50% learner charge subsidy accessible on all well being and medication versatile, accredited programs, often called micro-credentials
Micro-credentials Defined
Micro-credentials are brief, versatile, accredited, industry-aligned programs that give learners the chance to upskill and reskill in highly-specialised areas.
Each the UCD Faculty of Drugs and the UCD Faculty of Public Well being, Physiotherapy and Sports activities Science provide a spread of micro-credentials for well being professionals. These are delivered on-line and vary from 6-12 weeks in period.
Micro-credentials goal to handle most of the limitations to life-long studying, and their versatile design allows learners to efficiently stability additional examine whereas in employment. Every micro-credential is a totally stand-alone upskilling alternative, however learners additionally purchase college credit score within the type of ECTS.
Course Learner Price Subsidy
The HCI Micro-Credential Price Subsidy has been launched to incentivise learners to interact in lifelong studying and to handle vital abilities gaps. This scheme reduces the learner charge by 50% or 80% for eligible learners on recognized micro-credentials, on a first-come-first served foundation.
Accredited Brief Programs for Well being Care Professionals
UCD has a rising portfolio of micro-credentials designed for well being care professionals (HCPS), with two new brief programs simply launched in an infection prevention and management.
Introduction to Microbiology for An infection Management (50% Price Subsidy)
This micro-credential will present the coed with a fundamental understanding of viruses, micro organism, fungi, protozoa and helminths, microbial progress and pathogenesis, transmission and management, antibiotics, immunity, surveillance.
Utilized An infection Prevention and Management (50% Price Subsidy)
This micro-credential will present the coed with sensible examples of the implementation of an infection prevention and management in healthcare and office settings, affect and administration of antibiotic resistance, vital appraisal of QI initiatives in healthcare, administration of outbreaks, infectious illnesses outdoors healthcare settings, office security an infection management, organic hazards and waste.
Advancing Healthcare: Optimising Vitamin (50% Price Subsidy)
This micro-credential will introduce HCPS to key, evidenced-based, vitamin ideas throughout the lifespan. It’s going to improve information and talent to offer secure, fundamental dietary recommendation and consciousness about screening and referrals in conditions requiring extra specialist interventions.
Advancing Healthcare: Train Prescription (50% Price Subsidy)
Designed to upskill healthcare professionals of their understanding of secure, efficient and evidence-based train prescription for wholesome and scientific populations.
Advancing Healthcare: Behaviour Change Rules for Wholesome Dwelling (50% Price Subsidy)
Will present healthcare professionals with an understanding of how you can apply the science of behaviour change to facilitate people to provoke and maintain wholesome way of life behaviours. This micro-credential will allow learners to recognise the elements that affect behaviour, and the way they’ll use behaviour change theories and methods to develop interventions targeted on the particular person and group ranges
Radiation Security Micro-credentials (50% Price Subsidy)
UCD Faculty of Drugs has three Radiation Security Micro-credentials commencing in September:
Radiation Physics and Detection: Aiming to assist learners develop an understanding of the fundamentals of atomic construction and elements of the atom, earlier than delving into the various kinds of radioactive decay of atoms, the manufacturing of ionizing and nonionizing radiation, and the way we measure radiation.
Radiobiology and Dose Metrics: Covers numerous fields describing how radiation can affect the physique, and the way it may be detected. It supplies necessary context to the functions of radiation and the way the misuse of security measures can have vital impacts on the physique.
Radiation within the Office and Laws: Explores how radiation is regulated inside {industry} by Irish, European and worldwide laws. It gives you nice confidence when managing and guaranteeing rules are being adopted.
There’s a broad vary of Well being and Drugs micro-credentials operating in September 2024 and January 2025.
Discover all Drugs and Well being Micro-credentials on our web site.
Incapacity Research Micro-credentials
The UCD Centre for Incapacity Research on the UCD Faculty of Psychology provide a spread of micro-credentials in areas of incapacity, delivered on campus. If you are interested in upskilling in areas associated to incapacity, UCD have a spread of brief programs accessible.
Prof Cert in Multielement Behaviour Assist: Learners shall be launched to a organic, psychological, social and environmental understanding of the position behaviours of concern serve for somebody residing with a incapacity.
Prof Cert in Superior Incapacity Research: This micro-credential supplies a complicated perspective on cross-cutting and topical points in incapacity. Learners are inspired to replicate on fashions of incapacity, measurement of incapacity, intersectionality and incapacity, management inside the incapacity sector and the lived expertise of incapacity.
Discover extra Incapacity Research Micro-credentials right here.
UCD presents a spread of micro-credentials, focusing on the wants of employers and staff throughout all industries and sectors. If you’re all in favour of working with UCD to upskill your employees or to develop bespoke micro-credentials tailor-made to your organisation or sector, please e-mail us at [email protected].
