Modules are continually added and updated to reflect the changing needs of health and social care. The list given here provides a flavour of the modules available but the full selection is available at www.shu.ac.uk/faculties/hwb/cpd/modules.html

Modules are worth 10 or 20 credits. Some modules have prerequisites that you must satisfy before studying them. If you choose any of these, you must have studied at a lower level or have appropriate experience to ensure you begin with the relevant background knowledge.

Level five modules

Modules include • developing and enhancing academic study skills • infection management and control • valuing your professional experience • research informed practice 2 • communication and learning with IT • mentoring and facilitating your own and other professionals

Level six modules

Modules include • minor illness management • non-medical prescribing • post-qualification anaesthesia • principles of effective pain management • global perspectives of health promotion and public health • contemporary issues in health and social care • infection management and control • valuing your professional experience • caring for children and families in the emergency department • critical and intensive care of the child • intermediate adult trauma care • mentoring and facilitating your own and other professionals • recognition and management of the acutely ill child • V150 nurse prescribing • health and social care research • dissertation