Caring for Children and Young People in Critical Care Level 1 and 2 (High Dependency)

Focused on caring for children requiring a higher level of care, the module will provide practitioners with a deepened understanding of level 1 and level 2 critical care (RCPCH, 2014 and PCCS, 2021), equipping them with practical skills to navigate complex scenarios. The module will be a catalyst for career growth, offering practitioners the expertise needed for more specialised or higher banding roles. Ultimately the objective is to enhance the care of children by ensuring practitioners emerge as highly skilled professionals capable of driving positive changes in paediatric healthcare practices.

This module can be taken as standalone Continuing Professional Development (CPD), or as part of a Master’s of Science (MSc), Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip), Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert) or Graduate Certificate (GradCert) in Paediatrics & Child Healthcare Practice. See our MSc Paediatrics & Child Healthcare Practice page for more information about these programmes.

Learners considering a programme will need to attend a pre-entry meeting with the programme leader to review the requirements and expectations of the programme. To set up a programme planning meeting, please contact the Academic Programmes Team at the GOSH Learning Academy: academic.programmes@gosh.nhs.uk. 

Teaching

Active learning will allow practitioners to learn via collaboration, cooperation, and peer-based learning. Activities may include interactive lectures, clinical skills demonstration and supervised practice, small group activities, case-based discussions, workshops, practice simulations and tutorials. 

Synchronous and asynchronous learning and teaching activities are delivered via a combination of study days and digital strategies at local sites or online using the virtual learning environment; MyLearning.

Clinical skills development and simulation are delivered in fully equipped, state of the art skills labs using a range of low- and high-fidelity learning modalities.

Assessment

The formative assessment will take the form of peer presentations.

The summative assessment will require learners to do an oral presentation of a clinical case study.

Teaching dates

Cohort 1

Cohort 2

Cohort 3

Teaching will take place over a whole day. Face-to-Face teaching will take place either on or around the Great Ormond Street Hospital campus or at the Middlesex University West Stand at StoneX stadium. Exact locations for teaching days will be advised closer to the start date.

Learners are only expected to attend one of the available assessment dates.

Fees and funding

The fees below refer to the 2025/26 academic year unless otherwise stated.

Part-time learners: £67 per credit*

*Course fees are subject to annual inflation so the total costs for part time study are shown here as a guide.

Learners who withdraw on or after the start date of the module will be liable for the full tuition fees.

If you have any questions about the module, please contact academic.programmes@gosh.nhs.uk.