CPD Modules

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A number of our modules are funded by the Government's Modular Skills Provision initiative to cover 90% to 100% of the fees. Eligibility criteria are the same as for Springboard+ courses.

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Module	Subject Area	Begins	Cost
NU6622 Clinical Supervision: Supporting CPD Beginning: Saturday, Sep. 2, 2023 This module on clinical supervision (CS) aims to provide the students with the required knowledge and practical skills to become effective supervisees/supervisors, and will thus enhance the implementation of CS frameworks in practice. Application deadline is the 19th of August. Credits: 10. Cost: €935.	Medicine, Nursing, Health Sciences	2023/09/02	€935
NU438 Advanced Wound Care Management Beginning: Monday, Sep. 4, 2023 This module aims to provide opportunities to explore wound management in depth to enable critical practice in this specialised area of care. The module can be used as part fulfilment of the MSc/PG Dip Health Science Wound Healing and Tissue Repair. Delivered by national and international experts using blended learning. Application deadline is 30 June. Credits: 10. Cost: €935.	Medicine, Nursing, Health Sciences	2023/09/04	€935
NU625 Teaching Effectively Beginning: Monday, Sep. 4, 2023 This module has been developed by the education team at the School of Nursing and Midwifery at NUI Galway. This is an interactive module that aims to provide a theoretical and practical exposure at helping the learner to begin teaching. When we talk about teaching, this applies to teaching learners, patients/clients or their families. Application deadline is 30 June. Credits: 10. Cost: €935.	Medicine, Nursing, Health Sciences	2023/09/04	€935
NU606 Principles and Practice of Acute Medical Nursing Beginning: Monday, Sep. 4, 2023 This post graduate module is intended for those who work in an acute medical setting and builds on the core clinical skills and theories covered in the module “Recognising and Responding to Client Deterioration”. Application deadline is 30 June. Credits: 10. Cost: €935.	Medicine, Nursing, Health Sciences	2023/09/04	€935
NU6446 Quality of Life & Symptom Mgt in Children’s Palliative/Complex Care Beginning: Monday, Sep. 4, 2023 This module focuses on developing in depth comprehension of the philosophy of palliative care for children and the application of key concepts in relation to the assessment and management of symptoms. Application deadline is 30 June. Credits: 10. Cost: €935.	Medicine, Nursing, Health Sciences	2023/09/04	€935
NU6104 Management of Venous Leg Ulceration Beginning: Monday, Sep. 4, 2023 This module aims to give participants opportunities to explore the topic of venous leg ulceration in depth in order to enable critical practice in this specialised area of care. Application deadline is 30 June. Credits: 10. Cost: €935.	Medicine, Nursing, Health Sciences	2023/09/04	€935
NU6444 Care of the Child & Family with Palliative / Complex Needs Beginning: Monday, Sep. 4, 2023 Although death in childhood is relatively uncommon, the specific care needs of the child and family require a reflective, family centred and evidence-based approach to practice. This module provides students with 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 and their families different to palliative care offered to adults. Application deadline is 30 June. Credits: 10. Cost: €935.	Medicine, Nursing, Health Sciences	2023/09/04	€935
NU623 Clinical Governance: Supporting Safe Practice Beginning: Monday, Sep. 4, 2023 The module is guided by the National Patient Safety Framework (The Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care, 2005) and the WHO Patient Safety Curriculum Guide for Medical Schools (World Health Organisation, 2009). Application deadline is 30 June. Credits: 10. Cost: €935.	Medicine, Nursing, Health Sciences	2023/09/04	€935
NU605 Recognising and Responding to Client Deterioration Beginning: Tuesday, Sep. 5, 2023 This module aims to provide graduate nurses with the specialised knowledge and skills to assess, prioritise, respond to and manage challenging acute care episodes. Supporting students to broaden and deepen their knowledge and skills has the potential to enable them to identify client deterioration more quickly and minimise avoidable emergencies. Application deadline is 30 June. Credits: 10. Cost: €935.	Medicine, Nursing, Health Sciences	2023/09/05	€935
BS1141 Applied Innovation Beginning: Saturday, Sep. 9, 2023 This module aims to provide you with important insights into innovation and how it may be applied to any organisation. The module introduces you to practical tools and techniques from literature to improve the innovation process and generate successful ideas, learn to recognise the drivers and challenges you will encounter along the way. Application deadline: 25th August Credits: 5. Cost: €500.	Science & Technology Studies (CPD Undergraduate) - CPB	2023/09/09	€500
