Symptom Management in Life Limiting Illnesses

Module

Attendance mode: Part-time
Start date(s): October
Duration: 4 months
Location: Blended learning

UK students can apply

Overview

This module is suitable for nurses and Allied Health Professionals working with people with a life-limiting or potentially life-limiting illness, including cancer. The module aims to:

enhance your knowledge and application of the principles of symptom assessment and management to optimise patient care
support you in making positive changes in clinical practice to boost current and future services by using relevant evidence to identify best practice
develop your problem-solving and critical reasoning skills

You will use a case-based study format to facilitate your development as an autonomous learner and person-centred practitioner.

You will be required to complete a presentation and assignment to pass this module.

You will need to visit campus on 2 October, 30 October, and 27 November 2025.

Entry requirements

You should be a qualified healthcare professional working in a suitable field of practice with a BSc or equivalent, or evidence of successful level 6 study.

Fees, finance and scholarships

Tuition fee

10 credits: £627
20 credits: £1254
30 credits: £1881
40 credits: £2508
Dissertation: £2714

Additional costs

There may be additional costs that you may incur as a student. Though these are not essential to your programme of study you need to be aware of them as a student of the University. A list of the sort of costs you might expect can be found on our fees and finance section.

Financial support

Health Education England may fund some health courses/modules at the University of Bradford for healthcare staff providing NHS services working within West Yorkshire and Harrogate, against organisational training priorities identified through the organisations training needs analysis.

You are therefore advised to contact the SSPRD Signatory within your organisation regarding their organisational training priorities.

See our fees and financial support section.

Postgraduate Master's Loan

If you live in England you may be able to apply for a special Government-funded Master's Loan to help pay your tuition fees and living costs.
You don't have to pay the loan back until you're earning a certain amount of money.

Scholarships

Every year we award numerous non-repayable scholarships to UK, EU and international students on the basis of academic excellence, personal circumstances or economic hardship. For full details, visit our scholarships section.

Career prospects

This module will support your career progression in your chosen field. You can choose to build upon this module with further study that can lead to a full MSc award.

Career support

The University is committed to helping students develop and enhance employability and this is an integral part of many programmes. Specialist support is available throughout the course from Career and Employability Services including help to find part-time work while studying, placements, vacation work and graduate vacancies. Students are encouraged to access this support at an early stage and to use the extensive resources on the Careers website.

Discussing options with specialist advisers helps to clarify plans through exploring options and refining skills of job-hunting. In most of our programmes there is direct input by Career Development Advisers into the curriculum or through specially arranged workshops.

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