Health and Social Research Methods for the Evidence Based Practitioner

Course Content

• Course Details

  This module has six days of teaching and guided study. University engagement is a combination of face to face teaching at Waterside Campus, online classroom teaching and guided self-study.

  Spring 2023 Cohort Dates:

  • 9 February 2023
  • 16 February 2023
  • 23 February 2023
  • 2 March 2023
  • 9 March 2023
  • 16 March 2023

  Assessment Submission: 13 April 2023

  Please note the modules shown here relate to the academic year 22/23. The modules relating to the academic year 23/24 will be available from June 2023.

  • Stage 1
    • Applied Public Health (20 Credits)
      Module code: NUR3019

      Status: Compulsory
      The purpose of this module is to prepare practitioners for working within the community to develop and enhance their public health knowledge and skills. It will equip practitioners to undertake a health needs assessment, and design an intervention to build community capacity and empower a target population to improve their health and wellbeing, following a settings based approach.
    • Community Practitioner Nurse Prescribers Formulary (V100)
      Module code: NUR3023P

      Status: Compulsory
      The purpose of this module is to prepare students enrolled onto the SCPHN/SPQ programmes, on successful completion of the course, to legally prescribe from the Community Practitioner Formulary (V100). This module follows an approved education programme in line with the NMC Standards for Prescribing Programmes (NMC 2018).
    • Enhanced Communication Strategies for Patients and Clients (20 Credits)
      Module code: NUR3031

      Status: Compulsory
      The purpose of this module is to advance the students interpersonal communication skills and knowledge of evidence based psychological therapeutic approaches. Advancing skills and knowledge in this area will enable students to better promote their patients wellbeing and mental health.
    • Children, Young People and Family Well-being (1) (20 Credits)
      Module code: NUR3032P

      Status: Compulsory
      The purpose of this module is to provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate a level of skill and understanding commensurate with SCPHN Practice (School Nurse (SN) / Health Visitor (HV)). The first of two Principal modules, using an active blended learning approach, students will demonstrate developing proficiency in SCPHN practice (NMC 2004) through evidence based, innovative, reflective and pro-active approaches to meeting community and universal health needs for Children, Young People and Families within a progressive framework.
    • Children, Young People and Family Well-being (2) (20 Credits)
      Module code: NUR3033P

      Status: Compulsory
      The purpose of this second principal module is to enable students to develop innovative, reflective and pro-active approaches to meeting targeted and complex health needs for children, young people and families, within a progressive framework. Whilst this module forms the foundation of knowledge and skills acquisition through an active blended learning approach, knowledge and skills gained in other modules can be used to further inform the context of evidence presented to promote robust achievement of SCPHN School Nurse (SN) / Health Visitor (HV) professional proficiency (NMC, 2004).
    • Developing Public Health Leadership (20 Credits)
      Module code: NUR3064

      Status: Compulsory
      The indicative content explores leadership theories, motivation, creativity and innovation in self, others and their organisations in relation to group and team dynamics, considering how to overcome barriers to promote a positive culture and influence effective change in public health practice.
    • Health and Social Research Methods for the Evidence Based Practitioner (20 Credits)
      Module code: NUR3066

      Status: Compulsory
      The purpose of this module is to equip students with the tools to enable them to judge research findings and incorporate them judiciously into their practice.

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• Entry Requirements

  Be able to provide evidence of registration with a professional body or of an appropriate professional qualification.

  Applicants whose first language is not English will be asked to provide evidence of an IELTS certificate (or equivalent) with a score of at least 6.0 in each area is required.

   

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• Fees and Funding

  Fees quoted relate to study in the Academic Year 23/24 only and may be subject to inflationary increases in future years.

  Module costs: £890 per 20 credit module

  2022/23 Tuition Fees

  Fees quoted relate to study in the Academic Year 22/23 only and may be subject to inflationary increases in future years.

  Module costs: £850 per 20 credit module

  Please contact Karen Edwards for further information about fees for this module.

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