Chronic Disease Management20 credits

Chronic Disease Management will appeal to clinical practitioners, from multi-professional backgrounds, working within primary or secondary care settings who have direct clinical responsibility for the assessment and management of patients presenting with chronic disease.

The module will develop your knowledge of the pathophysiology and common presenting signs and symptoms of a range of chronic diseases. Through analysis of contemporaneous national policy and clinical guidelines, the module will support the development of knowledge to facilitate the delivery of effective and comprehensive management plans to optimise patient outcome along the disease continuum.

The learning and teaching approaches will be underpinned by detailed consideration of the relevant evidence base research and theory. There will be opportunities for collaborative learning and engagement with clinicians. The module will combine lectures, workshops, seminars, and e-learning that is designed in a way to enhance application of learning to the clinical environment.

By the end of the course you will be able to:

• Demonstrate an integrated understanding of the altered anatomy and pathophysiology of common chronic diseases along the disease continuum.
• Critically appraise and demonstrate synthesis of knowledge of the hierarchy of evidence which inform national guidelines relating to the diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of common chronic diseases.
• Apply synthesis of clinical knowledge to formulate comprehensive clinical management plans for individuals living with chronic disease, with a view to promoting optimisation of self-care and management through pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions and social prescribing.
• Explore social, economic and environmental factors that impact on the prevalence and distribution of common chronic diseases at a local, regional and national level with reference to public health initiatives to prevent disease.
• Critically evaluate the impact of current health and social care policy on the organisational management of healthcare services for chronic disease management, including engagement across the primary and secondary care interface and their influence on the patient experience (and their families) living with a chronic disease.

Course dates

9-10 October, 23-24 October, and 6-7 November 2025

Assessment

3,000-word essay (100%)

Credits

20 credits

Academics involved in the delivery of this module

Dr Kanta Kumar - Associate Professor 

Please contact the Programme Administrator at acp@contacts.bham.ac.uk 

Why choose a Postgraduate Microcredential short course?

• Microcredentials offer the perfect opportunity to boost your CV without the commitment of a full degree
• Usually taken from existing modules within a Masters, they can be used as standalone credentials with some also counting as academic credits at postgraduate level
• Add a postgraduate level qualification to your CV
• Develop the specialist skills you need for your career goals
• Alumni status with the University of Birmingham
• Learners will have the same access to our student support and campus facilities as our students on full degree programmes.

Please note the deadline for submitting an application:

• Applicants eligible for Home fees are to apply a minimum of 6 weeks before the module start date.
• Applicants eligible for Overseas fees are to apply a minimum of 3 months before the module start date.

Please note that once registered for the microcredential you cannot swap for the non-credit short course version.

Non-credit short course

The microcredential and the non-credit short course follow the same course structure, the difference between them both is with the non-credit short course you do not take the assessment at the end therefore you will not receive credits but will receive a certificate of completion, this certificate cannot be converted to credits.

Please note if you apply for the non-credit short course, you cannot swap to the microcredential version once registered.

Places on the non-credit shortcourse are limited so please enquire before if spaces are available.