Palliative Care

Snapshot

Courses available:

Academic award	SCOTCAT award	Academic status	Course length
This module can be undertaken on a stand-alone basis or as part of the Bachelor of Nursing (BN), Bachelor of Nursing (Palliative Care)(BNPC) or Master of Palliative Care (MPC).	20 points at Level 3 (SHE), 20 points at Level M (SHE)	Undergraduate and postgraduate	200 hours of student effort (including assessment)

Academic School:

Distance Learning Centre (Nursing & Palliative Care)

How to apply:

Visit the Distance Learning Centre webpage

Fees:

Please contact us for fees information (below).

Overview

The study of palliative care generates skills which are transferable across a wide spectrum of disease and this module aims to give students insight into the holistic care of patients with advanced and progressing illness. The issue of palliative care being more than terminal care is addressed.

Aims of the Module

To enable nurses to engage holistically in the nursing care of patients with advanced and progressing illness.

Module Content

This module consists of four units. The module is appropriate for nurses and health visitors working in hospital or the community, in any country. The module discusses the holistic care of patients with advanced and progressing illness. Topics covered are:

Life transitions: dying and bereavement
Assessment of need
Managing palliative care in a holistic way
How to build a philosophy

For further information please see the module information on www.dundee.ac.uk/medden/dlc/

Assessment

The module assessment is practice focused and aims to facilitate the development of professional practice. Students are encouraged to engage with self-assessment activities throughout the learning experience. Formative assessment enables students to develop practice and academic process skills through tutor feed-back.

Student Support

A text-based study guide is used to support learning for this module. The study guide helps the student make essential links between theory and practice and prepare for the module assessment. A dynamic tutorial support system operates with a tutor link to the module. Students are encouraged to use the tutorial system according to their need.