Health Studies

Course summary

This qualification has been designed to account for two thirds of a two-year, full-time study programmed for learners who are intending to go onto further study in a related sector. It supports access to a range of higher education courses if taken as part of a programmed of study that includes another BTEC or A Level alongside it. This is an opportunity for the student to gain either one, one and a half, two or three equivalent A Levels by taking the Certificate, Diploma or Extended Diploma in Health and Social care over one or two years, and also be able to combine their BTEC with other A Levels. The new style BTEC Health and Social Care Level 3 courses have mandatory and optional units, depending on the size of the course. Units 1, 2, and 3 are externally assessed with 1.5 and 2 hour examinations that can be taken twice if you are on the two year programmed, unit 4 is a controlled assignment. There is a vocational practice element to the course, all learners go on a range of placements one day a week and take part in a variety of relevant training courses and workshops, from emergency first aid, food hygiene and safety, midwifery workshops, open days with subject specific universities such as Kings College and South Bank, simulation activities in health care, presentations from homeless charities, the CQC, the head of Family Services at The London Hospital to name a few.