Postgraduate Diploma in Human Factors and Neuroscience

Healthcare Skills Postgraduate Diploma in Human Factors and Neuroscience (38 credits level 7) – The objective of the Human Factors & Neuroscience course is to review the key human factors relevant to the delivery of healthcare services from a neuroscience perspective in order to avoid common errors in patient care and to enable more effective and efficient outcome management.

This course will enable the participants:

• To gain and apply knowledge of human factors and their underlying mechanisms
• To avoid common errors in the delivery of patient care/healthcare services
• To successfully manage professional communications in an effective and positive manner
• To develop and deliver an action plan to integrate the relevant human factor skills into routine practice

A variety of teaching approaches are utilised to support the course outcomes, these are:

• Lectures
• Group activities and discussions
• Practical skills and workshops
• Supportive role plays/deliberate practice
• Assessment and appraisal

Specific care is taken in the pre-course preparation, delivery and follow-up to facilitate an optimal transfer of the course knowledge and skills directly into the individual learner’s professional situation.

The course utilises blended learning techniques, including a pre-course component, a two-day classroom-based practical session and post-course online written assessments and Multiple Choice Questionnaire.

This Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Leadership is part of a suite of three individual professional qualifications that can be taken separately or together:

1. PG Diploma in Clinical Education

2. PG Diploma in Human Factors and Neuroscience

3. PG Diploma in Clinical Leadership