Postgraduate Training and CPD

Continuing Your Professional Development in Health Professions

The University of Lincoln offers a wide a variety of health related taught courses which range from 15 credit single modules, 60, and 120 credit post graduate certificates and diplomas, and full Master's degrees. Study can be undertaken either part time or full time, with a number of delivery methods, including fully on site, fully distance learning, or a blended approach. Our exciting CPD offers are designed for health, allied health, and social care professionals who are looking to increase or update their knowledge and skills in specific areas or develop broader skill sets in new areas.

Undergraduate Courses

Our undergraduate CPD offer is professionally orientated and intended as a 'top-up' for registered healthcare professionals from a range of backgrounds including nurses, paramedics, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and radiographers.

BSc (Hons) Professional Practice

This is a professionally-orientated programme of study which has been developed as a ‘top-up’ option following discussions with partners which identified a need for courses which are responsive to both national and local policy that aims to meet the educational needs of the local health professional population.

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Postgraduate Courses

Our postgraduate CPD offer is professionally orientated and intended to enable students to progress towards their career goals and develop practice specialisms. These courses are delivered by experienced professionals who have worked in the healthcare industry.

PG Cert Adult Critical Care

This course is designed to build on existing knowledge, skills, and abilities to help students improve the quality of care delivered to patients. We aim to create graduates who can critically analyse data, utilise problem-solving skills in care settings, and confidently articulate opinions.

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PG Cert Safeguarding: Leading Safer Organisations

The Postgraduate Certificate aims to help leaders develop and implement the skills needed to introduce safe practices and cultures that seek to protect those who are at risk, as well as equip businesses with the processes to protect against allegations, should they occur.

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PG Cert Pre-hospital Critical Care

This programme is designed for those seeking to bolster their academic understanding of this developing area of practice. It focuses on taking existing knowledge, skills, and abilities in prehospital care and improve awareness of the interventions, procedures, circumstances, and systems involved in prehospital critical care.

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MSc Advanced Clinical Practice

The MSc Advanced Clinical Practice offers registered practitioners a flexible, bespoke, and student-centred programme of study that aims to meet their personal and professional development needs as they progress within their role towards advanced expert practice.

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MSc Advanced Clinical Practice (Apprenticeship)

The MSc Advanced Clinical Practice (Apprenticeship) offers registered practitioners a flexible, bespoke, and student-centred programme of study that aims to meet their personal and professional development needs as they progress within their role towards advanced expert practice.

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MSc Contemporary Physiotherapy Practice

Physiotherapy is a scientific and evidence-based health profession that takes a ‘whole person’ approach to improving and maintaining wellbeing. Physiotherapists help people affected by injury, illness, or disability, using a range of interventions such as advice, education, exercise, manual therapy, and electrophysical agents.

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MSc Integrated Professional Practice

The programme has been designed to provide opportunities for both early career and experienced workers within the health and care sector to explore the complexities of working in contemporary practice in depth. Students will be offered support to extend and enhance their professional knowledge and skills, with a range of modules appealing to those working across the range of providers.

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MSc Safeguarding: Leading Safer Organisations

This Master's programme is designed to aid leaders develop and implement skills needed to introduce safe practice and a culture that protects those who are at risk, as well as equip businesses with the processes to protect against allegations, should they occur.

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Short Courses

Our short courses are designed to give professionals the opportunity to build their skillsets and competencies in specific areas of interest within healthcare.

Independent Prescribing for Pharmacists

This course enables experienced pharmacists to build on their existing knowledge as experts in medicines and acquire additional skills and competencies, particularly in relation to history taking.

Assessment and Management of Minor Injuries

The aim of this course is to enable the experienced health care practitioner to develop proficiency in the assessment, treatment, and management of minor injuries and apply this in practice.

Infection Control in Clinical Practice

This course is designed to support health and social care practitioners to explore the proactive prevention, responsive investigation, and appropriate control management of infections.

A Comprehensive Approach to History Taking and Physical Assessment

The aim of this course is to enable the experienced healthcare practitioner to develop their physical assessment skills and apply this to their own clinical context.

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Paediatric Urgent Care

This course aims to further develop healthcare practitioners’ skills and knowledge in the specific issues around clinical decision-making, organisation, and escalation while working with children.

Return to Practice (Nursing)

This short course supports learners who are former NMC or UKCC registrants who qualified as Adult, Mental Health, and Children's nurses who are looking to return to work and registration with the NMC.

Person-centred Cancer Care

This module explores how cancer affects people and their families from a range of perspectives, allowing health and care professionals to increase collaboration and integrated team working.

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New Directions in Integrated Health and Social Care

This short course allows you to explore the political and theoretical landscape of global, national and local decision making in policy.

Evidencing Ongoing Professional Development (15 Credits)

This course examines prior learning from individual study, short courses, and non-accredited learning opportunities as well as conference proceedings, professional reading, and occupational activity.

Evidencing Ongoing Professional Development (30 Credits)

This course examines prior learning from individual study, short courses, and non-accredited learning opportunities as well as conference proceedings, professional reading, and occupational activity.

Negotiated Work-based Learning (15 Credits)

In this short course you choose the focus of your learning, giving you the opportunity to explore subjects that are truly relevant to your personal professional practice.

Negotiated Work-based Learning (30 Credits)

In this short course you choose the focus of your learning, giving you the opportunity to explore subjects that are truly relevant to your personal professional practice.

Musculoskeletal Assessment, Diagnosis, and Management for First Contact Practice

This course will build on previous musculoskeletal related learning and experience to an advanced level.

Injection Therapy for Musculoskeletal Practice

The course introduces the theory and practice of musculoskeletal injection therapy, including the safety, ethical and legal aspects of practice in the context of the evidence base.

Advanced Musculoskeletal Practice Portfolio

This course offers registered Health Professionals the opportunity to build on previous musculoskeletal related learning and experience to an advanced level.

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Best Interest Assessor

This course offers registered Health Professionals the opportunity to build on previous musculoskeletal related learning and experience to an advanced level.

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Independent/Supplementary Prescriber Programme

This course is designed to provide a sound underpinning knowledge base in relation to pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics, building on students pre-existing knowledge and skills.

Fundamentals in Tissue Viability

This course explores the anatomy, physiology and classification of wounds, helping practitioners to develop their knowledge, skills, and understanding of wound prevention, management, and care.

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Proactive Management of Long Term Conditions

This course helps provide practitioners with the knowledge and skills to proactively support the holistic care and treatment of individuals with long term health and social care needs.

Integrated Professional Practice Research Methods

The course supports students in deepening their understanding of qualitative and quantitive research approaches that can be used to address research questions in the health and social care sector.

Principles of Teaching and Learning in Health Professions Education

The course supports students in deepening their understanding of qualitative and quantitive research approaches that can be used to address research questions in the health and social care sector.

Contact Us

CPD Team
University of Lincoln
Brayford Pool
Lincoln
LN6 7TS

Email: cpd@lincoln.ac.uk