FdSc - Assistant Practitioner (Health)
The programme willl support you to become an assistant practitioner in your choice of one of the following fields of healthcare: radiography, midwifery, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, and health social care.
If you're a support worker wishing to progress in your career, this programme will enable you to deliver high person-centred and holistic care within the scope of your practice. You will be a level in between support worker and registered healthcare practitioner at the end of the programme. It will ground you in your clinical field and facilitate your onward journey to registered practitioner if you are clinically and academically able to do so.
Course Overview
On this Assistant Practitioner foundation degree, you will choose one of five pathways to specialise in: radiography, midwifery, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, and health social care. As well as studying a set of generic modules alongside students from all pathways, you will study three distinct modules (two in year one and one in year two) which are specific to your field of practice. There will be opportunities to learn in your field-specific groups, and progression routes are available for each pathway.
You will be in university study online for one study day per week, as well as working in employment. At your workplace, you will apply your learning to the real world, with opportunities to work alongside registered healthcare professionals to enhance your levels of clinical skills and knowledge. You will also be provided with a personal tutor who is from your specific field of practice.
On this course you will...
- Develop the skills and knowledge needed to progress from a support worker role to an assistant practitioner within your own field and scope of practice.
- Work within the limits of their competence and authority to provide high quality, evidence-based clinical, diagnostic or therapeutic care and holistic support as part of the wider healthcare team.
- Communicate effectively with a wide range of people whilst maintaining a safe and healthy working environment.
- Learn whilst staying in your own clinical area for two years, and gain in-depth experience in your chosen field of practice.
- Develop clinical and professional skills to enable you to fully integrate and support registered healthcare practitioners and provide excellent patient care.
Location
Online Learning
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