Taught course

Postgraduate Credit Advanced Clinical Skills in Tongue Tie (Ankyloglossia) Management

Institution
University of Wolverhampton · School of Allied Health and Midwifery
Qualifications
PG Credit

Entry requirements

You must be a qualified midwife, nurse or health visitor on the Nursing and Midwifery Council register or a medical practitioner on the General Medical Council register with significant experience in breastfeeding support, lactation services and an interest in ankyloglossia and frenulotomy.

You must have had a least three years’ post-qualifying experience.
If seeking financial support from an employer you must have agreed this in advance of the application. You must be able to achieve the practice competencies associated with this course. The University can arrange this on your behalf via our partner organisation The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust or you can arrange your own clinical placements for supervision by an ankyloglossia/frenulotomy practitioner.
Within the personal statement section applicants should identify their professional registration number, their experience of breastfeeding support and lactation services and whether they would prefer to have their placement organised by the University at our partner organisation (The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust) or if they will be arranging their own placement.
You will also be asked to confirm that you have a valid Disclosure and Barring Service check (from your employer within the last three years) and proof of occupational health clearance (from your employer).

Months of entry

February, October

Course content

This highly specialised course will enable you to demonstrate to employers and potential employers your knowledge and skills relevant to working in lactation, breastfeeding support and frenotomy services. It will provide the theoretical and evidence-based theory which underpins contemporary practice and helps you to develop advanced techniques in tongue-tie (ankyloglossia) management.

This one-year programme prepares you to practise safely and effectively as a tongue-tie practitioner and is suitable for professionals from settings including midwifery, health visiting, advanced neonatal nursing practice, dentistry and paediatrics.
The programme will enable you to deliver and lead evidence-based care for families and babies, working in partnership with multi-disciplinary teams. This includes optimising normal physiological processes, providing a first-line response to, and management of complications, as well as supporting women and their babies with infant feeding needs.
The programme reflects a student-centred approach to education with emphasis on active learning, research-awareness, professional reflection and critical thinking in preparation for you to assume autonomous practice.

Qualification, course duration and attendance options

  • PG Credit
    part time
    12 months
    • Distance learningis available for this qualification
    • Online learningis available for this qualification

Course contact details

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