- A part-time postgraduate course delivered via work-based learning (WBL)
- A 3 year Msc level course with the opportunity for students to opt out at both Post-graduate Certificate and Post-graduate Diploma levels
- Develops your skills, knowledge and understanding of blood transfusion
- Can be undertaken within a variety of healthcare settings
- Delivered in partnership with British Blood Transfusion Society
Course Overview
Who is the course aimed at?
Current and aspiring Transfusion Practitioners; Nurses working in roles where blood transfusion is a key element of that role.
How is it structured?
It's a part time work based learning programme offering three levels of qualification: PG Cert, PG Dip or MSc.
What to expect
Develop your skills, knowledge and understanding of blood transfusion and apply critical thinking, analysis and critiquing skills to influence and change practice.
Who is the course aimed at?
This qualification is for staff working in a predominately Clinical Transfusion environment (i.e. Nurses, Transfusion/ Haemovigilance Practitioners) and is open to students from across the UK.
How is it structured?
After an initial induction period of 4 days at Swansea University, each module will be predominately work-based learning. You will be required to attend a number of face to face sessions throughout the year. Assessment method is through submission of a portfolio of evidence, including a critical narrative of the evidence provided in relation to the student's learning journey.
The MSc element normally takes three years to complete, although you can opt out at PGCert and PGDip levels.
What to expect?
The course is broken down into 3 years. Year one contains 3 modules at 20 credits each (opt out here for PGCert), year two contains 2 modules at 30 credits each (opt out here for PGDip) and the final year contains one module at 60 credits for a full MSc.
Course structure
This course is offered on a part-time basis, and will normally take three years to complete the MSc.
Duration
Qualification Gained
Year 1
PGCert
Year 2
PG Dip
Year 3
MSc
