Professional Practice (Postgraduate Certificate)

Who is it for?

The course is for professional practitioners who have completed the preceptorship period (or similar) and who have a commitment to the enhancement of personal and professional development in their own area of professional and/or clinical practice.

Objectives

Throughout the programme you will be encouraged, though critical reflective practice, to explore contemporary professional practice in your own field of practice and within a wider integrated and inter-professional context. The modules are designed to allow you to gain the maximum from your learning experiences, in, from and related to the workplace and your own area of professional practice.

The programme enables your general progression via the General Professional Practice route, or the opportunity to specialise in one of the following areas:

Neonatal

Midwifery

Intensive Care

Cardiac Care

The main aims of the programme are:

to enhance your personal and professional development

to encourage you to develop as a critical, reflective and flexible learner and to develop an enquiring, critical and creative approach to professional practice and life-long learning

to enhance critical, analytical, professional, research and communication skills and promote the ability to relate these skills to your own area of professional practice

to enhance your knowledge and understanding of effective team and inter-professional working relevant to work and integrated working practice

to prepare you for leadership roles in professional practice

In completing the PG-Certificate you will enhance your knowledge and understanding of effective team and inter-professional working, you will be motivated in your own personal and professional development; develop as a critical and reflective practitioner and gain critical insight into the evidence base surrounding your own area of professional practice.