(Award available for year: Postgraduate Certificate)
On completion of the programme students should have shown evidence of being able:
- to demonstrate in-depth knowledge of techniques relevant to the assessment and diagnosis of conditions in patients;
- to demonstrate a developed understanding of concepts, information and techniques of patient communication for assessment, diagnosis and patient management;
- demonstrate competence to undertake a thorough history and review of systems to inform diagnosis;
- to exhibit competence in the accurate interpretation of clinical assessment data;
- to evaluate and apply appropriate current policy, national guidelines and research in patient assessment, diagnosis and management;
- demonstrate technical mastery of resources in the management of the patient with acute/critical or chronic illness;
- to construct evidence-based patient-centred management plans and communicate effectively with other health professionals;
- to devise and evaluate strategies to promote health, prevent disease and enable rehabilitation;
- to recognise and accept accountability and responsibility associated with undertaking clinical assessment and diagnostic reasoning and demonstrate self-awareness of personal and professional limitations.
Postgraduate Certificate students will have had the opportunity to acquire the following abilities as defined in the modules specified for the programme:
- the skills necessary to undertake a higher research degree and/or for employment in a higher capacity in industry or area of professional practice;
- evaluating their own achievement and that of others;
- self direction and effective decision making in complex and unpredictable situations;
- independent learning and the ability to work in a way which ensures continuing professional development;
- critically to engage in the development of professional/disciplinary boundaries and norms.
Achievement for the Postgraduate Certificate will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the programme and will involve the achievement of the students in:
- demonstrating the ability to apply breadth and/or depth of knowledge to a complex specialist area;
- drawing on a range of perspectives on an area of study;
- evaluating received opinion;
- make sound judgements whilst understanding the limitations on judgements made in the absence of complete data.
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