongside technical skills.
Simulation for Assessment This one-day course will focus on creating scenarios for formative and summative assessment e.g., Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) using simulation and immersive technologies.
Socially stunted The event will focus on working with children around some of the current post-covid, mental health concerns. Participants will be provided with theory around understanding the presenting issues and take part in experiential workshops on how to help children overcome some of these difficulties.
Standards for Student Supervision and Assessment (SSSA) – Assessor and Supervisor Training In order to support our NHS partners, we offer assessor and supervisor training. These sessions prepare staff for the roles of Practice Supervisor and Practice Assessor.
Zero Responder – First Response in an Emergency Designed for non-healthcare staff such as, security staff, teachers, hospitality staff and others who may be first on scene in the event of an emergency. Learn how to effectively and respond in an emergency, including first line triage and treatment casualties.
Immediate Life Support (e-ILS) e-ILS is a flexible way of learning skills in Immediate Life Support, and blends e-learning with face-to-face workshops.
Immediate Life Support Instructor Course (ILSi) Have you been nominated for Instructor Potential (IP) on ILS or PILS? Looking for the right place to complete your training? Our Centre of Healthcare Innovation is just the place.
Paediatric Immediate Life Support (PILS) Paediatric Immediate Life Support is designed for healthcare professionals who may have to manage and treat paediatric patients in an emergency.
Advanced Health Assessment This module enables health care professionals to gain and expand knowledge and skills in the performance of advanced health assessment and clinical diagnostics across the lifespan.
Applied Anaesthetic Care Are you a Registered Nurse looking to expand your scope of practice? Equip yourself with the knowledge and skills to gain competence in delivering anaesthetic care.
Approaches to Teaching and Learning in Healthcare The module will facilitate the evaluation of teaching practice within the workplace from planning a teaching session, through to its delivery and evaluation. This will enable consideration of alignment between planning and delivery across the learning journey.
Assessment and Appraisal in Healthcare Education Do you need to sharpen your skills in assessment and appraisal in healthcare education? This specialist module is designed to give you the latest skills to undertake valid and reliable assessments of teaching in the workplace.
Assessment and Management of Trauma in the Pre-Hospital Environment Gain a theoretical knowledge and understanding of pre-hospital trauma with the experts at Staffordshire University.
Assessment of Patients with Minor Injuries Are you a health professional looking to expand your knowledge on the assessment of children and adults with minor injuries? Join the experts at Staffordshire University and get the latest tools you need to make informed decisions in clinical environments.
Care and Management of Asthma and COPD This module will develop knowledge, understanding and management of COPD and Asthma. The module is delivered by a wide multi-disciplinary team to give a holistic approach to care.
Care and Management of People with Diabetes mellitus Are you a working health professional looking to develop a deeper understanding of the care of patients with diabetes? Join Staffordshire University and get access to the experts in the field that put you at the forefront of diabetes care.
Contemporary Issues in Healthcare Education Gain the knowledge you need to address the constantly changing nature of professional education and take a step towards maintaining current registration through re-validation and continuing professional development.
Developing Awareness of the Care Needs of Children and Young People Do you want to improve your awareness of the care needs of children and young people? Study a specialist module to develop your knowledge of the latest management, assessment, and principles of care needs in the younger generations.
Enhancing Peri-Operative Care Students may either be enrolled on the BSc (Hons) Perioperative Care pathway or may study this as a stand-alone module. All participants must be registered with the HCPC or NMC and must be working in the operating department or associated areas.
Fundamentals of General Practice Nursing Develop the knowledge, skills, and confidence you need to perform at the highest level as a general practice nurse.
Independent and Supplementary Nurse Prescribing This qualification will enhance your practice and your ability to complete episodes of care more effectively. Following completion, you will be eligible to register your qualification and subsequently prescribe a wide range of medicines from the British National Formulary (BNF).
Independent and Supplementary Prescribing for Allied Health Professionals As an independent and/or supplementary prescriber, this qualification will enable you to prescribe a wide range of medicines from the British National Formulary (BNF), within your area of competence, as the legislation permits.
Infection Prevention and Control Equip yourself with the knowledge in bringing science and clinical practice together to prevent and control the spread of infections.
Leadership This leadership module aims to provide you with the knowledge, understanding and skills required to be an effective leader and implementer of change in clinical practice, regardless of your role or level within the clinical environment.
Leadership Role in Quality and Innovation Whether you want to build skills in leadership to advance in your career, or you want to brush up the latest skills and application of leadership in quality and innovation, this module is for you.
Observation and Reflection and Healthcare Teaching Observe and reflect on your own performance as a teacher in healthcare and push the boundaries of your career with the experts at Staffordshire University.
Pre-Hospital Practice Education Do you need to sharpen your skillset as an educator in the field of pre-hospital practice? Join the experts at Staffordshire University on a module designed to promote you as a leader within a practice educator role.
Principles and Practice of Palliative Care Get the concepts and definitions of palliative and end of life care that you need to provide the best service in your career as a health professional and gain an understanding of the nature and relief of suffering from physical, emotional, psychological and spiritual perspectives.
Principles of Physical Assessment Gain the physical examination skills you need to enhance patient care and optimise service provisions in your role as a nurse or health professional.
Research Appreciation for Health and Social Care Understand the importance of research in the health sector and improve your critical evaluation skills in this specialist module.
Research Methodology and Methods Join the experts at Staffordshire University and develop an in-depth understanding of research methodology and methods. Academic research often favours a polysyllabic terminology, but often what is behind the long words is entirely compatible with our everyday understanding of the world!
Step up to Masters This module will provide students with the knowledge and skills to be able to demonstrate their ability to function at Master’s Level.
Introduction to Basic Counselling Skills This ten week course provides an introduction to basic counselling skills and personal development. The course is suited for people who have little or no counselling experience who are interested in developing their counselling-related skills to either enhance their work or as the starting point for further training in counselling.
Critical Appraisal Skills This module has been designed to enable the students to undertake an in-depth critical appraisal of research methods currently used in healthcare research.
Gait Analysis The focus of this module is on developing and extending the understanding of gait analysis equipment and its application in analysing normal and pathological human movement.
Lower Limb Paediatric Pathologies and Therapies With three designated contact days in the university gait lab this module will be dedicated to the study of musculoskeletal pathologies in the paediatric patient.
Mechanics of the Diabetic Foot The effects of biomechanics of the lower limb specifically the foot are often overlooked in the management of the diabetic patient. The connection between locomotion changes and complications are often not made. This module is specifically set to look at these issues.
Origins and Principles of Biomechanics This module will examine the biomechanical concepts of the body, particularly the lower limb and link these to the laws of physics, and of motion.
Spinal Mechanics This module will introduce the growth and ageing of human spine and explore the biomechanical basis for clinical assessment and intervention.
Sports Biomechanics in Injury The primary aim of this module is to focus on how the athlete and sports performer differ in their presenting pathology and management to that of a standard injury.
Tissue Stress In this module you will study the effect of the stresses that act upon the tissues of the human body.
Research Appreciation for Health and Social Care Understand the importance of research in the health sector and improve your critical evaluation skills in this specialist module.