Community Health and Well Being
University of South Wales
UCAS Code: 4A83 | Foundation Degree in Science - FdSc
University of South Wales
UCAS Code: 4A83 | Foundation Degree in Science - FdSc
Entry requirements
A level
Access to HE Diploma
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Merit Pass is also acceptable.
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Applications to the course will be considered on an individual basis. Typical entry requirements are detailed below but if you don’t meet these criteria, then your work and life experience will be taken into consideration. Combinations of the qualifications below are acceptable and other qualifications not listed may also be acceptable.
Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (first teaching September 2015)
About this course
Community Health and Wellbeing focuses on interventions that health care workers provide outside of health care establishments. Community Health Workers use strong interpersonal skills to improve access and early diagnosis in communities. The Foundation Degree in Community Health and Wellbeing provides an alternative route for students unable to achieve the entry requirements for undergraduate health or nursing programmes. There are also generic study skills elements, along with Anatomy and Pathology modules, which would suit both acute and community practice.
Successful completion of this Community Health and Well-Being course will give you 240 CAT points and over 300 hours in a supervised, healthcare related practical work placement. There is also the opportunity to top-up your foundation qualification to a full BSc (Hons) qualification with just one additional year of study
Modules
Workplace learning and practical placements are key elements of the Foundation Degree Community Health and Wellbeing which provide essential experience to put the theory you learn in lectures into practice.
Year 1
•Academic, Research and Professional Skills
•Anatomy and Physiology
•Project, Research and Digital Skills for the Workplace
•Pathology, Treatment and Prevention of Disease
•Work Based Practice 1 (Work Placement)
•Mental Health and Wellbeing
•Study Skills for Higher Education
Year 2
•Work Based Project Skills and Strategies
•Work Based Practice 2 including Ethics
•Promoting Community Health and Well Being
•Health Psychology
•Leadership in Inter-professional Teams
Year 3
Students have the opportunity to top-up their foundation qualification to a full BSc (Hons) qualification with just one additional year of study.
Top-up modules include:
•Health Promotion
•Inter-Professional and Multi-Agency Working
•Professional Development in Health and Social Care
•Applied Professional Project
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Coleg Gwent (Ebbw Vale)
Torfaen Learning Zone
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