Undergraduate Certificate of Achievement in Coronary Heart Disease and Heart Failure

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Develop the knowledge and skills required to care for patients with Coronary Heart Disease and Heart Failure. Learn theoretical and practical skills relevant for practice, whilst promoting a holistic, patient-centred approach to management.

Overview

This course is taught in The John Dawson Sciences Complex, which features a brand new CPD suite for training health and pharmaceutical professionals, multi-disciplinary science labs, and new facilities for proteomics, drug discovery, pharmacy, and health sciences. You can be assured of a quality experience in contemporary facilities. The short course aims to develop the knowledge and skills required to care for patients with CHD and Heart Failure.

This course develops theoretical and practical skills relevant for practice while promoting a holistic, patient-centred approach to management. It's delivered over five days and will be assessed by an OSCE and Critical Review.

Why us?

This course takes place in The John Dawson Sciences Complex which contains the Living Lab, an integrated facility, supported with IT connectivity that enables a range of patient journeys and scenarios to be modelled

The course will be delivered by cardiology specialists who provide insights on day-to-day work rather than textbook patient care

Course structure

This course is delivered by University of Sunderland Clinical Sciences lecturers and is taught over five full days over a four-month period at the University of Sunderland. Each day uses a variety of teaching and learning methods including interactive workshops and will focus on a specific topic that you can then consolidate in clinical practice. Assessment will be by an Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) utilising simulated patients in a variety of CHD and heart failure-based consultations. Additionally, there will be a critical review of one cardiovascular condition.

Topics covered on this course include:

Primary Prevention
Hypertension and Hypercholesterolaemia
Coronary Artery Disease
Heart Failure
Cardiovascular Disease
CVA

Our Clinical Skills Suite is equipped with a range of clinical equipment for training health professionals. The cutting-edge equipment is backed up with excellent IT facilities and helpful IT support staff.
Clinical Skills Suite
We’ve got thousands of relevant books and e-books, with many more titles available through the inter-library loan service. We also subscribe to a comprehensive range of print and electronic journals so you can access the most reliable and up-to- date academic and industry articles. There are nearly 9,000 journal titles, mostly in electronic format.
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This course is based in The John Dawson Sciences Complex in our City Campus, which has benefited from a multimillion-pound investment over the last 5 years. Teaching takes place in multi-media classrooms with state-of-the-art resources for learning.

The Living Lab boasts the region’s only immersive simulation room allowing participants to experience events in simulated environments. An adjacent task trainer room which can be used flexibly can aid with the development of clinical and non-technical skills. Integral cameras enable participants to view live or recorded footage in our dedicated debrief room. The Lab also has a seven-bed ward and Point of Care Testing (POCT) facility along with an OSCE suite and seminar rooms.

The facility currently has two SimMan 3Gs, a SimNewB, a SimMom birthing simulator, and two TraumaFX simbodies. A range of other clinical equipment and part task trainers as well as a pop-up ambulance are available to complement the facilities.

IT facilities at the University are excellent with hundreds of workstations available as well as wireless internet access. If you have any computer problems, just ask the friendly helpdesk team.

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The John Dawson Sciences Complex – Living Lab
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Facilities

This course is based in The John Dawson Sciences Complex on City Campus, which boasts excellent facilities and cutting-edge equipment thanks to multi-million-pound investments.

Entry requirements

We don’t currently display entry requirements for United States. Please contact the Student Admin team on studentadmin@sunderland.ac.uk or 0191 515 3154.

We usually require applicants to be health care professionals. You should be working in a clinical setting where your work involves delivering CHD and heart failure services.

Fees and finance

The fee for this course is £750.

The employer usually meets these costs – we advise you to speak to your workforce development lead before applying.

We also accept self-funded applicants and encourage anyone wishing to explore their options to contact cape@sunderland.ac.uk.

This information was correct at the time of publication.

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Contact

To apply or find out more about this programme, please contact the CaPE team: cape@sunderland.ac.uk.

Page last updated: 06 November 2024

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