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Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (Health Visiting) PGDip
Course options
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Qualification
Postgraduate Diploma
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Location
Teesside University
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Study mode
Full time
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Start date
15-SEP-25
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Duration
1 year
Course summary
Course overview
This programme is for registered nurses or midwives, who wish to gain registration on Part 3 of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) register, as a specialist community public health nurse (health visiting) and be recorded as a community prescriber.
It offers you the opportunity to gain registration as a health visitor, community prescriber and for academic development at master鈥檚 level. You develop public health practice knowledge and skills in order to work effectively with individuals, families and communities along with public health leadership skills, to enable you to contribute to the contemporary health visiting agenda.
How you learn
Teaching methods include lecturers, seminars, experiential learning, scenarios, problem based learning, case study work, simulations, action learning sets, and peer led seminars and discussions.
Learning in practice is supported with the development of a practice progress file, which includes self-assessment activities, learning contracts, learning logs, reflective dialogue and discussion with practice teachers, mentors and academic staff.
How you are assessed
Assessments include examinations, a defended poster, essays, case study analysis, research proposal and skill simulations. Practice is assessed via the practice progress file through the mechanism of the tripartite meetings which include you, your practice teacher and your academic mentor.
Career opportunities
The course prepares you to work as a health visitor and to take practice forward to meet the challenges of a dynamic health visiting profession.
Modules
Tuition fees
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- East Timor
- Ecuador
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- England
- Equatorial Guinea
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- Estonia
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- Fiji
- Finland
- France
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- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
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- Guinea
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- Guyana
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- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
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- Italy
- Ivory Coast
- Jamaica
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- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Korea DPR (North Korea)
- Kosovo
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- Laos
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
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- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
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- Malawi
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- Mexico
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- Moldova
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- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Netherlands
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- Pakistan
- Palau
- Palestinian Authority
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
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- Peru
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- Republic of Ireland
- Romania
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- Yemen
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- Zimbabwe
拢 13,350per year
Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.
University information
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University League Table
100th
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Campus address
Teesside University, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, Tees Valley, TS1 3BX, England
Subject rankings
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Subject ranking
37th out of 82
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Entry standards
/ Max 208124 59%59th
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Graduate prospects
/ Max 10098.0 98%26th
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Student satisfaction
/ Max 43.10 78%21st
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