UCC School of Nursing and Midwifery Annual Report 2020

Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery, UCC

School of Nursing & Midwifery CPDs under the July Stimulus HE Initiatives Call across Higher Education Institutions

NU6117 Contemporary Approaches to Neurological, Cognitive and Mental Health in Later Life NU6302 Practice Enhancement for Quality Healthcare NU6312- Contemporary Issues in Healthcare NU6158 Evidence Based Cervical Screening NU6070 Clinical Leadership in Practice Enhancement for Nursing and Midwifery NU6171 Principles in Intensive Care Nursing The Team: Professor P.Leahy Warren, Dr E.Lehane, Director PG Education, Ms A.O’Leary, CPD Lead, Ms P.Fehin, PG Programme Lead, Module Leaders – Dr S.Kelleher, Dr S.Fitzgerald, Dr P.Cotter, Dr N.Cornally, Drs C.Kilty/ I.Hartigan, Dr V.McCarthy, Professor C.Naughton, Dr J.McCarthy, Ms H.Forbes EA References: https://www.ucc.ie/en/nursingmidwifery/theschool/news/ funded-places-on-cpd-modules-at-the-school-of-nursing- and-midwifery-ucc.html https://www.ucc.ie/en/news/students-to-benefit-as-ucc- awarded-funding.html https://www.ucc.ie/en/cpd/options/hea-funding/ https://www.ucc.ie/en/skills/nursing-gerontological/ Post Graduate Certificate in Nursing (Gerontological) https://www.ucc.ie/en/cku04/

The School of Nursing and Midwifery answered the call for funded places under the Government’s July Stimulus Higher Education Initiative. Minister Harris delivered funding for the additional part-time and full-time postgraduate places and modular places. The Post Graduate Certificate in Nursing (Gerontological) and 8 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) modules were on offer under this initiative. Both the Post Graduate Certificate in Nursing (Gerontological) and the CPD modules in the School of Nursing and Midwifery in UCC allowed the learner to be registered on these publicly funded HE courses. Applicants could focus on multiple modular courses if they did not exceed 30 credits. Although a short recruiting time was involved, the School of Nursing and Midwifery received more than 400 applications across the Post Graduate Certificate in Nursing (Gerontological) and the 8 CPD modules. Applicants were mainly nursing, with some pharmacists, speech and language therapists, and occupational therapists. The School of Nursing and Midwifery secured applicants across all 8 modules and the Post Graduate Certificate in Nursing (Gerontological). 150 successful applicants commenced studying with the School of Nursing and Midwifery on the 14th December 2020. Geographically students took up places from across the country, as far as Donegal.

Included in this scheme are:

MH6029 Decision Making and Advanced Practice Professional Roles MH6030 Leadership, Quality Improvement and Governance for Advanced Clinical Practice

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