School of Health Care

The School of Healthcare at St Patricks offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses for those wishing to pursure careers in the Private or Public Healthcare Sector.

The school is staffed by highly experienced lecturers with many years of experience of working in the Health and Social Care arena. Learning at St Patricks is based on combining real life experiences to bring alive the theoretical backgrounds and models so necessary to understanding current national and International healthcare agendas.

Classes are relatively small and this means that the lectures are very familiar with their students and are able to support them in their learning throughout their courses. Within the School students are able to progress from level to level whilst still maintaining the relationships they have developed with lecturers which provides them with the stability and assurance that the School has their best interests at heart.

We utilize learning methods that build skills required in the Health and Social Care workplace: team work, problem solving, independent learning and critical discussion of contemporary healthcare issues within this country and abroad.

At Postgraduate Level St Patrick's offers a one year PG Diploma in International Health Management. This can lead to a variety of Master's degree top ups such as an MSc in Health and Social Care Research or MSc in Public Health, an ideal qualifications for those seeking senior policy level jobs in the social care sector.

Though the courses are taught at St Patricks, the Postgradute Diploma in Health & Social care is awarded by Edexcel and the MSc degree is awarded by the University of Sunderland.