Why should I study tropical nursing?

Global health inequalities are growing, particularly in low-and middle-income countries and humanitarian settings, where preventable diseases continue to affect individual communities and economies. 

You'll learn to appreciate the issues and complexities of working with limited resources while working in a mulit-disciplinary team, taking a leadership role to influence others and demonstrating the skills to shape health systems alongside the aility to assess, manage and educate on prevalent infectious, non-communicable and infectious diseases. 

As a nurse, midwiffe or allied health professional, you can make a huge contribution to the health, wellbeing and prosperity of some of the poorest populations in the world, by combining your experience with the specialised tools you will gain from the Professional Diploma in Tropical Nursing.

What will I get out of it?

This course will equip you with the tools to help you respond to the demands of working in humanitarian settings and low-and middle-income countries, where resources are limited. It will prepare you to deliver specialised care competently and confidently, helping communities to thrive in challenging situations. 

Using current best practice and the latest research, you'll get to grips with topics ranging from the impact of climate change on global health to gender inequality. You will learn with a friendly and diverse group of peers from across the world, sharing experiences and building networks to support your personal and professional development. 

Technical knowledge combined with targeted practical skills will give you the confidence to take on rewarding roles that make a difference, and the mindset to develop your reflective practice and continue to learn in the future. 

Is tropical nursing for me?

If you are a registered nurse or midwife, or an allied health professional who wants to improve the lives of people living in low-and middle-income countries, the Professional Diploma in Tropical Nursing will help you achieve your goals.

The course is designed to support your career goals and to allow you to start making a difference immediately. It doesn't matter where you are in your career, as long as you have at least two years experience. If you take this opportunity to build skills, resilience and adaptabillity, you can take your career to new and exciting places. 

Course Content

The Professional Diploma in Tropical Nursing combines up-to-date factual knowledge and current best practice with scenario-based learning and practical skills.

There are nine themes:

• Introduction
• Global health
• Clinical, including laboratory
• Sexual and reproductive health and rights
• Humanitarianism and natural disasters
• Nursing professional and personal skills
• Simulation exercise
• Academic skills
• Course summary

The Professional Diploma in Tropical Nursing will help you develop your analytical, problem-solving and practical nursing skills. While focusing on clinical learning, you will also build your competence in essential areas such as leadership, quality improvement, strategy development and resilience strategies. 

The course content is informed by organisations that deploy nurses to humanitarian settings and low-and middle-income countries, and mirrors issues they face on the ground, including refugee mental health, outbreak management and sexual abuse.

Study pattern

The Professional Diploma in Tropical Nursing will have 200 learning hours and can be studied asynchronously, so students can work through the learning content at their own pace. There will also be virtual touchpoints throughout the course to meet experts in live sessions.

Assessment

Assessment of the course will be through two assignements. 

• An essay critically reflecting on the development of competency within their Professional Diploma in Tropical Nursing portfolio 
• A briefing document for an NGO senior management team about proposed interventions to support change including how they will be supported to be successfully implemented over five years.

Delivery

You will be taught by experts including nurses and midwives from across the world. Throughout the course, you will be ecouraged to develop your self-directed learning skills, evaluating and reflecting on your learning as you go.