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Overview
Key facts
Health care professionals working with older people are required to effectively identify the risk of, prevent and manage falls. As a health care practitioner must be able to critically evaluate current practices and fully appreciate both the assessment and therapeutic interventions available if competency and effective care is to be assured.
University of Derby's Assessment, Prevention And Management Of Falls programme will teach you more about this topic.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Critically evaluate the epidemiology of falls in older people considering socio-economic, political and personal consequences of falls and fall related injuries.
- Critically review the issues pertinent to effective assessment, prevention and management of falls in older people.
- Undertake analysis and critical evaluation of current service provision for those at risk of falls or who have fallen.
- Evaluate and justify the requirements of a falls service.
Key information
Start dates & application deadlines
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Language
English
Credits
20 alternative credits
Delivered
Online
Disciplines
Health Sciences View 323 other Short Courses in Health Sciences in United KingdomAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
You must hold a professional health care qualification and be eligible to register with the relevant professional board.If you don’t hold a BA/BSc qualification you should be a health care professional and have a minimum of two years clinical experience in osteoporosis, DXA, falls.
Tuition Fee
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