Healthcare Practice BSc (Hons)
Key information
- Start date:
- To be confirmed
Contact details:
- Post-registration Administration team
- Tel: +44 (0)1483 683576
- Email: postreg_admin@surrey.ac.uk
Why choose this course?
This course has been specifically designed to meet the emerging educational needs of healthcare practitioners, to support the development of critical and creative thinking and give you the chance to focus on a specialist area of practice. Through our combination of research expertise and practice experience, we’ll enhance your academic, professional and clinical prowess, shaping you into a critical and discerning practitioner, capable of driving innovation and change in health and social care.
What you will study
You’ll develop an enquiring, critical and innovative approach that will support your practice and enable you to provide high-quality healthcare. While exploring advanced conceptual models, theories and frameworks, you’ll also learn how to develop and evaluate healthcare strategies, to improve your own practice and grow as a healthcare professional. You’ll learn how to utilise a range of resources to effectively lead and manage the development of self, others and the service.
You’ll also understand how to apply professionalism to all aspects of your role, while communicating and working in partnership with colleagues from a range of disciplines, to explore issues from practice.
You’ll study topics, including the application of decision-making, leadership and management, personal development and service transformation.
Facilities
You’ll benefit from our multi-million pound facilities, home to our Clinical Simulation Centre. Our virtual environments, lifelike mannequins and actors, will transport you to the centre of communities and wards, so you can practise your skills and get a taste of scenarios you may face during your training.
You’ll also get exclusive access to our independent clinical learning room, set up each week with the necessary equipment required to practise the techniques you’ll be learning.
Teaching staff
We have a clinical-led and research focus to our teaching, ensuring everything you learn is up-to-date and relevant to the healthcare sector. You’ll be taught by lecturers who are qualified practitioners with experience working in the NHS. Many are also active researchers, investigating topics such as cancer, dementia, ethics and compassionate practice.
You’ll also be taught by guest lecturers, made up of a range of healthcare workers.
Careers and graduate prospects
We’ll prepare you to meet the demands of modern healthcare, by equipping you with extended knowledge and skills.
Our graduates typically take on more senior positions within the NHS. Visit the NHS careers website for further information on nursing roles.
We offer careers information, advice and guidance to all students whilst studying with us, which is extended to our alumni for three years after leaving the University. Our graduates have lifetime access to Surrey Pathfinder, our online portal for appointment and events bookings, jobs, placements and interactive development tools.
Course content
Academic year structure
This course can only be taken part-time, this can take between two to five years to complete. This is dependent on how many modules you select to study at a given time.
Modules
Modules listed are indicative, reflecting the information available at the time of publication. Please note that modules may be subject to teaching availability, student demand and/or class size caps.
The structure of our programmes follows clear educational aims that are tailored to each programme. These are all outlined in the programme specifications which include further details such as the learning outcomes:
Please note: The course content and modules listed for this course are subject to change while we undertake a curriculum design review. Please contact the programme leader if you have any queries about the course.
Timetables
Course timetables are normally available one month before the start of the semester. Please note that while we make every effort to ensure that timetables are as student-friendly as possible, scheduled teaching can take place on any day of the week (Monday–Friday). Wednesday afternoons are normally reserved for sports and cultural activities. View our Code of practice for the scheduling of teaching and assessment (PDF).
Course leader
Hayley Ward
Director of Studies for Healthcare Practice Programme and Leadership in Healthcare Programme
Teaching
Your teaching will be delivered through a combination of:
- Group work (e.g. discussion groups)
- Lectures · Online learning
- Practical simulation classes and clinical skills scenarios
- Role plays
- Seminars
- Tutorials
Outside of these, you’ll be expected to carry out independent study, including coursework, essays and reading.
For some modules, you’ll learn alongside students from other health sciences courses, so you can develop an understanding of interprofessional teamwork.
There may be occasions when the delivery of your teaching is supported by postgraduate research students. The University has a set of procedures that govern the use of postgraduate research students in this way.
Assessment
We use a variety of methods to assess you, including case studies, examinations, presentations, simulated learning experiences (objective structured clinical examinations – OSCEs) and written work. Check individual module information to see full details at a module level.
Contact hours
Contact hours can vary across our modules. Full details of the contact hours for each module are available from the University of Surrey's module catalogue. See the modules section for more information.
Entry requirements
Students will normally hold a previously accumulated credit volume of 120 credits at level 4 and 120 credits at level 5.
Where students do not have the required credits, they will be able to apply through the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) process to have alternative learning accredited.
Students are required to be registered on the appropriate part of the NMC or HCPC register and working currently as a Healthcare Practitioner within a UK healthcare setting.
Fees and funding
Fees are to be confirmed
How to apply
| Course | Status |
|---|---|
Healthcare Practice BSc (Hons) Part-time, 60 months, October 2024 | Applications: open |
Terms and conditions
When you accept an offer of a place at the University of Surrey, you are agreeing to comply with our policies and regulations and our terms and conditions. You are also confirming you have read and understood the University's prospective student privacy notice.
If your sponsoring healthcare provider is funding you for this module, by submitting an application you agree to allow all information regarding your module (for example your exam results) to be shared with the sponsoring provider.
Cancellation policy
If you withdraw less than seven days before the module commences or do not attend on the first day (without informing the module administrator) the full cost of the module will be charged. Withdrawals after the module commences will also be charged.
Module availability
Places are confirmed approximately one month before the module start date. Please note that modules may be subject to teaching availability, student demand and/or class size caps.
Disclaimer
Modules listed are indicative, reflecting the information available at the time of publication. The University of Surrey has used its reasonable efforts to ensure that the information is accurate at the time of publishing, but changes (for example to module content) may occur given the interval between publishing and commencement of the module. It is therefore very important to check this website for any updates before you apply for a module with us. Read the full disclaimer.
Course location and contact details
Campus location
Stag HillStag Hill is the University's main campus and where the majority of our courses are taught.
- Email: postreg_admin@surrey.ac.uk
- Phone: +44 (0)1483 683576
University of Surrey
Guildford
Surrey GU2 7XH