BSc Professional Practice
Framework
(conversion options)
This flexible part-time course
will enable qualified
practitioners to build on their
existing experience and it
will lead to increased
expertise in caring for
people in a variety of
situations.
Professional practice builds on
qualified practitioners’ existing
knowledge and skills through
exploring practice experiences
from an evidence-based
perspective, leading to
increasing expertise in caring for
people in a variety of healthcare
contexts. BSc Graduate Certificates
You will need 120 credits from the likely
modules listed below, which are all 20
credits at Scottish Credit Qualifications
Framework (SCQF) level 9 (degree level
unless otherwise indicated). These named awards are open to
non-graduates and graduates and are
made up of 60 named credits at SCQF
level 9.
The BSc Professional Practice
Framework is a modular programme at
Scottish Credit Qualification Framework
(SCQF) level 9. It offers a part-time
flexible route to a post-registration
degree, a named graduate certificate or
stand-alone modules for continuing
professional development. The key
purpose of the post-registration course is
to provide a model of study for current
practitioners in health and social care to
develop their academic and professional
knowledge and skills. Anticipating and Responding to Pain and
Symptoms in Palliative Care/ Caring for
the Patient and Family in Palliative Care/
Developing Professional Practice – Work
Based Learning (available at 10, 20 and
30 credits)/ Digital Literacies/ Evidence
Based Healthcare Governance/
Independent Study/ Interprofessional
Working and Person Centred Care
(IPE3)/ Leading in Health and Social
Care/ Making Judgements and Decisions
in Practice/ Management of Long Term
Conditions/ Practice Development
(available at SCQF level 9 and 10)/
Recognition and Management of the
Deteriorating Patient (30 credits)/
Recovery Rehabilitation and Long Term
Issues (30 credits)/ Theory and Practice
of Person- Centred Health and Social
Care (30 credits at SCQF Level 10)
Structure
You can choose to study for the BSc
Professional Practice, a named graduate
certificate or individual modules for your
Continuing Professional Development.
For a named qualification, you will
complete the modules outlined here.
Individual modules can be chosen from
the range listed under the named award.
Modules may include:
Graduate Certificate in Clinical
Leadership
Modules include:
Leading in Health and Social Care (20
credits)/ Making Judgements and
Decisions in Practice (20 credits)/
Independent Study or Developing
Professional Practice – Work-Based
Learning (20 credits)
Graduate Certificate in Developing
Health and Social Care Practice
Modules include:
Digital Literacies (20 credits)/ Practice
Development (20 credits)/ Independent
Study or Developing Professional
Practice – Work-based Learning (20
credits)
Graduate Certificate in Palliative Care
(delivered by our partners at St
Columba’s Hospice)
Modules include:
Anticipating and Responding to Pain and
Symptoms in Palliative Care (20 credits)/
Caring for the Patient and Family in
Palliative Care (20 credits)/ Using
Person-Centered Communication Skills
in Palliative Care (20 credits)
Teaching, learning and assessment
Teaching and learning is primarily done
through lectures and study days followed
by students undertaking self-directed
learning. Assessments come in a variety
of formats depending on the specific
module but can include portfolios,
essays and case studies.
The modules listed here are correct at
time of print (Feb 2018) but may differ
slightly to those offered in 2019. Please
check the website for any updates.
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