Complexities in Acute Medicine and Surgery (Taught)

Why study Complexities in Acute Medicine and Surgery at Liverpool John Moores University?
Our Postgraduate Certificates (or PgCerts for short), provide the opportunity to study masters-level modules in a specific area of practice relevant to your chosen area of specialism or development.

Our PgCerts are ideal if you:

• would like to experience level 7 study in a particular area of practice without the commitment to a full Masters award.

• are looking for specific areas of professional development or training.

• already have a masters degree and are looking to focus on specialist practice.

• want to undertake a masters eventually and gain some credits that can be transferred into the masters award.

PgCert Complexities in Acute Medicine and Surgery is specifically tailored to focus on supporting and developing knowledge and understanding within acute medicine and acute surgical settings, along with recognition and management of the deteriorating patient.

About this course
PgCert Complexities in Acute Medicine and Surgery comprises three 20 credit modules designed to develop your knowledge, skills and understanding within medical and surgical settings.

The course is primarily aimed at practitioners already working within, or who are interested in, the fields of acute medicine, acute surgery and who deal with patients at risk of deterioration. It will equip you with the knowledge and skills to manage the care of these patients.

You will explore a wide range of commonly presenting acute medical and surgical conditions, timely recognition of deterioration, pertinent therapeutic and diagnostic interventions and defensible decision making through case-based problem solving.

The course takes place over a 30 week period (excluding standard university closures) and is structured as follows:

Module 1: Acute Medicine: Presentations and Management (7011NAPPG)

• 15 weeks

• January to April

Module 2: Managing the Deteriorating Patient (7014NAPPG) and Module 3: Acute Surgery: Presentations and Post-Operative Management (7010NAPPG):

• 15 weeks

• April to July

To cater for the wide-ranging content of our courses and the varied learning preferences of our students, we offer a range of assessment methods on each programme.

The assessment requirements of the programme and each module are designed to reflect assessments that are authentic and relevant to todays health professional. Assessment throughout this programme is predominantly case presentation based.

7011NAPPG - Acute Medicine: Presentations and Management

The assessment for this module is a professional conversation 20 minutes total in length. Students will participate in a professional conversation with the examiner and will be asked a series of questions related to a clinical case.

7014NAPPG - Managing the Deteriorating Patient

The assessment for this module is the submission of a written essay detailing the management of a deteriorating patient case study. The word count for this assessment is 3000 words.

7010NAPPG - Acute Surgery: Presentation and Post-Operative Management

The assessment for this module is a professional conversation 20 minutes total in length. Students will participate in a professional conversation with the examiner and will be asked a series of questions related to a clinical case.