BS1146 Materials Science & Processes Beginning: Saturday, Sep. 9, 2023 Materials science is an interdisciplinary field applying the properties of matter to various areas of science and engineering. This scientific field investigates the relationship between the structure of materials at atomic or molecular scales and their macroscopic properties. It incorporates elements of applied physics and chemistry. Application deadline: 25th August. Credits: 5. Cost: €500.	Science & Technology Studies (CPD Undergraduate) - CPB	2023/09/09	€500
DT1143 Maths 2 Beginning: Saturday, Sep. 9, 2023 The aim of this module is to introduce you to some useful and interesting advanced mathematical topics. You will learn about • mathematical proof and logic (1 unit), • complex numbers, roots and polynomials (3 units), • eigenvalues of linear transformations (2 units), • integration (9 units) and • differential equations (1 unit). The module builds on the mathematical skills that you have acquired in the Maths 1 module. Application deadline: 25th August Credits: 10. Cost: €785.	Science & Technology Studies (CPD Undergraduate) - CPB	2023/09/09	€785
DT1150 Physics 1 Beginning: Saturday, Sep. 9, 2023 Physics is concerned with exploring nature, discovering its principles and explaining and understanding the world around us. Application Deadline: 25th August Credits: 5. Cost: €500.	Science & Technology Studies (CPD Undergraduate) - CPB	2023/09/09	€500
DT1148 Chemistry Beginning: Saturday, Sep. 9, 2023 Chemistry is concerned with molecules — what they are, and how and why they behave as they do. The aim of this module is to give you a solid understanding of the processes that occur at a molecular level. Equipped with this foundation you should be able to analyse and tackle real-life chemical problems. Application Deadline: 25th August Credits: 5. Cost: €500.	Science & Technology Studies (CPD Undergraduate) - CPB	2023/09/09	€500
DT1154 Introduction to Management Beginning: Saturday, Sep. 16, 2023 In this module you will learn about the management of business organisations. The aim of the module is to give you an understanding of how organisations work and are managed. • It will develop your ability to analyse management processes and strategic direction. • It will introduce you to the role of the key management functions in ensuring good performance of any company. • It will make you aware of the key challenges facing modern management. Application deadline: 25th August Credits: 5. Cost: €500.	Science & Technology Studies (CPD Undergraduate) - CPB	2023/09/16	€500
BS1156 Enterprise Modelling & Simulation Beginning: Saturday, Sep. 16, 2023 Enterprise modelling is the process of building models of whole or part of an enterprise with process models, data models, resource models and/or new processes etc. Enterprise modelling deals with the process of understanding an enterprise and improving its performance through creation of enterprise models. It is based on knowledge about the enterprise, previous models and/or reference models. Application deadline: 25th August Credits: 5. Cost: €500.	Science & Technology Studies (CPD Undergraduate) - CPB	2023/09/16	€500
BS1169 Manufacturing Technology Beginning: Saturday, Sep. 16, 2023 Manufacturing technology provides the means for society to manufacture/ supply products to meet the needs of modern society. Manufacturing technology in this module covers: • Engineering materials including metals, ceramics, polymers and composite materials. • Manufacturing processes, both traditional and recently developed. • Electronic manufacturing technologies. Application deadline: 25th August Credits: 5. Cost: €500.	Science & Technology Studies (CPD Undergraduate) - CPB	2023/09/16	€500
BS1168 Automation 1 Beginning: Saturday, Sep. 16, 2023 Automation is a key competitive resource which enables Western industries to achieve greater productivity and to compete globally on cost. The module begins with an overview of how automation has become important for industry, and the key strategies adopted by industry to deploy automation in order to improve competitiveness. Automation is used to improve a number of key performance indicators. Application deadline: 25th August Credits: 5. Cost: €500.	Science & Technology Studies (CPD Undergraduate) - CPB	2023/09/16	€500
BS1155 Problem Solving Tools & Techniques Beginning: Saturday, Sep. 16, 2023 Problem Solving Tools and Techniques is designed to give you an understanding of the tools and techniques used by organisations to implement Six Sigma projects. Six Sigma project leaders need to analyse problems to decide which ones to target as Six Sigma projects. The aim of this module is to give you a broad overview of the tools and techniques that are used in Six Sigma projects. Application deadline: 25th August Credits: 5. Cost: €500.	Science & Technology Studies (CPD Undergraduate) - CPB	2023/09/16	€500
