BSc (Hons) Professional Development in Critical Care at University of Plymouth

Programme overview

BSc (Hons) Professional Development in Critical Care is a part-time, flexible programme for nurses and allied healthcare professionals that develops advanced practice in critical care. Students can step on and step off over five years and exit with a BSc, BSc (Hons), Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma.

Duration: 5 years part-time (flexible step-on, step-off study) | Study mode: part-time | Location: Plymouth, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

A BSc requires 80 credits from four 20-credit core modules; a BSc (Hons) requires 120 credits from four 20-credit modules and the 40-credit Independent Study module (HEAD361). The programme builds clinical management planning and critical thinking skills for service enhancement in critical care.

Career pathways

Graduates can progress to postgraduate study such as the MSc Advanced Critical Care Practitioner, and clinicians such as nurses, pharmacists and optometrists may exit as non-medical prescribers.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Open to registered health and social care professionals, or health and social care workers with previous Level 5 study (foundation degree or diploma of higher education), who work in an environment where the module learning outcomes can be met. The graduate certificate and graduate diploma routes require an honours degree at 2:2 or above in a health or health-related subject. Credit for prior certificated or experiential learning is assessed under university regulations. Applicants whose first language is not English need IELTS 6.5 overall with at least 5.5 in each category. Decisions are normally made within four weeks and may involve an interview.

Duration: 5 years

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