The Faculty of Life and Health Sciences offers a range of short courses to support your continuing professional development and help you enhance your knowledge.
Advanced Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology
This course focuses on the formulation, characterisation and evaluation of novel pharmaceutical delivery systems based on nanotechnology.
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Advanced knowledge in symptom management in Palliative Care
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Advancing Care for People with Continence Disorders
Enabling students from a variety of disciplines to increase their knowledge in relation to the advancement of effective and proactive continence care.
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Advancing Care for People with Continence Disorders
Enabling students from a variety of disciplines to increase their knowledge in relation to the advancement of effective and proactive continence care.
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Advancing Care for People with Stoma
Enables the student to carefully consider a range of issues related to advancing care for people with a stoma across the lifespan
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Advancing Care for People with Stoma
Enables the student to carefully consider a range of issues related to advancing care for people with a stoma across the lifespan
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Advancing Care for People with Urological Disorders
Assists the student to identify ways in which they can act as a positive force for the advancement of well-being in people with urological disorders
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Advancing Care for People with Urological Disorders
Assists the student to identify ways in which they can act as a positive force for the advancement of well-being in people with urological disorders
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Assessment of Perinatal Mental Health and Wellbeing
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Assessment of Perinatal Mental Health and Wellbeing
This module will provide students with the skills to complete an assessment of the MH needs of pregnant women and new mothers.
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Autonomous Nursing Practice in Caring for People Presenting with Minor Injuries
An opportunity to gain an understanding of human anatomy and pathophysiology within a holistic emergency care framework
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Business Practice and Commercial Awareness in Pharmacy
This course aims to critically evaluate, develop and apply business practice and commercial awareness in the marketing of pharmaceutical services.
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Cervical Screening
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Community Nurse Practitioner Prescribing V150 L7
Prepares safe and effective Community Nurse Prescribers who are competent to prescribe from the Nurse Prescribers Formulary for Community Prescribers
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Community Practitioner Nurse Prescribing V150
Prepares safe and effective Community Nurse Prescribers who are competent to prescribe from the Nurse Prescribers Formulary for Community Prescribers
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Concepts of 'Holism' in Forensic Healthcare Practice
Builds on Fundamentals of Forensic HC module & aims to develop the student's knowledge and understanding of holistic concepts, theories and practices
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Contemporary Issues in Learning Disability
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Drug Discovery, Development and Delivery
This course focuses on understanding of the processes involved from drug discovery and development to how the drugs are brought to the market place.
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Environmental Impact Assessment
This course introduces environmental impact assessment, the methodology of carrying out an environmental audit and environmental management systems.
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Fundamentals of Forensic Healthcare Practice
Aims to develop the students' knowledge and aptitude to work safely and effectively in forensic healthcare settings
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GIS Databases
This course examines the methods by which data can be stored, accessed and manipulated in order to provide high quality databases for GI Systems
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GIS in Business and Society
This course introduces GIS relevant management and decision making concepts in business and society.
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Health Assessment
Develop and enhance the student knowledge base and practice of health assessment and facilitate the development of problem solving skills
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Health Assessment and Clinical Reasoning
Develop and enhance the student knowledge base and practice of health assessment and facilitate the development of problem solving skills
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Instrumental Methods in Pharmaceutical Sciences
This course provides participants with the ability to select and apply appropriate methods and instrumentation for quality control/quality assurance.
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Integrative Holistic Forensic Healthcare Practice
Aims to develop the student's knowledge and systematic understanding of integrative holistic concepts, theories and practices
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Minor Illness Management
Provide students with the opportunity to gain an understanding of human anatomy and pathophysiology within a holistic emergency care framework
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Motivational Interviewing for Practice
Provides the student with the necessary knowledge and values that underpin MI, and introduce them to the skills of practicing it.
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Motivational interviewing
Provides the student with the necessary knowledge and values that underpin MI, and introduce them to the skills of practicing it.
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Pharmacy Practice in the Republic of Ireland
This course provides understanding of the legislative and practice requirements, relating to the practice of pharmacy in the Republic of Ireland.
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Pollution Monitoring
This course provides the knowledge and skills necessary to monitor pollution of the environment.
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Principles of Forensic Healthcare Practice
Develops the students' decisions making skills and assessment of risk to work safely and effectively in forensic healthcare settings.
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Principles of GIS
This course introduces the theory and practice of GIS (Geographic Information Systems).
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Principles of Working with People with Learning Disabilities who display Challenging Behaviour
Provides the student with the necessary knowledge and skills required to understand what challenging behaviour is
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Principles of assessing people with learning disabilities and mental health problems
Provides the student with the necessary knowledge and skills to work under supervision in assessing/screening an individual with a learning disability
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Principles of assessing people with learning disabilities and mental health problems
Provides the student with the necessary knowledge and skills to work under supervision in assessing/screening an individual with a learning disability
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Principles of working with people with learning disabilities who display challenging behaviour
Provide the student with the necessary knowledge and skills required to understand what challenging behaviour is
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Remote Sensing
This course addresses the scope of remotely-sensed images as another source of GIS data as well as extending mutual benefits of data integration.
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Spirometry for Healthcare
This will equip you to accurately produce & critically analyse the interpretation of spirometry readings, leading to an accurate diagnosis & treatment
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Spirometry for Healthcare Professionals
This will equip you to accurately produce & critically analyse the interpretation of spirometry readings, leading to an accurate diagnosis & treatment
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Sports, Management and the Law
This course will enable participants to see the interconnections between sport business and the law.
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Symptom Management in End of Life Care.
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The Fundamentals of Adult Continence Promotion
To develop and enhance knowledge in relation to proactive, person-centered continence management
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The Fundamentals of Adult Continence Promotion
To develop and enhance knowledge in relation to proactive, person-centered continence management
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The Fundamentals of Stoma Care - Level 6
Helps healthcare professionals tp identify how they can play an increasingly influential role in assisting the person living with a stoma
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The Fundamentals of Stoma Care - Level 7
Helps healthcare professionals to identify how they can play an increasingly influential role in assisting the person living with a stoma
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The Fundamentals of Urology - Level 6
Assisting healthcare professionals to play a greater role in urological care
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The Fundamentals of Urology - Level 7
Assisting healthcare professionals to play a greater role in urological care
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Water Management
This course provides an opportunity for participants to develop their understanding of processes in the environment and in water treatment.
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Web-based GIS
This course provides an introduction to web-based GIS using a range of languages such as HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
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Zoonoses and Public Health
This course focuses on a comprehensive, detailed and systematic understanding of the impact of zoonoses on public health and pharmacy practice.