Back Care Management

Loughborough University Business School
Loughborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

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Course Description:

'' Musculo-skeletal disorders amongst people who care for others are a major source of concern for employers in all fields of health and social care. Health and social care organisations, hospitals, social service care providers and the growing independent care sector are coming to realise the pivotal importance of having senior members of their team who are equipped with the knowledge and skills to ensure that safe, informed practice is enabled. This programme is designed to meet that need.

Awards

Postgraduate Certificate in Back Care Management
Postgraduate Diploma in Back Care Management
MSc in Back Care Management
Who Will Benefit?
The programme is intended for Back Care Advisers/Manual Handling Coordinators within organisations and for self-employed consultants who have responsibility for assessing the risks involved in load movement and advising on the means of eliminating or reducing them. It takes a practical problem solving approach to Back Care and load movement which is appropriate to the needs of practitioners attending a post experience programme.

The objectives of the programme are to:

provide the knowledge and skill necessary for the multi-disciplinary role of effectively advising on the problems and risks associated with load movement and manual handling;
establish qualifications that give national recognition to the holder’s abilities.
Programme Structure
The Postgraduate Certificate and Diploma programmes are part-time and modular in structure, and involve a combination of short courses (in three or two day blocks), self study and work based assignments and projects. Learning and assessment methods are tailored to take account of participants�circumstances and needs.

The Postgraduate Certificate will normally be completed within 12 months of part-time study and the Postgraduate Diploma within 18 months.

The Masters stage is completed by part-time research for a dissertation, usually based on a work related project. Candidates for the MSc must attend three short courses in research methods and successfully complete their dissertation in 12 to 24 months..

Module Titles
Module 1: The Role of the Back Care Advisor
Module 2: Essential Applied Ergonomics
Module 3: Safe Manual Handling
Module 4: Advanced Applied Ergonomics
Module 5: Behavioral Change
Module 6: Postgraduate Certificate or Diploma Project
Module 7: MSc Research Project and Dissertation

Optional Modules

A choice of two from the following:
The Role of the Back Care Advisor in the Peri-Operative Environment
The Role of the Back Care Advisor in Pediatrics
The Management of Handling Issues in Bariatrics
Risk Management of Musco-skeletal Issues in Transportation

For the Postgraduate Certificate in Back Care Management candidates must attend and successfully complete the assessed elements of modules 1, 2 and 3. A practical work based project and report complete the requirements of the Postgraduate Certificate award.

For the Postgraduate Diploma in Back Care Management candidates must successfully complete modules 1 to 6.

For the MSc in Back Care Management candidates who have successfully achieved a passing standard for the Postgraduate Diploma may proceed to undertake a parttime research project within an area of Back Care Management.

Entry Requirements
As the course will be conducted at postgraduate level, potential candidates should:

hold a degree from a Higher Education Institution in the UK or Eire; or
have achieved the academic requirements for corporate membership of a British Chartered professional institution approved by the University for this purpose; or
hold another qualification approved by the University.
In practice, the University will adopt a flexible approach to admission requirements, the principal criterion being that a candidate can reasonably be expected to pursue the course successfully.

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Phone:+44 (0)1509 228275

School Address:

The Business School
Loughborough University
Ashby Road
Loughborough, Leicestershire
LE11 3TU
United Kingdom


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