Course overview
Continence management is crucial in care home settings, where more than 75% of residents experience urinary incontinence and many more suffer from significant urinary symptoms. Our comprehensive online CPD course, developed by renowned expert Professor John S Young, provides up-to-date knowledge and practical insights to improve care practices and health outcomes. Flexible and accessible, this course is ideal for caregivers, healthcare professionals, and care home managers.
Five reasons why you should study this course:
1. Enhance health outcomes: gain specialised knowledge to effectively manage urinary symptoms and improve the health and wellbeing of residents. Learn strategies that reduce the risk of infections, falls, and emergencies associated with mismanagement.
2. Expert-led learning: developed by Professor John S Young, an internationally recognised specialist in continence management, this course integrates his extensive expertise and practical insights gathered from healthcare stakeholders.
3. Flexible online learning: study at your own pace, anytime, anywhere. Our online platform allows you to seamlessly integrate learning into your schedule, making it convenient for busy professionals seeking to enhance their skills.
4. Comprehensive curriculum: explore 14 modules covering critical topics such as catheter care, infection control, mental health implications, and personalised care strategies. Each module is designed to provide practical tools and evidence-based approaches applicable to real-world scenarios.
5. No entry requirements: accessible to all individuals interested in improving continence management practices, regardless of background or experience. You can start your learning journey today and equip yourself with invaluable skills that will benefit you and your patients/residents.
This course is your gateway to advancing care practices and achieving better health outcomes in continence management.
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This course was funded by a Rosetrees Trust grant to Professor John S Young.
Course details
What you study
Our comprehensive curriculum is designed to provide you with in-depth knowledge and practical skills. This course consists of 14 modules that cover the following essential topics:
• Catheters: understand the complexities of catheter care and management.
• Diagnosis: master the techniques for accurate and timely diagnosis of continence issues.
• Dignity and continence care: learn compassionate and respectful care practices that prioritise patient dignity.
• Falls and fractures: discover strategies to prevent falls and manage fractures related to continence issues.
• Hydration: explore the critical role of hydration in continence management and overall health.
• Incontinence-associated dermatitis: gain insights into preventing and treating skin conditions caused by incontinence.
• Infection control: equip yourself with the best practices to minimise infection risks incontinence care.
• Managing side-effects: learn to manage and mitigate side-effects associated with continence treatments.
• Mental health and neurodegenerative disease: understand the interplay between continence management and mental health, including neurodegenerative diseases.
• Nutrition: discover the impact of nutrition on continence and overall health and learn to provide dietary recommendations.
• Personal care: enhance your skills in providing personalised continence care tailored to individual needs.
• Treatment (frailty): develop treatment plans for frail individuals, addressing their unique continence challenges.
• Treatment (general): gain a broad understanding of general continence treatment strategies applicable to various settings.
• Urinary system in health and disease: deepen your knowledge of the urinary system’s function in both health and disease, enabling you to provide more effective care.
How you learn
This course is delivered online and is flexible to your own pace. It’s easy to access via multiple devices to ensure you can learn around your schedule, your way.
How you are assessed
You take a 10-question multiple choice assessment before and after each module to keep track of your progress and monitor your learning. The pass mark for each module is 80%.
Entry requirements
Entry requirements
This course is accessible to anyone and there are no entry requirements. The course can be taken at a time and place to suit you. You can jump on and off the course to suit your learning pace.
Employability
Career opportunities
You will be more confident and competent in the management of continence, within the care home setting. This is a professional development course which may lead to further study and career progression.
Learning platform
Our virtual learning environment (VLE) is the platform you use to access your online course
Teesside University online learning courses are delivered through the Brightspace Learning Environment.
Here are some of the benefits.
- You can use it on your smartphone, tablet and computer.
- And you can use it anytime, so that you can plan your learning to fit your own schedule.
- It's easy to use and navigate.
- Modules are set out by topics and themes. You can use the progress bar to understand where you are in your modules, and appreciate your achievements.
- We support you to become familiar with your VLE, helping you to start learning quickly.
- You get feedback, help and guidance from tutors throughout your course through the VLE, and you can ask questions at any time.
- Our tutors use a live activity feed to keep you updated about your course.
- You can create a student profile, collaborate with other students and take part in online discussion forums.
