ABERDEEN COLLEGE COURSE DETAILS

HNC Healthcare

* Conditions may apply

• Duration: 1 year
• Study Options: FT

• College Centre: Gallowgate
• Contact: Aberdeen College (Tel: 01224 342833 or Email: care@abcol.ac.uk)

• Entry Requirements:
  

  Candidates must be at least 17 years of age at the beginning of this course.This course is suitable for people with highers, or have completed the Higher syllabus or have successfully completed a relevant non-advanced course.

  Please note that for all care courses involving work experience placement, an offer of a place is subject to a satisfactory check through Disclosure Scotland (Enhanced).

• Description:
  

  The course will enable students to develop knowledge and skills relevant to the health care sector. Candidates attend a practical placement in a care environment in order to achieve the full HNC Health Care award.

• Who is the Course for?
  

  This course provides students with a recognised entry qualification for Year 2 entry to Adult and Mental Health Nursing branches at The Robert Gordon University.

• How will I be Assessed?
  

  Course work is assessed in a variety of ways including, projects, short answer questions, essays and some closed book assessments, as well as oral and practical. 

  The Graded Unit is a portfolio of evidence.  It is marked by the centre and externally moderated by SQA.

  The emphasis is centred on student centred learning, where students are encouraged and supported to complete independent research.

  Students are encouraged from an early stage to take responsibility for their own learning and the use of the colleges Virtual learning Environment is actively encouraged.

  A unit overview, covering each learning the lecturer at the start of each unit will give outcome and particular assessment details.

• Course Content Includes:
  
  • Calculations and Practical Techniques in Health Care
  • Health Care Policy
  • Health Care Practice Experience
  • Health Care: Graded Unit 1
  • Physiology for Health Care Professions
  • Physiology of the Reproductive System
  • Positive Health Care for Individuals
  • Principles of Health Care Practice
  • Psychology and Sociology in Health Care

COURSE RELATED STUDENT PROFILE

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