Key Facts
Key Facts
Course Code: DPTNM-SNUR-1SNU
Duration: 2 years part-time [P.Grad.Dip/MSc] or 3 years part-time [P.Grad.Cert/P.Grad.Dip/MSc]
***Important Note*** Students who wish to do a P.Grad.Dip in one year should apply for the MSc part-time course and exit at the end of year one.
Next Intake: September annually
Closing date for applications: 30 June
Location: 24 D'Olier Street, Dublin 2
Overview
The aim of this course is to facilitate registered nurses currently practising care of the older person to further develop their knowledge and skills, enabling the delivery of evidence-based gerontological nursing care as members of the multidisciplinary team and to contribute to excellence in healthcare. The course consists of six modules: three specialist, one clinical practicum and two core modules in the areas of research and management and a dissertation and is delivered part time over two or three years.
Postgraduate Certificate [Framework/Flexible Study] – three years, part time. In year one you will complete the specialist modules [3 modules] and then if successful move to the postgraduate diploma and complete the two core modules and the clinical practicum. Once that is completed successfully you can progress to year three to complete the dissertation. You can choose to exit at the end of year one with a postgraduate certificate or at the end of year two with a postgraduate diploma or remain on the programme to complete the MSc. If you exit at the end of year one or year two then you can return to complete the MSc within five years.
Postgraduate Diploma/MSc [Traditional] – two years, part-time. In year one you will complete six modules including the clinical practicum and if successful progress to year two to complete the MSc. You can choose to exit the course at the end of year one with a postgraduate diploma and return within five years to complete the MSc.
*For further information on the Postgraduate Certificate exit point, email pgt.nursing.midw@tcd.ie.
This course includes clinical and practice based teaching, learning and assessment and you may be required to attend additional sessions at associated service provider sites as well as at the your practice base during year one of the course.
Year 1 Modules
Specialist
- Principles of integrated care in gerontological nursing
- Biopsychosocial principles of gerontological nursing
- Advancing gerontological nursing practice
- Clinical Placement (Gerontological nursing)
Core
- Theory & practice of research methods for healthcare
- Leadership, quality improvement and governance
Year 2 Module
- Dissertation
Course Assessments
Each module will be assessed by the successful completion of an academic assignment. The assessment of clinical competence will focus on the acquisition of specialist competencies and the clinical assessments will be carried out throughout the clinical placements.
Year One: commences with a full week in September and thereafter one day per week for the remainder of the academic year.
Year Two: attendance at workshops throughout the academic year.
This course includes clinical and practice based teaching, learning and assessment and students may be required to attend additional sessions at associated service provider sites as well as at the student’s practice base during year one of the course.
Clinical Placements and Student Support
You will be engaged in specific practice settings in Ireland relevant to Gerontological Nursing for the duration of this course. You will receive a planned clinical placement timetable and during the course, educational and clinical facilitators will offer personal and professional support.
Course Assessments
Each module will be assessed by the successful completion of an academic assignment. The assessment of clinical competence will focus on the acquisition of specialist competencies and the clinical assessments will be carried out throughout the clinical placements / completion of a competence based portfolio.
The criteria for admission are that the candidate must:
- Registered as a Nurse on the professional register maintained by the NMBI
- 2nd class honours (2:1) degree minimum in nursing or a related discipline
- 2 years (minimum) post-registration clinical experience
- 1 year (minimum) experience in OPC (older persons care)
- You must be engaged in specific practice settings relevant to gerontological nursing for the duration of the programme of study
- Written commitment from your line manager that they will support you in your application
- 1 Academic reference (from a lecturer in a third level institute e.g., University)
- 1 Clinical reference (MUST be from someone at managerial level)
- Copies of academic transcripts from completed educational courses
- Copies of official awards (parchment) from completed educational courses
- A letter of support from your Director of Nursing
- An up-to-date CV
- Proof of English Language Proficiency (for those whose first language is not English, see below for further details)
All applicants whose first language is not English and who have not been educated through the medium of English must meet Trinity College's Postgraduate English Language Requirements.
Please note the School of Nursing & Midwifery requires applicants presenting IELTS (Academic version) and IELTS Indicator to have achieved: Grade 6.5 overall with a minimum of grade of 6 in each category.
Find out more about other accepted qualifications: https://www.tcd.ie/study/apply/admission-requirements/postgraduate/.
English language requirements will be waived for applicants whose first language is not English and who are currently registered as nurses with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) where that registration with the NMBI was based on the applicant’s IELTS score and they have evidence of continued engagement in a high intensity English language environment.