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PG Cert Advanced Lymphoedema Management

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    PgCert: 12 months part-time

Course Description

This programme will provide the advancing healthcare professional wishing to study at Masters level the opportunity to learn the theory and practice of advanced skills in the management of complex lymphoedema, including the Casley-Smith technique of Manual Lymphatic Drainage.

WHY THIS PROGRAMME

  • The first course will provide students with the necessary skills and the theory underpinning these and explore the evidence base. The second course will facilitate the application of these skills in more complex situations and in the context of delivering and managing a service. This will facilitate further development of skills in analysing and synthesising clinical findings and evidence for decision-making at an advanced level.
  • The programme combines workplace learning with part-time attendance and on-line learning to explore and contextualise contemporary issues and the latest research evidence.  It will prepare students to the level of a health care professional Band 7 Lymphoedema Advanced Practitioner as proposed in the Lymphoedema Framework Template for Management (Sneddon, 2007).
  • This specialist framework is based on the Skills for Health Career Framework (2007 www.skillsforhealth.org.uk) and the Knowledge and Skills Framework (DoH 2004).

Entry Requirements

Professional qualification of either Registered Nurse or Allied Health Professional (physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Podiatry, Radiography) or Medical Practitioner.

Successful completion of a recognized lymphoedema course to the level equivalent to the University of Glasgow Graduate Certificate in Lymphoedema Practice.

Preferably a minimum of 2 years clinical experience post qualifying.

Currently working with people with lymphoedema/chronic oedema OR have confirmed pre-arranged access to such patients for the period of the course.

A good first degree or equivalent (evidence of academic work within the past 5 years).

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Student Destinations

This programme forms a strong basis for a career in lymphoedema for nursing, or allied healthcare professionals (AHPs). It meets the demand for the preparation of both specialised and extended role practitioners and produces fit-for-purpose NHS practitioners.

You will be trained to the level of a health care professional Band 7 Lymphoedema Advanced Practitioner as proposed in the Lymphoedema Framework Template for Management (Sneddon, 2007).

You will also get an excellent foundation to doctoral research, and/or further training in nursing and health care if you wish go to follow that career route.

Module Details

Managing Complex Lymphoedema (40 credits)
Lymphoedema Advanced Practice (20 credits)

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