BS1159 Mechanics of Solids Beginning: Saturday, Sep. 16, 2023 Mechanics of Solids is an important subject in engineering which deals with the behaviour of solid bodies subjected to various types of loading. This field of study is also known as the ‘Mechanics of materials’, ‘Strength of materials’ and ‘Mechanical of Deformable bodies’. This course in Mechanics of Solids gives you the opportunity to learn a basic engineering subject and, at the same time, develop your analytical and problem solving abilities. Application deadline: 25th August Credits: 5. Cost: €500.	Science & Technology Studies (CPD Undergraduate) - CPB	2023/09/16	€500
DT1161 Introduction to Quality Management Beginning: Saturday, Sep. 16, 2023 The aim of the module is to give an effective and functional overview of Quality Management. It will: • introduce you to the role that Quality Management plays in the workplace • make you aware of the how to implement a range of quality strategies and tools • inform you about the impact that quality has on the organisation as a whole. Application Deadline: 25th August Credits: 5. Cost: €500.	Science & Technology Studies (CPD Undergraduate) - CPB	2023/09/16	€500
DT1144 Operations Engineering Beginning: Saturday, Sep. 16, 2023 Operations Engineering is the know-how that factories/organisations use to produce goods and services. It is the process knowledge that has been learned from past experience and innovation from engineering disciplines. This module explains what is involved in and identifies the function of operations engineering. It explains the transformation of systems which produce goods and services and identifies the decisions that operations engineers make. Application Deadline: 25th August Credits: 5. Cost: €500.	Science & Technology Studies (CPD Undergraduate) - CPB	2023/09/16	€500
DT1149 Introduction to Operations Engineering Beginning: Saturday, Sep. 16, 2023 The aim of the module is to give you an understanding of how operations are designed and managed. • It will develop your knowledge of best practice for the design of products and manufacturing processes. • It will develop your commercial awareness of how well designed products and processes can give competitive advantage to a firm in the marketplace. • It will introduce the importance of planning and control, ensuring good performance of any company. Application Deadline: 25th August Credits: 5. Cost: €500.	Science & Technology Studies (CPD Undergraduate) - CPB	2023/09/16	€500
DT1152 Information Technology Beginning: Saturday, Sep. 16, 2023 This module covers an introduction to computer hardware, software, operating systems, networks, the internet and WWW and an introduction to the cloud as well as On-premises based computer applications such as MS Office. All tutorials are computer-based. Introduction to computer architecture: hardware, software, operating systems, networks, the Internet, the Cloud and the World Wide Web Introduction to computer applications such as MS Office & Screencasting Application Deadline: 25th August Credits: 5. Cost: €500.	Science & Technology Studies (CPD Undergraduate) - CPB	2023/09/16	€500
BS1157 Environmental Leadership in Organisations Beginning: Saturday, Sep. 16, 2023 While environmental protection is a global issue, environmental activities occur at all levels with industrial and commercial environments playing a lead role. This module will explore local and global sustainability issues and their implications for industrial and commercial environments and examine case studies of environmental leadership in practice. Application deadline: 25th August Credits: 5. Cost: €500.	Science & Technology Studies (CPD Undergraduate) - CPB	2023/09/16	€500
DT1141 Statistics Beginning: Saturday, Sep. 16, 2023 The aim of this module is to give you a broad foundation in statistics and to build on this foundation so that you have the necessary confidence and statistical skills to visualise and interpret data. This module will also help you to develop a working knowledge of the statistical package Minitab. The appendix booklet provides examples of how to use Minitab. You can apply the knowledge and skills learned in the various units to Minitab. Application Deadline: 25th August Credits: 5. Cost: €500.	Science & Technology Studies (CPD Undergraduate) - CPB	2023/09/16	€500
NU581 Best Practice in Cervical Smear Taking Beginning: Tuesday, Sep. 19, 2023 The module is aimed at Nurses or Healthcare Professionals working in clinical settings which take cervical smears. It aims to give health professionals the knowledge and skills required for an effective cervical screening programme. Application deadline is 15 July. Credits: 10. Cost: €550.	Medicine, Nursing, Health Sciences	2023/09/19	€550
