Health Studies

Course summary

Students will undertake a variety of units that will provide an in-depth understanding of the health care, social care, and early years sectors and develop their knowledge about the roles, responsibilities, skills and attributes of people who work within these sectors. They will learn about human development across the lifespan and how different factors affect development. Students will also learn about the roles and responsibilities of people who work within the different sectors, including the values that underpin their work. Other parts of the course will explore different physiological disorders and how to diagnose and treat them, as well as the role of psychology within health and social care provision and practice. Core Units Include: Equality, Diversity, and Rights in Health and Social Care; Health, Safety, and Security in Health and Social Care; Anatomy and Physiology in Health and Social Care; Personalisation and a PersonCentred Approach to Care; Safeguarding. Specialist Units Include: The Impact of Long-Term Physiological Conditions; Sexual Health, Reproduction and Early Development Stages; Psychology for Health and Social Care; among others.