District Nursing PgDip (Initial Qualification)

**Please check the Sheffield Hallam University website for the latest information.** <br/><br/>This course is not open to international students who require a Tier 4 (General) student visa to study in the UK. If you are an international applicant but do not require a Tier 4 (General) student visa, email our Admissions Team (internationaladmissions@shu.ac.uk) to find out whether you’re eligible to apply.<br/><br/>**Course summary**<br/><br/><br/>- Enhance and develop your leadership and management skills.<br/><br/><br/>- Foster excellence in practice to meet the challenges involved in complex care provision.<br/><br/><br/>- Develop detailed knowledge and meet the Standards for Specialist Practice.<br/><br/><br/>- Develop personal resilience as an autonomous and independent decision maker.<br/><br/><br/>Aimed at students who can demonstrate their ability to study at the required level, this course helps you to extend and develop a critical understanding of the advances in district nursing practice. You will learn how to maximise relationships with key partners and coordinate care for people in their own homes and other environments.<br/><br/>Please note this course is not currently accepting applications as it is being replaced by a similar programme that will be advertised shortly.<br/><br/>**How you learn**<br/><br/>You have the opportunity to select full time or part-time study. You learn through a combination of University based and practice learning. The course is made up of 50% practice and 50% theory.<br/><br/>University-based and practice learning experiences are effectively combined in order to achieve the learning outcomes for the programme as a whole. This culminates in a consolidated block of learning at the end of the programme.<br/><br/>The teaching team consists of academics and experts in practice. The curriculum design is innovative in the way in which it integrates learning from practice and theory throughout.<br/><br/>You can study individual modules from this course and gain academic credit towards a qualification. Visit our continuing professional development web page for more information.<br/><br/>**Applied learning**<br/><br/>**Work placements**<br/><br/>You must have sponsorship (employment) with a health care provider for the duration of the course. Students will be assigned a placement and practice teacher/mentor within their sponsoring healthcare organisation. Practice experience occurs as a combination of block and day placements. Alternative practice placements are negotiated with the practice teacher and would normally be spent in a different placement or organisational setting.