BS1148 Environmental Science Beginning: Saturday, Sep. 23, 2023 This module aims to enhance your understanding and appreciation of environment-related disciplines. It provides you with facts and attitudes that will help you understand and evaluate current environmental issues critically, evaluate technological advances, and put environmental issues into a legal perspective. In this module we have linked current environmental concerns with traditional science and social-economic issues. Application deadline: 25th August Credits: 5. Cost: €500.	Science & Technology Studies (CPD Undergraduate) - CPB	2023/09/23	€500
DT1157 Design of Engineering Systems Beginning: Saturday, Sep. 30, 2023 Design of Engineering Systems represents a complex interconnection of many elements to maximise performance. This science relates to all fields of engineering, and requires contribution from diverse technical disciplines. It involves the combined effort of all the team involved in the design process, leading to a structured development process that proceeds from conception to production to operation, and in some cases to termination and disposal. Application deadline: 25th August Credits: 5. Cost: €500.	Science & Technology Studies (CPD Undergraduate) - CPB	2023/09/30	€500
NU6445 (UCD) Specialist Understanding of Complex Care for Children Beginning: Monday, Jan. 8, 2024 This module focuses on the central concepts of care that underpin specialist practice in complex care for children and their families. The organisation of health services for this population will be explored, as well as factors influencing care delivery- including the role of technology, the organisation of care services, and issues pertaining to quality care and clinical governance. The module is taught in UCD, Dublin. Application deadline is 31 October. Credits: 10. Cost: €935.	Medicine, Nursing, Health Sciences	2024/01/08	€935
PO5102 Vascular Disease Beginning: Monday, Jan. 8, 2024 This level 9 module has been developed as a collaborative initiative between the Vascular Team, Saolta University HealthCare Group, the Discipline of Podiatric Medicine and the School of Nursing at University of Galway. The management of patients with disease requires a multidisciplinary approach, expert knowledge and a dedication to service provision and service development underpinned by evidence-based practice. Appplication deadline is 31 October. Credits: 10. Cost: €935.	Medicine, Nursing, Health Sciences	2024/01/08	€935
PO5101 Management Diabetic Foot Disease Beginning: Monday, Jan. 8, 2024 This level 9 module is designed to facilitate development of multifaceted skills required when managing the foot conditions found in patients with diabetes. This module will provide students with the theoretical knowledge regarding elements of the management of Diabetic Foot Disease that will underpin the development of their clinical practice and clinical skills. Application deadline is 31 October. Credits: 10. Cost: €935.	Medicine, Nursing, Health Sciences	2024/01/08	€935
NU502 Advanced Research Methods Beginning: Monday, Jan. 8, 2024 This module is designed to enable students explore the methodological and practical issues about research. It will help students determine the appropriate research design for research questions in their practice and provides an opportunity for students to debate, challenge and clarify research issues. Application deadline is 31 October. Credits: 10. Cost: €935.	Medicine, Nursing, Health Sciences	2024/01/08	€935
NU568 High Dependency Maternity Care Beginning: Monday, Jan. 8, 2024 Building upon existing knowledge and skills, this module seeks to enable practitioners to anticipate, assess, plan, prioritise, implement and evaluate care by enabling them to develop the specialised knowledge and skills required for working with women who require high dependency care in pregnancy, childbirth and the postnatal period. Application deadline is 31 October. Credits: 10. Cost: €935.	Medicine, Nursing, Health Sciences	2024/01/08	€935
NU644 Student-Centered Teaching & Learning: Active Engagement Strategies Beginning: Monday, Jan. 8, 2024 This module aims to broaden and build students’ repertoire of teaching strategies beyond traditional didactic approaches. Students will also explore the concept of “student engagement” and will examine how to: (1) incorporate active learning strategies into their classes and (2) use technologies to support teaching and promote student interest. Approaches to skills teaching in simulated and practice settings are also addressed. Application deadline is 31 October. Credits: 10. Cost: €935.	Medicine, Nursing, Health Sciences	2024/01/08	€935
NU634 Dementia Care: Transforming Practice Beginning: Monday, Jan. 8, 2024 This module will provide you with an advanced understanding of dementia. The module aims to enable healthcare professionals to provide person-centred care that enhances the quality of life of people with dementia and their carers. This module has been developed using the latest evidence from the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). Application deadline is 31 October. Credits: 10. Cost: €935.	Medicine, Nursing, Health Sciences	2024/01/08	€935