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SHG017
Long Term and Chronic Condition Management: Diabetes Mellitus
This Continuing Professional Development (CPD) module is designed to enhance clinicians' understanding of diabetes care, covering key aspects such as pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment modalities, and patient education. Through interactive lectures, case studies, and self-assessment activities, participants will deepen their knowledge of diabetes management strategies, including lifestyle interventions, pharmacotherapy, and monitoring techniques. Emphasis will be placed on individualised patient-centered care, considering factors such as comorbidities, psychosocial aspects, and cultural considerations. By staying updated on the latest advancements and guidelines in diabetes care, clinicians will be better equipped to provide comprehensive and effective care to patients with diabetes, ultimately improving patient outcomes and quality of life.
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SHG3122
Minor illness management
With an increasing demand for same day consultations for minor illness presentations, both primary and urgent care setting have had to review their work force provision. Traditional roles are developing, and the assessment and management of minor illnesses is a defined example of a changing workforce. The core emphasis of this module is to enable the registered practitioner to recognise what is minor health problem and what requires onward referral. Teaching is delivered using a blended approach and focusses on both face-to-face patient assessment and remote patient assessment reflecting changes in current clinical practice.
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SHG3125
Foundations in General Practice Nursing
This module is designed to meet the continuing professional development needs for nurses who are new to general practice nursing. The module aims to support the development of knowledge and clinical skills required for newly appointed general practice nurses through a mix of both theory and practice learning. The module can be undertaken in collaboration with health board primary care academies or as a stand-alone option.
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SHGM110
Enhanced Clinical Assessment and Decision-Making Skills (E-CADS)
With the incorporation of enhanced health assessment skills into current pre-registration programmes, this module has been developed with the aim to provide current registrants an opportunity to enhance their clinical assessment skills within their own workplace. Through the enhancement of clinical assessment skills this will support the development of decision-making skills and escalation of care interventions.
This module does not allow the student to work at an advanced clinical practice level since it does not offer advanced health assessment or diagnostic skills. This module aims to enhance a practitioner¿s level of clinical practice.
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SHGM24
Advanced Practice for Upper and/or Lower Gastrointestinal Endoscopist
This module aims to supplement the clinical knowledge obtained by following the Joint Endoscopist Training Scheme (JETS) and Joint Advisory Group on Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (JAG) clinical accreditation programmes. It offers the theoretical underpinning and clinical practice to enhance advanced practice as an endoscopist.
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SHGM78
Minor illness management
With an increasing demand for same day consultations for minor illness presentations, both primary and urgent care setting have had to review their work force provision. Traditional roles are developing, and the assessment and management of minor illnesses is a defined example of a changing workforce. The core emphasis of this module is to enable the registered practitioner to recognise what is minor health problem and what requires onward referral. Teaching is delivered using a blended approach and focusses on both face to face patient assessment and remote patient assessment reflecting changes in current clinical practice.
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SHHM49M
Clinical Assessment Skills
This module builds upon students existing knowledge as registered health care practitioners and provides a systematic and comprehensive education in holistic clinical assessment and clinical reasoning. This is underpinned by a sound knowledge of anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology. Emphasis is placed upon the integration of knowledge, clinical methods and consultation skills into a competent consultation enabling the student to draw accurate clinical conclusions, which they can justify from a pathophysiological and psychosocial perspective
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SHHM49S
Clinical Assessment Skills
This module builds upon students existing knowledge as registered health care practitioners and provides a systematic and comprehensive education in holistic clinical assessment and clinical reasoning. This is underpinned by a sound knowledge of anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology. Emphasis is placed upon the integration of knowledge, clinical methods and consultation skills into a competent consultation enabling the student to draw accurate clinical conclusions, which they can justify from a pathophysiological and psychosocial perspective
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SHHM59M
Clinical Diagnosis and Patient Management for Advanced Practice
This module builds upon the skills of clinical consultation, assessment and reasoning acquired in the SHHM49 Clinical Assessment Skills module. During this module students will be introduced to the diagnostic consultation as well as clinical decision making skills. The module adopts a case based approach; students will be introduced to a weekly clinical case that is critically reviewed from the diagnostic assessment all the way through to the therapeutic management. The student will learn to adapt the consultation to include any scenario, preparing for advanced practice in their clinical settings. Emphasis will be upon reasoned differential diagnoses and the bio-clinical reasoning underlying the management of a holistic consultation.
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SHHM59S
Clinical Diagnosis and Patient Management for Advanced Practice
This module builds upon the skills of clinical consultation, assessment and reasoning acquired in the SHHM49 Clinical Assessment Skills module. During this module students will be introduced to the diagnostic consultation as well as clinical decision making skills. The module adopts a case based approach; students will be introduced to a weekly clinical case that is critically reviewed from the diagnostic assessment all the way through to the therapeutic management. The student will learn to adapt the consultation to include any scenario, preparing for advanced practice in their clinical settings. Emphasis will be upon reasoned differential diagnoses and the bio-clinical reasoning underlying the management of a holistic consultation.
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SHHM65M
Clinical Diagnostics and Patient Management - Child and Young Person
This module builds upon the skills of clinical consultation, assessment and reasoning acquired within the SHHM49 clinical assessment skills module. During this module, students will develop their diagnostic and clinical management skills for common medical / surgical problems encountered during childhood.
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SHHM65S
Clinical Diagnostics and Patient Management - Child and Young Person
This module builds upon the skills of clinical consultation, assessment and reasoning acquired within the SHHM49 clinical assessment skills module. During this module, students will develop their diagnostic and clinical management skills for common medical / surgical problems encountered during childhood.
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SHHM66
Educating and Leading in Primary Care
Through a change management approach, this module allows the student to explore some key educational and learning theories to support a proposed change. Students will identify a small area of change within their practice, and they will then focus on how they can lead and educate the workforce to achieve the identified change.
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SHHM67
Clinical Assessment Diagnostics Skills (CADS): for the Primary Care Advanced Practitioner
The aim of this module is to introduce the learner to the diagnostic process within the primary care setting, for them to formulate a safe provisional, differential, and working diagnosis. Students will need to draw upon their clinical examination skills and pathophysiology knowledge to support the learning and development within this module.
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SHHM68
Assessment and Management of Same Day Presentations in Primary Care
Same day presentations within the primary care setting can range from minor ailments to major disease. The clinician working within a same day presentation clinic requires the knowledge and skills to competently assess and manage this patient group. This module allows the student to explore and analyse the assessment approaches and management strategies for common presentations encountered by the advanced primary care practitioner. It will help prepare the clinician to undertake same day assessment clinics within clinical practice.
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SHHM69
Assessment and Management of Long-Term Conditions in Primary Care
The care and management of the patient with a long-term condition is embedded within primary care. Within this module, students will explore the diagnostics, assessment, and management pathways for patients with long-term conditions.
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SHTM31M
Dissertation
This module builds upon the knowledge and skills developed in part one of the programme. Students are required to critically explore the evidence for their own professional practice. Those students wishing to undertake the portfolio dissertation should have successfully completed a work based learning module.
