Access to HE Diploma - Health Professions

The Access to HE Diploma (Healthcare) aims to develop students’ understanding of the roles and responsibilities of healthcare professionals and the key concepts of human biology and health studies. Students have the opportunity to explore the legal, ethical, political, policy, and personal boundaries of healthcare practice and to develop competence to contribute to quality services in this sector. Throughout the Diploma, students will also develop transferable skills such as effective communication, working with others, interpreting information, and research and referencing.

• Academic Study Techniques
• Human Cell Biology
• Nutrition and Digestion
• Progressing to HE (UCAS)
• Professional Behaviours – Nursing and Health Professions
• Homeostasis and the Endocrine System
• Inequalities in Health, Illness and Social Care
• The Urinary System
• Respiratory and Circulation
• The History of the National Health Service
• The Roles and Responsibilities of the Healthcare Professionals
• Reproduction
• Understanding Stress
• The Nervous System
• The Human Skeletal and Muscular Systems
• Human Immunity
• Understanding Poverty
• Numeracy in a Health Context