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Enhance your skills and knowledge with our short courses, workshops and standalone modules. Offered on campus or by distance learning, we tailor our courses to your needs.

With a wide range of subjects from healthcare and computing, to art and design, you're sure to find the course for you.

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ACI - Anaesthetic Critical Incidents

Continuing Professional Development

Study in:
Chelmsford
Available as:
Short course
Course features
Our one-day course covers anaesthetic critical incident practice for anaesthetists and operating department practitioners. Get a full day of risk-free practice in our high-fidelity simulation suite.
Course details Apply

Acute Stroke Image Interpretation and Patient Selection for Thrombectomy

Continuing Professional Development

Study in:
Chelmsford
Available as:
Short course
Course features
Join us for an outstanding educational course delivered by Professor Iris Grunwald, author of How to set up an acute stroke service.
Course details Apply

Acute Stroke Treatment

Continuing Professional Development

Study in:
Chelmsford
Available as:
Short course
Course features
Join us for an outstanding educational course delivered by Professor Iris Grunwald.
Course details Apply

Adult Acute Care

Continuing Professional Development

Study in:
Cambridge
,
Chelmsford
Available as:
Short course
Course features
Make safety and quality of care an essential part of your clinical practice. Improve your ability to continually re-evaluate and enhance care and learning strategies, supporting improvements in acute care practice.
Course details Apply

Advanced Life Support (ALS)

Continuing Professional Development

Study in:
Chelmsford
Available as:
Workshop
Course features
Learn to perform advanced life support to further assist patients in emergency situations.
Course details Apply

Advanced Management of Minor Injuries

Continuing Professional Development

Study in:
Cambridge
Available as:
Short course
Course features
If you're a nurse or other healthcare professional, working in a first contact or emergency care setting, this module will provide you with advanced decision-making skills, theoretical knowledge and advanced practical skills to work autonomously when caring for patients with a minor injury.
Course details Apply

Advanced Non-Medical Prescribing (V300)

Continuing Professional Development

Study in:
Online/Chelmsford
,
Online/Cambridge
Available as:
Short course
Course features
Our Non-Medical Prescribing course prepares you to prescribe medicines from the British National Formulary (BNF) in your area of competence, assisting you in extending your practice. You’ll learn to prescribe safely, appropriately and cost-effectively, as both an independent and supplementary prescriber.
Course details Apply

Advanced Skills in Clinical Assessment

Continuing Professional Development

Study in:
Cambridge
,
Chelmsford
Available as:
Short course
Course features
Develop your nursing or AHP skills to deliver same-day consultation services for patients - or enhance your existing skills by improving your decision-making and becoming more confident in offering treatment and referrals. Our Clinical Assessment Skills short course covers physical exams for all body systems, and assessment of common conditions and minor injuries, learning to use and interpret diagnostic equipment.
Course details Apply

An Introduction to Approved Roles (Approved Mental Capacity Professional/Approved Mental Health Professional)

Continuing Professional Development

Study in:
Blended learning
Available as:
Short course
Course features
Explore a range of theories applied in statutory interventions, aiming to promote effective working practices with people experiencing mental disorder.
Course details Apply

Applied Leadership & Management

Continuing Professional Development

Study in:
Distance learning
,
Cambridge
,
Chelmsford
Available as:
Short course
Course features
Undertake an innovative exploration of leadership and management in healthcare, examining their impact on organisations and wider external considerations.
Course details Apply

Applying Systemic Principles in Professional Contexts

Continuing Professional Development

Study in:
Huntingdon
Available as:
Short course
Course features
Learn the systemic approach to relationships and how they relate to people’s actions and communications. Develop different perspectives and new approaches to your work as a professional working with families, couples and individuals. Gain a level of professional accreditation, and potentially start on the road to becoming a qualified family therapist.
Course details Apply

Assessment Skills for Community Practitioners

Continuing Professional Development

Study in:
Cambridge
,
Chelmsford
Available as:
Short course
Course features
Comprehensive assessment is key to the delivery of high quality and cost effective care to patients. Assessing patients in the community requires the skills to examine, not just the patient, but the environment in which they live and in which care will be delivered.
Course details Apply

Cardiac Care

Continuing Professional Development

Study in:
Cambridge
,
Chelmsford
Available as:
Short course
Course features
Develop your skills in caring effectively for patients with chronic and acute cardiac disorders. Learn to analyse and interpret arrhythmias and understand the rationale for the management and holistic care needs of patients and critically discuss and debate the different issues which affect the delivery of care to cardiac patients.
Course details Apply

Care of Critically Unwell Women workshop

Continuing Professional Development

Study in:
Chelmsford
Available as:
Workshop
Course features
Our inspiring workshop, delivered by a team of multi-disciplinary specialists, will develop your knowledge and skills to improve the care and safety of critically unwell pregnant women.
Course details Apply

Care of the Critically Unwell Woman for Midwives

Continuing Professional Development

Study in:
Online/Chelmsford
Available as:
Short course
Course features
Join our inspiring module offering specialist, professional learning opportunities and we'll develop your in-depth knowledge and skills as well as improving patient safety, when caring for critically unwell pregnant women.
Course details Apply

Care of the Patient Undergoing Anaesthesia

Continuing Professional Development

Study in:
Cambridge
,
Chelmsford
Available as:
Short course
Course features
This is our second anaesthesia module following on from Principles and Practices of Anaesthesia. You’ll develop your practical skills and learn about the theory behind anaesthesia and how to be a reflective practitioner. This module is run alongside our BSc (Hons) Operating Department Practice, so there are opportunities for multidisciplinary learning and networking. Small class sizes allow for excellent rapport with tutors and fellow students.
Course details Apply

Caring for People with Dementia

Continuing Professional Development

Study in:
Chelmsford
Available as:
Short course
Course features
Explore needs-led dementia assessment and diagnosis while developing person-centred approaches to care which respect individuality and personal choice. Understand neuropathology in dementia, how it affects a person’s mental, physical and emotional capacity. And learn about the broader ethical and legal issues relating to dementia.
Course details Apply

Cervical Screening: Preparation for Practice

Continuing Professional Development

Study in:
Chelmsford
Available as:
Workshop
Course features
Cancer of the cervix is a potentially preventable disease and early detection and treatment may reduce the need for invasive surgery and decrease mortality rates
Course details Apply

Children's Book Illustration Summer School

Continuing Professional Development

Study in:
Cambridge
Available as:
Short course
Course features
Join our Writing, Illustrating and Designing for Picturebooks Summer School and learn from the world-leading MA Children’s Book Illustration team and international experts.
Course details Apply

Children’s Mental Health Conditions

Continuing Professional Development

Study in:
Chelmsford
Available as:
Short course
Course features
Explore the different mental health conditions and disorders of emotional wellbeing that children and young people may present with, or be diagnosed with.
Course details Apply
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