FdSc Health and Social Care (Full Time)

The programme consists of a combination of core and option units at academic Levels 4 and 5 (Year 1 and 2) and can be undertaken in full or on a 'unit by unit' basis. The options focus on specific clinical areas of work relevant to each student and are largely delivered and assessed within each individual Trust’s setting.

In each year of the two-year programme, there is a work-based learning unit (a core unit) which runs throughout the year and includes the assessment of the students’ competence to safely perform their role against agreed occupational standards for the clinical area they work in.

If you are interested in taking this course as a student, you need to speak to your employer who can then contact us. If you are an employing NHS Trust interested in supporting your employees to undertake the programme, there is an information letter below with more information and relevant contact details.

Course content

Year 1

• Social and Psychological Impacts in Health and Social Care
• Developing Communication Skills in Practice
• Developing Work-Based Practice in Health and Social Care
• Introduction to Healthcare Science.

Current options:

• Human Growth and Development
• Cardiac Physiology
• Long Term Conditions
• Multi Agency Discharge and Practice
• Imaging Science.

Additional specialist option units are currently under development (please enquire).

Year 2

• Extending Communication Skills and Work-Based Practice
• Improving the Patient/Service Experience
• Supervision of Teams in Practice
• Advanced option units.

Assessment

Students are assessed through a combination of academic assignments and occupational standards assessments. Course work assignments include presentations, essays, case studies and reflective reviews.

Course length

Two years full-time

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Information letter for NHS trusts|