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Healthcare Chaplaincy PGCert

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Part time | University of Glasgow | 12 months | 23-SEP-24

Study mode

Part time

Duration

12 months

Start date

23-SEP-24

Key information
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Qualification type

Postgraduate Certificate

Subject areas

Health Studies Pastoral Studies

Course type

Taught

Course Summary

This programme is the culmination of work to develop healthcare chaplaincy as a profession. It is available to healthcare chaplains and graduates considering healthcare chaplaincy as a profession. Applicants who are considering entering healthcare chaplaincy will also have to satisfy the eligibility criteria for registration with the UK Board of Healthcare Chaplaincy. The University of Glasgow has no locus in this decision.

WHY THIS PROGRAMME

  • It enables chaplains to evidence the Spiritual and Religious Care Capabilities and Competences for Healthcare Chaplains and demonstrate fitness to practice as a Healthcare Chaplain and so become Board Registered.
  • You will learn to assess and meet spiritual and religious care needs, develop educational support for quality spiritual and religious care and facilitate professional role development and staff support.
  • The programme has been commissioned by NHS Education for Scotland and it enables chaplains to evidence the Spiritual and Religious Care Capabilities and Competences for Healthcare Chaplains and demonstrate fitness to practice as a healthcare chaplain and so become Board Registered, subject to satisfying eligibility criteria of the UK Board of Healthcare Chaplaincy.

Modules

This multidisciplinary course introduces health and social care professionals to the knowledge and skills of spiritual and religious care. It is a core course for those seeking to enter the profession of health and social care chaplaincy.

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£3,552

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

£9420 full time fee and it’s a guide for part time students. Additional fees applicable.

Entry requirements

Applicants are required to have an undergraduate degree in theology, religious studies or philosophy or a degree containing significant elements of such or a degree in a healthcare or social care discipline.

University information

The University of Glasgow is one of four ancient universities in Scotland, founded back in 1451. Alumni include seven Nobel Prize winners, Scotland’s First Minister and a Prime Minister, while Albert Einstein gave a seminal lecture on the theory of relativity there in 1933. The university consists of four colleges: College of Arts College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences College of Science and Engineering College of...more