What you'll study

The course starts with fundamentals, such as communication, telephone consultation, history-taking, policy, ethical, legal and professional issues. This is followed by a more in-depth look at the consultation, history taking and symptoms for a range of minor ailments or commonly presenting conditions with a focus on safe and effective decision making. The last stage is to consolidate and disseminate your learning through developing as an emerging leader in your areas of specialism.

The training will be delivered by the University of Derby through a blended learning platform, offering a mixture of online and face to face learning. There will be an induction day, followed by the online learning programme, with opportunities for online or placement visit support.   

There are several entry points for cohorts over the length of the contract, which ends in April 2020.

How you will learn

The training will be delivered by the University of Derby through a blended learning platform, offering a mixture of online and face to face learning. There will be an initial training needs analysis and induction, followed by the online learning programme, with opportunities for online or placement visit support.  

There are several entry points for cohorts over the length of the contract, which ends in April 2020.

Key features

Some key features of the course include:

Online learning environment:

Placement Support

IT and academic support