Postgraduate Diploma in Community and Primary Healthcare (not on offer in 2024/25)
Overview
The Postgraduate Diploma in Community and Primary Healthcare is a blended programme that can be completed full-time over one academic year or part-time over 2 academic years. Students take modules to the value of 60 credits.
Exit Award: Postgraduate Certificate in Community and Primary Healthcare (NFQ Level 9, Minor Award)
Students who opt to exit the programme will be awarded a Postgraduate Certificate in Community and Primary Healthcare upon successful completion and passing modules to the value of 30 credits.
Programme Requirements
For information about modules, module choice, options and credit weightings, please go to Programme Requirements.
Programme Requirements
Full-time programme (1 year)
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Students take 60 credits as follows - all listed core modules (45 credits)and 15 credits of elective modules: | ||
| Core Modules | ||
| NU6005 | Evidence Based Practice for Healthcare Professionals | 10 |
| NU6044 | Health and Health Promotion: Concepts and Principles | 5 |
| NU6095 | Primary Health Care Services in the Community | 5 |
| NU6302 | Practice Enhancement for Quality Healthcare | 10 |
| NU6175 | Integration and Continuity of Care Across Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Health | 5 |
| NU6176 | Community and Primary Healthcare Clinical Practicum 1 | 5 |
| NU6177 | Community and Primary Healthcare Clinical Practicum 2 | 5 |
| Elective Modules | ||
| Students take modules to the value of 15 credits from the following: | 15 | |
| Effective Communication in Healthcare (5) | ||
| Allergy and Immunology Focused on Primary Care (5) | ||
| Allergy and Immunology: The Nurse’s and Dietetics Perspective (5) | ||
| History Taking and Physical Assessment for Nursing Practice (5) | ||
| Professional, Ethical, and Legal Decision-making in Practice (5) | ||
| Optimising health and wellbeing in older people (10) | ||
| Promoting Positive Ageing and Planning for End of Life (5) | ||
| Wound Care for Healthcare Professionals (5) | ||
| Foundations of Cancer Care (10) | ||
| Evidence Based Cervical Screening (10) | ||
| Diabetes in Primary Care (10) | ||
| Fundamentals of CVD in Primary Care (5) | ||
| Contemporary Perspectives of Global Health (5) | ||
| Environmental Health: Principal Aspects and Burden of Disease (5) | ||
| Principles and Practices of Screening (5) | ||
| Total Credits | 60 | |
Part-time programme (2 years)
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Year 1 | ||
| Students take 30 credits as follows - all listed core modules (25 credits)and 5 credits of elective modules: | ||
| Core Modules | ||
| NU6005 | Evidence Based Practice for Healthcare Professionals | 10 |
| NU6044 | Health and Health Promotion: Concepts and Principles | 5 |
| NU6095 | Primary Health Care Services in the Community | 5 |
| NU6176 | Community and Primary Healthcare Clinical Practicum 1 | 5 |
| Elective Modules | ||
| Students take modules to the value of 5 credits from the following: | 5 | |
| Effective Communication in Healthcare (5) | ||
| Allergy and Immunology Focused on Primary Care (5) | ||
| Allergy and Immunology: The Nurse’s and Dietetics Perspective (5) | ||
| History Taking and Physical Assessment for Nursing Practice (5) | ||
| Promoting Positive Ageing and Planning for End of Life (5) | ||
| Wound Care for Healthcare Professionals (5) | ||
| Fundamentals of CVD in Primary Care (5) | ||
| Contemporary Perspectives of Global Health (5) | ||
| Environmental Health: Principal Aspects and Burden of Disease (5) | ||
| Principles and Practices of Screening (5) | ||
| Year 2 | ||
| Students take 30 credits as follows - all listed core modules (20 credits)and 10 credits of elective modules: | ||
| Core Modules | ||
| NU6302 | Practice Enhancement for Quality Healthcare | 10 |
| NU6175 | Integration and Continuity of Care Across Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Health | 5 |
| NU6177 | Community and Primary Healthcare Clinical Practicum 2 | 5 |
| Elective Modules | ||
| Students take modules to the value of 10 credits from the following: | 10 | |
| Effective Communication in Healthcare (5) | ||
| Allergy and Immunology Focused on Primary Care (5) | ||
| Allergy and Immunology: The Nurse’s and Dietetics Perspective (5) | ||
| History Taking and Physical Assessment for Nursing Practice (5) | ||
| Professional, Ethical, and Legal Decision-making in Practice (5) | ||
| Optimising health and wellbeing in older people (10) | ||
| Promoting Positive Ageing and Planning for End of Life (5) | ||
| Wound Care for Healthcare Professionals (5) | ||
| Foundations of Cancer Care (10) | ||
| Evidence Based Cervical Screening (10) | ||
| Diabetes in Primary Care (10) | ||
| Fundamentals of CVD in Primary Care (5) | ||
| Contemporary Perspectives of Global Health (5) | ||
| Environmental Health: Principal Aspects and Burden of Disease (5) | ||
| Principles and Practices of Screening (5) | ||
| Total Credits | 60 | |
Examinations
Full details and regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards Book and for each module in the Book of Modules.
Programme Learning Outcomes
Programme Learning Outcomes for Postgraduate Diploma in Community and Primary Healthcare (NFQ Level 9, Major Award)
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:
- Develop knowledge and critical reflective skills to interpret and evaluate evidence and adopt an evidence-based practice approach to professional practice in the community healthcare, integrated care context.
- Critically examine the multi-dimensional nature of health and the multi-sectorial /disciplinary approaches to health promotion and apply a population health approach to address principles related to equality, diversion, and inclusion.
- Critically reflect upon a variety of contemporary healthcare issues as they relate to primary healthcare theory and practice both nationally and internationally.
- Apply critical theoretical insights, clinical reasoning, and quality improvement approaches/initiatives for the enhancement of health care delivery in the community primary care context.
- Develop ethical and legal knowledge and evaluative skills to enhance professional judgement for enhanced decision making in specialist practice.
- Demonstrate critical reflection on the role and impact of interdisciplinary and collaborative cross boundary team working in meeting service users’ needs in an integrated care system.
- Enhance the’ knowledge and skills in prevention, early intervention, and self-management of conditions in the community and promote an understanding of the importance of integration of services for the continuity of care.