Taught course

Integrated Palliative & End of Life Care

Institution
Edge Hill University · Faculty of Health, Social Care and Medicine
Qualifications
PGCert
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Entry requirements

The normal minimum requirement is a degree equivalent to UK first-class or second-class honours (2:2 or above) in a health or social care related subject. Other subjects may be considered subject to a successful interview. You must be currently working in a health care setting. If you have a minimum of five years’ experience working within health and social care, you may be able to access the programme without a degree, subject to a successful interview, if you are able to demonstrate evidence of relevant continuous professional development.

Months of entry

February, September

Course content

This PGCert is designed to make palliative and end-of-life care real, meaningful and accessible for all frontline clinical staff. The programme is suitable for nurses (community, hospital, nursing home, hospice), health and social care practitioners, allied health professionals, paramedics and doctors (GPs, specialist doctors and doctors in training). You will gain enhanced knowledge, confidence and competence in assessing the palliative and end-of-life care needs of patients and their families. Individual disease groups will be analysed and the trajectory of dying assessed, looking for similarities and differences and seeing how these might be managed. In addition to this, you will learn how to manage symptoms and address concerns arising across the four domains of holistic care (physical, psychological, spiritual and social). Ethical and legal aspects of care will also be considered.

Fees and funding

Academic Year 2020/21 EntryTuition fees for studying on this Postgraduate Certificate are charged on a modular basis.If you are a UK or EU student joining the programme in academic year 2020/21, the cost of each module will be: HEA4197 Transforming Integrated and Palliative End of Life Care (20 credits) - £880; HEA4219 Transforming End of Life Trajectories (20 credits) - £880; Additional Module Selected from the Faculty of Health, Social Care and Medicine's CPD Portfolio (20 credits) - £680-£750 per 20 credit module. 60 credits are required to complete a Postgraduate Certificate.The University may administer a small inflationary rise in part-time postgraduate tuition fees in subsequent academic years as you progress through the course.Academic Year 2021/22 EntryIf you are a UK student joining the programme in academic year 2021/22, the cost of each module will be: HEA4197 Transforming Integrated and Palliative End of Life Care (20 credits) - £880; HEA4219 Transforming End of Life Trajectories (20 credits) - £880; Additional Module Selected from the Faculty of Health, Social Care and Medicine's CPD Portfolio (20 credits) - £700-£750 per 20 credit module. 60 credits are required to complete a Postgraduate Certificate.EU students who have settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme, as well as Irish nationals, may be eligible for the UK tuition fee rate.The University may administer a small inflationary rise in part-time postgraduate tuition fees in subsequent academic years as you progress through the course.

Qualification, course duration and attendance options

  • PGCert
    full time
    12 months
    • Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
    part time
    18 months
    • Campus-based learningis available for this qualification

Assessment

Assessment methods vary according to the demands of each module and include written assignments, designing a teaching pack, Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs), portfolios, seminar presentations and work-based learning projects.

Course contact details

Email
study@edgehill.ac.uk
Phone
+44(0)1695 575171
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