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Foundation Degree - biomedical pathway (worked based learning) | BFD

About the Qualification
Eastwood Park in partnership with Kingston University, and in association with the Sector Skills Councils of Skills for Health and SEMTA, the Department of Health, IHEEM and the IDSc, has developed a Foundation Degree for three areas of medical technology:

  • Medical Equipment Technology
  • Medical Device Decontamination
  • Medical Gas Technology

  • Foundation Degrees are new qualifications designed by employers to make sure their skill needs are being met. They are ideal for staff that don’t want to give up their job to study full-time and are a great way of achieving personal educational aims using a more vocational route.  This particular programme can be studied on a flexible basis, as it is delivered by a ‘blend’ of learning methods. It is likely that elements of the programme will be studied in the workplace, at home and at Eastwood Park.  All Foundation Degrees are university validated and provide a route to progression to the third year of one or more Honours Degrees at the validating university.

    Who will it Benefit?
    This Foundation Degree goes beyond the Level 3 NVQ's in these technology areas and will allow access to the final year of a number of Kingston Universities Science and Engineering Honours Degrees. In addition the programme will relate to the Voluntary Register of Clinical Technologists and membership of relevant Professional Bodies. It is suitable for current and aspiring Managers, Supervisors, Test Persons, Authorised Persons, Engineers, and Senior Technicians etc working in these medical technology areas.

    Modules
    This Foundation Degree consists of common mandatory core modules, which all students must study, as well as pathway specific modules relevant to the student's work role. The details of these modules are outlined below.

    YEAR 1 MODULES

     

    YEAR 2 MODULES

    Module Title

    Module Credits

    Type of Module

     

    Module Title

    Module Credits

    Type of Module

    Personal Progress Portfolio (1)

    30

    Core

     

    Personal Progress Portfolio ( 2)

    15

    Core

    Anatomy, Physiology and Biological Sciences

    15

    Core

     

    Managing Medical Equipment

    15

    Core

    Health & Safety and Infection Control

    15

    Core

     

    Quality Assurance and Control

    15

    Core

    Engineering Scince

    30

    Core

     

    Biomedical Science & Instrumentation

    15

    Pathway
    Specific

    Patient Monitoring and Fluid Delivery Equipment.

    15

    Pathway
    Specific

     

    Medical Imaging Systems

    15

    Pathway
    Specific

    Frequency Dependent Medical Equipments  

    15

    Pathway
    Specific

     

    Laboratory Instrumentation

    15

    Pathway
    Specific

     

     

     

     

    Dental Equipment

    15

    Pathway
    Specific

         

     

    Anaesthetic and Theatre Equiment

    15

    Pathway
    Specific

     

    120

     

     

     

    120

     

    How do I enrol?
    The Foundation Degree in Medical Technologies is a two year programme is funded in the same way as other degree programmes with only university tuition fees being payable by UK residents.  Eastwood Park is operating an ‘expression of interest’ scheme for this programme and you are encouraged to contact us to register your interest.

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