Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (Health Visiting) PGDip
Course overview
Our innovative online Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (Health Visiting) programme enables you to develop your practice as a specialist public health nurse. The primary aim of this programme is to enable the foundation of specialist knowledge, professional identity, required skills, and competence as a specialist public health nurse. The programme will explore fundamental community public health practice in relation to the role of the contemporary health visitor, supporting the development of a resilient and competent practitioner in knowledge, skills, and future leadership.
This programme is mapped to contemporary high-impact areas in public health affecting children and young people; the programme is considerate of 0-19 service delivery models in the joint teaching of health visiting students for many aspects of university education, but with distinct fields of practice teaching and placement experiences.
Key highlights
- Delivered online, developing practice as a specialist public health nurse
- Mapped to high-impact public health areas affecting children and young people
- Shared teaching reflecting 0-19 service delivery models
- Distinct field-specific practice teaching and placement experiences
- Builds specialist knowledge, professional identity and future leadership skills
Entry requirements
- IELTS: 6.5 — 6.5 IELTS 6.5 overall with 6.0 in reading and writing, 5.5 in listening and speaking
Scholarships
Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press (FLTRP) Scholarship
Award value: £3,000
Up to £3,000Global Development and Humanitarian Practice Scholarship
Asia, Africa, Middle East and Latin America only are eligible to apply for a single scholarship award of £9,250 to contribute to their course fees.
Up to £9,250Humanitarian Action and Peacebuilding Scholarship
Full and part-time applicants for the MA Humanitarian Action and Peacebuilding are eligible to apply for one of the £1,000 scholarships.
Up to £1,000London Book Fair Scholarship
The London Book Fair is offering a fee-waiver bursary of £1,000 to a full-time or part-time student at the Oxford International Centre for Publishing on the MA Publishing Media.
Up to £1,000
Careers this course leads to
- Health Visitor
- Specialist Community Public Health Nurse
- Public Health Nurse
- Health Visiting Team Leader
Cost of study
UK/Home: £1,260 per single module (part-time)
Admission
Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to Oxford Brookes University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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