Long Term Conditions PgCert

University of Huddersfield

This course is aimed at health and social care professionals who are working within a role involving caring for people with long-term conditions. It offers you the opportunity to develop your knowledge and understanding of long-term clinical management of the individual with a long-term condition. You will consider the implications for patients and carers facing the reality of living well or dying as a result of a long-term condition. It will assist you in developing your history taking, diagnostic reasoning, clinical assessment and examination skills, in order to inform the principles of case management and therapeutic interventions. You will have the opportunity to explore research relevant to your individual professional developmental needs and apply this in your specialist area of practice.