PgCert Cancer Care at Teesside University

Programme overview

A part-time, blended postgraduate certificate for registered nurses and allied health professionals, preparing them to provide complex cancer care using enhanced critical judgement and skills. It is mapped to the ACCEND Career Pathway, Core Cancer Capabilities in Practice and Education Framework (2023), with inter-professional shared learning.

Faculty: Nursing & Health | Duration: 1 year part-time | Intake: January or September | Study mode: part-time | Location: Middlesbrough, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Core modules are Advanced Physical Assessment and Disease Management Skills, Advancing Learning, Leadership and Improvement, and Principles of Integrated Practice in Cancer Care.

Career pathways

Students complete the course while in employment, supporting career progression within cancer care environments.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants must hold a degree or other evidence of level 6 study, hold healthcare professional registration, be working with people affected by cancer within a healthcare provider, and nominate an appropriately qualified and experienced advanced practitioner (for example a doctor, or someone with a master's-level advanced clinical practice qualification) as clinical supervisor for the Advanced Physical Assessment and Disease Management module. Applications from international students requiring a student visa cannot be accepted.

Intake: January or September

Duration: 1 year part-time

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