This micro-credential explores the methodological and practical issues related to undertaking both primary research and evidence synthesis reviews. The micro-credential also prepares students to develop a research protocol. The micro-credential is ideally suited for any healthcare professional who wishes to update their current understanding of research methods and methodologies and the application of evidence to their practice.

University of Galway

Nursing and Midwifery 

Healthcare and Medicine

This micro-credential explores the methodological and practical issues related to undertaking both primary research and evidence synthesis reviews. The micro-credential also prepares students to develop a research protocol.  The micro-credential

Advanced Research Methods

This micro-credential is not currently open to applications. Please&nbsp;<a href="https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=jb6V1Qaz9EWAZJ5bgvvlK397SeEjC91Ap7I4ER1QBm9UQU1DQTNJQ0tQWklVMEhWR042UFFKQU8xRiQlQCN0PWcu&amp;utm_source=TCD+MC+Website&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_campaign=2024/2025" target="_blank">register your interest</a>&nbsp;to receive updates about this course and other micro-credentials from Trinity College Dublin.&nbsp;
 
This micro-credential is relevant to health and social care professionals working with older adults. Relevant professionals include doctors, nurses, dentists, pharmacists and all allied health and social care professionals working either in healthcare or community settings who are interested in gaining a comprehensive understanding of frailty in ageing adults through the latest evidence-based research and practices. 
 This micro-credential will review the concept of frailty and the multiple methods available to identify it, emphasising understanding the different geriatric dimensions they address and the advantages and disadvantages of every method in different settings. It will also cover Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment and the management of common geriatric syndromes to help achieve a more gerontologically and frailty-attuned healthcare workforce.
How will this Micro-credential be delivered?
<ul>
 <li>This micro-credential is delivered fully online. Learners will take part in ten x 2-hour online lectures on Tuesdays (3-5 pm) Irish Standard Time. </li>
 <li>Further online resources will be available to students to facilitate additional self-directed study.</li>
</ul>

Trinity College Dublin

Care for Older People 

This course qualifies for a 50% subsidy from the EU Fee under the HCI Fees Subsidy. The amount of fee subsidy for eligible Non-EU learners may vary.  Please refer to

Assessment & Management of Frailty in Ageing Adults

This micro-credential aims to give students the opportunity to explore what life- limiting illness means in the context of childhood and gain an overview of the key concepts which make palliative care for children different to palliative care for adults. Students will develop a deeper understanding of the range of complex illnesses which affect children, and for whom palliative care may be required. This micro-credential will also consider the incidence and prevalence of life limiting illness for children in Ireland and gain understand of how this specialty has evolved internationally and nationally over the last number of years.

This micro-credential aims to give students the opportunity to explore what life- limiting illness means in the context of childhood and gain an overview of the key concepts which make

Care of the Child &amp; Family with Palliative / Complex needs

Care of the Child and Family with Palliative / Complex needs

This micro-credential will examine clinical governance and its role in supporting safe practice. This micro-credential is designed to enhance nurses understanding of the principles and processes of clinical governance. This micro-credential is ideally suited for any nurse who would like to enhance their understanding of clinical governance and the application of the principles in practice to ensure safe standards of care for patients.

This micro-credential will examine clinical governance and its role in supporting safe practice. This micro-credential is designed to enhance nurses understanding of the principles and processes of clinical governance. This

Clinical Governance: Supporting Safe Practice

This micro-credential will support students to enhance knowledge and skills of clinical supervision practice. It provides foundational knowledge and skills to enable students in the supervisory role to develop, facilitate and engage in supervisory relationships within identified clinical supervision models to enhance the quality of patient/client care. The micro-credential is delivered using blended learning including (2 days workshops) that will focus on peer group clinical supervision and is delivered over 12 weeks.

This micro-credential will support students to enhance knowledge and skills of clinical supervision practice. It provides foundational knowledge and skills to enable students in the supervisory role to develop, facilitate

Clinical Supervision: Supporting Continuing Professional Development

This micro-credential will provide nurses and allied health care professionals with an advanced understanding of dementia. The overall aim of the micro-credential is to enable the learner to provide person-centred care to people with dementia and their carers enhancing their quality of life. It is delivered by a blende learning approach and has two on campus workshops days .The micro-credential is relevant to those working in the community, acute and long-term care settings.

This micro-credential will provide nurses and allied health care professionals with an advanced understanding of dementia.  The overall aim of the micro-credential is to enable the learner to provide person-centred

Dementia Care: Transforming Practice

The High Dependency in Midwifery micro-credential aims to provide midwives with the specialised clinical knowledge to become effective practitioner’s in caring for clients with complex maternity needs in pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period. Building upon existing knowledge and practical skills, this micro-credential seeks to enable practitioners to enhance the development of critical thinking skills to provide evidence based care for women who require high dependency support.

The High Dependency in Midwifery micro-credential aims to provide midwives with the specialised clinical knowledge to become effective practitioner’s in caring for clients with complex maternity needs in pregnancy, birth

High Dependency Maternity Care

The purpose of this module is to provide the student with the opportunity to develop knowledge and expertise in the provision of care to the older person.

