Sexual Health (Top Up)

Description

This programme is suitable for those who have a Diploma in Higher Education and are a registered nurse or midwife who wishes to work in sexual health. The courses in this award cover practice areas such as contraception, sexual infections, cervical cytolog, HIV and AIDS.

Those without a professional qualification can also access this award and pursue courses without a practical element. Courses without practice cover areas such as promotion of sexual health, HIV and AIDS.

These awards enable health professionals to respond to the changes recommended by the Department of Health and to initiate developments in their areas of practice. Health professionals may choose to do sexual health courses as 'stand alone' courses.

Courses are available in contraception (both foundation and advanced), in sexual infections and cervical cytology. These courses are offered in attendance mode. Fertility courses are also offered and these have the added advantage of being offered in an online mode allowing students from any part of the country to access them.

The university also offers a Graduate Diploma for those practitioners and sexual health workers who have achieved graduate status and who are entering the specialism of sexual health and wish to gain a strong foundation of knowledge and skills and develop their professional practice in order to provide a high quality service for clients.

The aims of the programme are:

• To develop a knowledge base which will enable the student to select and apply appropriate knowledge to her/his practice in sexual health
• To promote understanding of concepts related to sex, sexualities and sexual health, including the negative effects related to prejudice and stigma
• To enhance professional accountability and ethical decision making within the inter-professional context.

Detailed Course Facts

• GBP 9000 Year (EEA)
• GBP 10350 Year (Non-EEA)

• English

Course Content

• Project (30 credits)
• Sexual Health Skills (30 credits)
• Options from a range including: Cervical Cytology and Breast Awareness (15); Current Issues in HIV and AIDS (30); Introduction to Sexual Infections (15); Promoting Sexual Health (15); Understanding human Fertility (15); Developing an Advanced Portfolio for Practice (15 or 30) (60 credits)

English Language Requirements

IELTS band : 6

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Requirements

Applicants should have:

A Diploma in Higher Education

• Students without a Dip HE wishing to access these awards may do so by making a claim for prior learning obtained in practice. Discussion of this can be done by emailing the programme leader prior to applying for the programme.

Work Experience

No work experience is required.

Related Scholarships*

• Academic Excellence Scholarship

  "The Academic Excellence Scholarship can provide up to a 50 % reduction in tuition per semester. These scholarships will be renewed if the student maintains superior academic performance during each semester of their 3-year Bachelor programme. The scholarship will be directly applied to the student’s tuition fees."

• Access Bursary

  Bursary for UK students all subjects where the variable tuition fee rate is payable.

• Alumni Bursary

  Alumni Bursary for UK Undergraduate students

* The scholarships shown on this page are suggestions first and foremost. They could be offered by other organisations than University of Greenwich.