Minor Injuries Management (SCQF level 11) CPD Award

What is special about this course?

This CPD module in Minor Injuries Management (SCQF Level 11) enables you to develop advanced practice capability and supports autonomous working. On successful completion you will be equipped to contribute to and autonomously lead the management of minor injuries in a general practice or appropriate alternative setting.

This module supports safe and competent practice in the context of General Practice or an appropriate alternative setting. Successful completion requires that you demonstrate an in-depth and critical understanding of clinical examination, assessment and management of common minor injuries.

You will be required to evidence 30 hours of supervised practice learning during the module. Practice assessors support, assess and verify supervised hours of practice. 

Assessment comprises of an unseen examination, a single case study and a log of supervised practice learning.

Special features

• The course is delivered online so you can fit your study around your personal and professional commitments
• Joint working with clinical stakeholders
• Informed contemporary practice

Entry requirements

• You are required to be a first level nurse or an allied health professional, working full-time or part-time in a general practice or appropriate alternative setting.
• You must meet the general entry requirements for postgraduate study, having previously attained a first degree, and have at least three years post-registration experience
• All applicants need to evidence current registration with the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) or the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), and confirm that suitable supervision arrangements are in place to meet the supervised practice learning requirement of 30 hours
• Applications for January 2025 are now closed​​​​​
• The application deadline for September 2025 starts is 20th June 2025
• The application deadline for January 2026 starts is 14th November 2025

CPD Award

Minor injuries management (SCQF level 11) (20 credits)
The module combines in-depth pathophysiology of minor injuries with critical review of person-centred management. Five learning units are included: 

• Person centred approaches; history taking; child protection; child consent; the older adult; psycho-social aspects; and non-accidental harm
• Musculoskeletal injuries: upper and lower limb injuries
• Wounds and bleeding, bites and burns
• Midline injuries: head, face, eyes, spine and chest  
• X-ray and the non-medical referrer: ionising radiation medical exposure

Fees

For all students normally domiciled in the UK, and assessed as such for fee status, the following fees apply:

This includes

• EU nationals with settled or pre-settled status in the UK,
• EEA/Swiss nationals with settled status in the UK
• EEA/Swiss nationals with pre-settled status who are self-employed or migrant workers in the UK.

This course is not available for international students requiring Student Route visa sponsorship to study in the UK and cannot be studied outside of the UK. For students living in the UK and assessed as international fee status, the following fees will apply:

This includes EEA/Swiss nationals with pre-settled status who are not self-employed or migrant workers in the UK.

A no fee increase guarantee is available for self-funding full-time and structured part-time rest of the UK, EU and international postgraduate students for continuous study for the same award, up to the permitted standard time limit for the relevant award.

Funding

General Practice Nurses and out of hours service applicants may obtain funding via the Scottish Government General Practice Nursing Fund. Further information can be accessed via the NHS Education for Scotland (NES) CPD Connect site.