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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