University of Limerick

The purpose of this module is to provide the student with the opportunity to develop knowledge and expertise in the provision of care to the older person.

Management and Co-Ordination of Gerontology Care

Wound care and prevention has grown from limited beginnings to a highly complex specialty with an increasing arena of products, aids and appliances. This requires practitioners to have a highly developed knowledge of physiological and pharmacological concepts in order to provide the patient with the most appropriate treatment and care.

Wound care and prevention has grown from limited beginnings to a highly complex specialty with an increasing arena of products, aids and appliances. This requires practitioners to have a highly

Advanced wound care management

Advanced Wound Care Management

This micro-credential focuses on thecentral concepts of care that underpin specialist practice in complex care for children and their families. The micro-credential is designed to enhance the nurses understanding of the emerging specialty of compex care delivery. This will include exploration of the organisation of health services for this population, factors influencing care delivery in this area including the role of technology, the organisation of care services and issues pertaining to quality care and governance. This micro-credential is shared between the University of Galway and University College Dublin.

This micro-credential focuses on thecentral concepts of care that underpin specialist practice in complex care for children and their families. The micro-credential is designed to enhance the nurses understanding of

Specialist Understanding of Complex Care for Children

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This micro-credential is for health and social care professionals but also, other sectors which have an interface with the area of services' provision to adults at risk. It is interdisciplinary and inter-sector focused. 
 Those who have a safeguarding remit-healthcare, social care, voluntary organisations, financial institutions, statutory bodies would also benefit from this micro-credential. 
 This is a multi-disciplinary micro-credential which aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the topic of and responses to the abuse of adults at risk. It aims to develop and enhance competencies related to the domain of at-risk populations and is open to professionals who work in any sector which provides care or services to at risk populations. 
 Learning modes will include lectures, reflective practice methods, self-directed learning, flipped classrooms, group engagement and problem-based learning within workshops.
The topics covered in this micro-credential include:
<ul>
 <li>Theories of abuse and application to adult safeguarding case scenarios.</li>
 <li>Issues related to decision making capacity and adult safeguarding.</li>
 <li>Multi agency collaboration in safeguarding case management-interventions.</li>
</ul>
How will this Micro-credential be delivered?
This micro-credential is delivered using a blended learning approach (in-person/online):
<ul>
 <li>Lectures will be delivered in 2 in-person workshops (6 hours each) and 10 online days (2 hours per day). </li>
 <li> Online lectures will be available live or as pre-recorded sessions.</li>
</ul>

Safeguarding Adults at Risk of Abuse

Demographic changes have significant implications for the provision and delivery of health and social services to older people in all care settings. It is essential that healthcare professionals possess the specialist knowledge and skills necessary to respond to relating to diverse and holistic needs of older people and changing care environments. This module looks at identifying the needs and priorities for the care of the older person. This module provides the student with the opportunity to develop their competence and expertise in nursing care of the older person.

Demographic changes have significant implications for the provision and delivery of health and social services to older people in all care settings. It is essential that healthcare professionals possess the

Philosophical Underpinnings of Gerontology Care

This module examines the philosophy of palliative care and the influence of policy to inform the provision of a quality, person-centred service. It provides opportunities for participants to enhance knowledge that will inform their practice in palliative care.Â

This module examines the philosophy of palliative care and the influence of policy to inform the provision of a quality, person-centred service. It provides opportunities for participants to enhance knowledge

Principles of Palliative Care Practice

This module will prepare practitioners to meet the needs of people with dementia from diagnosis to end-of-life. The module will address emerging guidelines in local, national and international policies and strategies and within the changing demography of people with dementia. It also provides practitioners with the opportunity to develop specific competencies and expertise in conducting holistic assessments for persons with dementia. Diagnostic procedures and stages of dementia will also be explored. Concepts of personhood, person-centred care and safe care are interweaved throughout modular content.

This module will prepare practitioners to meet the needs of people with dementia from diagnosis to end-of-life. The module will address emerging guidelines in local, national and international policies and

Principles Underpinning Dementia Care

The purpose of this module is to provide the practitioner with the opportunity to develop knowledge and expertise nursing people with dementia. Particular attention is given to attending to the physical, psychosocial, emotional needs of the patient emphasising the need for effective communication and the use of specific interventions and approaches. The importance of support for the person with dementia and family within a range of care settings is recognised and emphasised. The concept and importance of environment will be explored. Palliative care and end of life issues are also critically discussed.

The purpose of this module is to provide the practitioner with the opportunity to develop knowledge and expertise nursing people with dementia. Particular attention is given to attending to the

Therapeutic Interventions in Dementia Care

The purpose of this module is to provide opportunities for participants to develop knowledge informing therapeutic interventions in the provision of holistic palliative care.

The purpose of this module is to provide opportunities for participants to develop knowledge informing therapeutic interventions in the provision of holistic palliative care.

Care for Older People

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