Short course

Palliative Care and Cancer Patients

This five-day microcredential provides a holistic overview for those looking to enhance their delivery of palliative care.

Start date
May 2025
Duration
5 days
Mode
Face-to-face
Cost
Home microcredential fee: £1170 International microcredential fee - £3260 Non-credit fee: £970
Level
Postgraduate Microcredential
Credit
20 credits

The theoretical and practical issues applicable to the palliation of symptoms for patients with advanced cancer will be studied. The microcredential will look to improve the competence of practitioners delivering high quality palliative care in emotion situations. The microcredential is divided into three strands, Pain - the practical and holistic management thereof; Psychology, including sessions on cognitive behavioural therapy and screening for psychological distress; and Control of Symptoms such as Cachexia, Breathlessness and Oncological emergencies.

Credits

20 credits

Assessment

Oral presentation and 300 word written assignment

Course dates

12-16 May

Academics involved in the delivery of this microdential

  • Dr Jennifer Pascoe, Consultant Medical Oncologist
  • Dr Lucia Birch, Palliative Care Consultant
  • Dr Robin Paijmans
  • Dr Helen Guy

For further information:

Programme Administrator 
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 3803
Email: clinicaloncology@contacts.bham.ac.uk  

This course is available without the assessment/credits if preferred

Entry requirements if taken as a stand alone course

6 months oncology experience and holding a degree, preferably a 2.1 or equivalent qualifications in an appropriate medical/scientific subject.

You can choose to study this course as either a microcredential or a non-credit CPD shortcourse.

Why choose a Postgraduate Microcredential short course?

  • Microcredentials offer the perfect opportunity to boost your CV without the committment of a full-degree
  • Usually taken from exisiting modules within a Masters, they can be used as standalone credentials with some also counting as academic credits at postgraduate level
  • Add a postgraduate level qualification to your CV
  • Develop the specialist skills you need for your career goals
  • Alumni status with the University of Birmingham
  • Learners will have the same access to our student support and campus facilities as our students on full degree programmes.

Please note that once registered for the microcredential you cannot swap for the non-credit shortcourse version.

Apply for the Microcredential

Non-credit short course

The microcredential and the non-credit short course follow the same course structure, the difference between them both is with the non-credit short course you do not take the assessment at the end therefore you will not receive credits but will recieve a certificate of completion, this certificate cannot be converted to credits. 

Please note if you apply for the non-credit short course, you cannot swap to the microcredential version once registered. 

Apply for the non-credit CPD shortcourse