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Tissue Viability and Leg Ulcer Management PgCert (Distance Learning)

2025-26 (also available for 2026-27)

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Start date

22 September 2025

Duration

1 or 2 years part-time

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About the course

Reasons to study

  1. This distance learning course provides you with the flexibility to study at a time that meets your own personal and professional commitments, as there is no requirement to attend the University’s campus.
  2. You will be taught by experts who are recognised as national and international key opinion leaders.
  3. Develop the skills required to critically discuss, explore and analyse existing and developing theories and concepts that underpin tissue viability and leg ulcer management

This course is aimed at health or social care professionals who would like to gain or enhance their knowledge of tissue viability and wound management. It offers you the opportunity to develop an understanding of the complex body of knowledge in relation to tissue viability and leg ulcer management. This level of knowledge and skills will help reduce unwarranted variations in clinical practice, resulting in clinical effectiveness and improved patient experience.

  • It is the only fully online University accredited course at Master’s level which relates to tissue viability and leg ulcer management within the United Kingdom.
  • You will be taught by experts in these specialist fields who are recognised as national and international key opinion leaders.
  • As this course is distance learning you are not required to attend the University and can study at a time that meets your own personal and professional commitments.
  • Excellent student support will be provided through fortnightly webinars and one to one tutorials.
  • The course will assist you in developing the skills required to critically discuss, explore and analyse existing and developing theories and concepts that underpin tissue viability and leg ulcer management. It will also help you to understand the political, local, national and international drivers that can affect resource management.

Course detail

Leg Ulcer Management (Distance Learning)

You will have the opportunity to gain an understanding of leg ulcer management, exploring and analysing existing and developing theories and concepts that underpin this complex area of practice. You will work with an identified clinical mentor to complete an e-portfolio relating to leg ulcer management,

Tissue Viability and Wound Management (Distance Learning)

You will have the opportunity to develop your knowledge around the areas of tissue viability and wound management, exploring and analysing existing and developing theories and concepts that underpin these complex areas of practice. You will work with an identified clinical mentor to complete an e-portfolio relating to tissue viability and wound management.

Entry requirements

Entry requirements for this course are normally:

  • to be a registered health or social care professional with a minimum of 12 months post registration experience.
  • to be registered with an appropriate governing body.
  • to be currently working in a healthcare environment in which you are caring for clients with tissue viability/wound conditions.
  • to have an Honours degree or evidence of degree level study.
  • to be able to identify a suitable mentor in clinical practice who will support you throughout the duration of the course. Part of the assessment for this course is the completion of an on-line practice-based portfolio, this portfolio is assessed by your mentor. Therefore, the mentor must be a recognised expert/specialist in the field of tissue viability and leg ulcer management.

In order to successfully study this distance learning course, you must also have:

  • access to a computer with a reliable internet connection.
  • the ability to access and use online study guidance and support.
  • appropriate video and audio devices so that you can participate in webinar tutorials.

Placements

You are required to complete a portfolio of evidence. Although you may be able to complete the portfolio within your current working environment, you may also benefit from arranging addition clinical experiences elsewhere.

Prior to commencing this course you must identify a mentor in practice. You will work alongside your mentor in order to achieve your learning outcomes and agree with them what additional experience you require. You may be required to visit specialist nurses, specialist clinics and medical staff in order to develop your knowledge and skills base. Such visits will be organised individually between you and your mentor.

Enhance your career

Previous graduates from courses in this subject area have gone on to work in a variety of roles such as Adult nurse, Children's nurse, Health play specialist, Health visitor, High intensity therapist, Learning disability nurse, Mental health nurse, Midwife, Paramedic, Physician associate.*

*Source: Prospects
**Percentage of the University’s postgraduate students go on to work and/or further study within fifteen months of graduating. (HESA Graduate Outcomes 2021/22, UK domiciled, other activities excluded).

93.4%** Graduates employed

Student support

At the University of Huddersfield, you'll find support networks and services to help you get ahead in your studies and social life. Whether you study at undergraduate or postgraduate level, you'll soon discover that you're never far away from our dedicated staff and resources to help you to navigate through your personal student journey. Find out more about all our support services.

Important information

Although we always try and ensure we deliver our courses as described, sometimes we may have to make changes for the following reasons

When you enrol as a student of the University, your study and time with us will be governed by our terms and conditions, Handbook of Regulations and associated policies. It is important that you familiarise yourself with these as you will be asked to agree to them when you join us as a student. You will find a guide to the key terms here, along with the Student Protection Plan.

Although we always try and ensure we deliver our courses as described, sometimes we may have to make changes for the following reasons

Changes to a course you have applied for but are not yet enrolled on

If we propose to make a major change to a course that you are holding an offer for, then we will tell you as soon as possible so that you can decide whether to withdraw your application prior to enrolment. We may occasionally have to withdraw a course you have applied for or combine your programme with another programme if we consider this reasonably necessary to ensure a good student experience, for example if there are not enough applicants. Where this is the case we will notify you as soon as reasonably possible and we will discuss with you other suitable courses we can transfer your application to. If you do not wish to transfer to another course with us, you may cancel your application and we will refund you any deposits or fees you have paid to us.

Changes to your course after you enrol as a student

Changes to option modules:

Where your course allows you to choose modules from a range of options, we will review these each year and change them to reflect the expertise of our staff, current trends in research and as a result of student feedback or demand for certain modules. We will always ensure that you have an equivalent range of options to that advertised for the course. We will let you know in good time the options available for you to choose for the following year.

Major changes:

We will only make major changes to non-optional modules on a course if it is necessary for us to do so and provided such changes are reasonable. A major change is a change that substantially changes the outcomes, or a significant part of your course, such as the nature of the award or a substantial change to module content, teaching days (part time provision), type of delivery or assessment of the core curriculum. For example, it may be necessary to make a major change to reflect changes in the law or the requirements of the University’s regulators or a commissioning or accrediting body. We may also make changes to improve the course in response to student, examiners’ or other course evaluators’ feedback or to ensure you are being taught current best practice. Major changes may also be necessary because of circumstances outside our reasonable control, such as a key member of staff leaving the University or being unable to teach, where they have a particular specialism that can’t be adequately covered by other members of staff; or due to damage or interruption to buildings, facilities or equipment, or pandemics.

Major changes would usually be made with effect from the next academic year, but may happen sooner in an emergency. We will notify you as soon as possible should we need to make a major change and will carry out suitable consultation. If you reasonably believe that the proposed change will cause you detriment or hardship we will, if appropriate, work with you to try to reduce the adverse effect on you or find an appropriate solution. Where an appropriate solution cannot be found and you contact us in writing before the change takes effect you can cancel your registration and withdraw from the University without liability to the University for future tuition fees. We will provide reasonable support to assist you with transferring to another university if you wish to do so.

In exceptional circumstances, we may, for reasons outside of our control, be forced to discontinue or suspend your course. Where this is the case, a formal exit strategy will be followed in accordance with the student protection plan.

The Office for Students (OfS) is the principal regulator for the University.

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