Infection Prevention & Control

    Infection Prevention & Control

    Duration12 month(s)
    Tuition Fee
    GBP 3,510 / Year
    Next IntakeJanuary 1, 2024
    Infection Prevention & Control

    About

    Designed to meet the needs of healthcare professionals and nurses working anywhere in the world, whether you're relatively new to infection prevention and control or have just moved into a leadership role and would like to boost your qualification. Our course is flexible and you can study whenever or wherever you want.

    With the pandemic of COVID-19 announced in March 2020, it has become more apparent than ever that we need to develop skills around outbreak investigation and management. This is one of many topics covered in our online course and you will be able to develop and enhance your skills in this alongside other practice areas such as:

    • applied microbiology
    • decontamination
    • antimicrobial resistance
    • antimicrobial stewardship
    • infection prevention and control practice

    We have renowned clinical experts contributing to our modules who will also support your learning alongside academic staff. As leaders in their field who are still practicing clinically, you will benefit from being able to engage and interact with them in specific modules.

    Aimed at all healthcare and nursing professionals, this distance learning course will enhance your knowledge and expertise in infection prevention and control practice

    Disciplines

    School of Health Sciences

    Requirements

    Entry Requirements

    Typically we can consider a Bachelor's degree from a well-ranked institution.

    A score of

    • 75-91% (GPA of 3.0/4.0 or 3.5/5.0) is considered comparable to a UK 2:1 (Upper Second-Class Honours)
    • 63-74% is considered comparable to a UK 2:2 (Lower Second-Class Honours)

    English Requirements

    • PTEMin 76
    • IELTSMin 7
    • TOEFLMin 95

    Career

    On completion of this course you will have developed the knowledge and skills to enable you to practice as a specialist within the field of infection prevention and control.

    Our graduates work in a variety of clinical settings locally and internationally and continue to influence practice in many ways. Some of our graduates from developing countries have been able to revise current infection prevention and control practices, and implement new ones.

    Fee Information

    How to Apply

    How to apply for this course

    Sign up for our direct application system

    You will need create a temporary user account using your personal email address. This temporary user account is only used to complete, save, return to, and submit your application. You do not need to complete your application all at once, you can return to it later by logging back in.

    Please ensure you use the correct email address when you create your account as this can't be changed until after you have submitted your application to us.

    Complete your application

    You will be asked for the following information as part of your application:

    • your home address and contact information, including your personal email address and date of birth
    • details of the your qualifications, grades, and dates (this includes any qualifications you have not yet completed)
    • details of your English language qualifications, such as IELTS (for non-English speakers)

    You will need to upload the following documents with your application:

    • official transcript (if you have graduated, this should be a copy of your final transcript)
    • degree certificate (If you have graduated)
    • evidence of English language proficiency (view which documents we accept to demonstrate proficiency in English)
    • (for international applicants only) details of your passport and upload a copy of your current passport

    You may need some or all of these documents as part of your application, you can check which ones you need for this course on the additional documents page once you started your application.

    • CV
    • academic reference
    • professional reference
    • personal statement

    If you are working with a recruitment agent, remember to add in their details in the relevant section so that we can link them to your application from the start. This means the emails we send to you will also be copied to your agent’s registered branch email address for information.

    Infection Prevention & Control
    University of Dundee
    University of Dundee
    United Kingdom

    United Kingdom, Dundee

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