Programme + Advanced Certificate Bundle

Level 5 Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care with Advanced Certificate in Healthcare Research Methods

Earn your Level 5 Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care and add the employer-focused Advanced Certificate in Healthcare Research Methods on top — a double credential from one enrolment, for just £25 extra.

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Why Combine These Two Credentials?

The Level 5 Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care gives you the full, accredited foundation — and the Advanced Certificate in Healthcare Research Methods sharpens it into a specialism employers search for. You study both together, in one flexible online enrolment with LSBR.

You will learn to design and conduct healthcare research studies, extending the research project skills from the Level 5 Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care, to inform evidence-based practice and improve healthcare services.

Complete both and your CV carries two named credentials: the Level 5 Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care and the Advanced Certificate in Healthcare Research Methods.

What You Will Study

Core modules of the Level 5 Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care:

  • Academic Study Skills
  • Communicating in Health and Social Care
  • An Introduction to Healthcare Policy
  • Reflective Practice
  • Managing People in Health and Social Care
  • Sociology: Concepts in Health and Ill Health
  • Principles Underpinning Health and Social Care
  • The Management of Quality in Health and Social Care
  • Partnership Working in Health and Social Care
  • Working with Service Users with Complex Needs
  • Research Project
  • PLUS: Advanced Certificate in Healthcare Research Methods — your focused specialisation on top of the main programme

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