About the course

Effective practice requires health and social care colleagues to develop an understanding of the importance of providing culturally competent care within diverse communities. This short course provides you with an opportunity to understand how culture influences an individual's decision-making when accepting or refusing healthcare and treatment options.

• The course is designed to develop your existing knowledge of key cultural opportunities and barriers in giving culturally competent care.
• It will assist you to develop the skills and knowledge required for culturally sensitive communication.
• You will be taught by a team of passionate academics who have a wealth of skills, expertise, and professional credibility.
• Teaching will take place in a stimulating and supportive learning environment that draws on expert knowledge, research and applied practice.

Teaching and assessment

In order to ensure flexibility, you will be taught through a blended learning approach. Teaching will consist of synchronous and asynchronous seminars, lectures and tutorials (individual and group), provided by leading authorities in the field. All sessions and tutorials can be provided online using Microsoft Teams although face-to face meetings might be possible where required subject to current infection prevention safeguards.

You will be assessed both formatively and summatively. Formative assessment will be undertaken during the module teaching and the opportunity will be provided to submit and receive formative feedback on a short plan case study. Your module specification/course handbook will provide full details of the assessment criteria applying to your course.

Feedback (usually written) is normally provided on all coursework submissions within three term time weeks – unless the submission was made towards the end of the session in which case feedback would be available on request after the formal publication of results. Feedback on exam performance/final coursework is available on request after the publication of results.

The University of Huddersfield operates an attendance monitoring system. Further details can be found in the Attendance Monitoring Policy.

Entry requirements

The admission requirements for taught postgraduate courses shall normally be a good honours degree (or equivalent study at FHEQ level 6) of a recognised university or comparable institution.

You must:

• Be working in a Health or Social Care environment.
• Have access to a computer with a reliable internet connection.
• Have the ability to access and use online study guidance and support.

If your first language is not English, you will need to meet the minimum requirements of an English Language qualification. The minimum of IELTS 6.0 overall with no element lower than 5.5, or equivalent. Read more about the University’s entry requirements for students outside of the UK on our Where are you from information pages.