The UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery & Health Systems provides graduate programmes to prepare nurses and midwives to excel as caregivers and as leaders. Many of the School’s graduates have gone on to assume key clinical and leadership positions in their discipline, both nationally and internationally. This programme will provide you with an opportunity to develop, enhance and maintain the specialist skills that are required to care for older persons.
The Graduate Diploma in Gerontological Nursing aims to provide students with the requisite knowledge and discipline-specific skills for their specialist role in gerontological nursing in a range of care settings. The Programme will build on students’ prior knowledge and experience in either older person’s care services or in tertiary care. The Programme will:
- provide an advanced educational experience which will develop the student’s capacity for independent judgement and problem-solving skills.
- provide an educational framework to support the development of analytical and critical skills for an enquiring and creative approach to the theory and practice of gerontological nursing.
- develop the student’s capacity to respond to changing needs in gerontological nursing.
- develop the student’s capacity to identify and integrate best evidence into gerontological nursing practice.
We use a range of teaching methods including lectures, workshops and seminars. A blended model of teaching and learning is a deliberate part of the programme to facilitate flexibility and accessibility. Clinical teaching is undertaken by specialists in the clinical area with particular emphasis on assisting students in applying theory to practice.
The Graduate Diploma in Gerontological Nursing consists of 6 modules. If you decide to apply for the one year full-time progrmme (X914) you will complete all six modules in one academic year.
If you wish to apply for the two year part-time programme (X915) you will complete three modules each year