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2010/2011
LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY
REGULATIONS FOR THE POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMME IN
HEALTHCARE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND BUSINESS CONTINUITY
MANAGEMENT
These Programme Regulations are to be read in conjunction with Regulation XXI and the
relevant module specifications.
1.
STRUCTURE
1.1
Administrative responsibility for the programme rests with the Business School.
1.2
The programme is offered on a part-time basis. The minimum period of study for the
award of MSc is three years. The minimum period of study for the award of Postgraduate
Certificate or Postgraduate Diploma is one year and two years respectively.
1.3
The programme leads to the awards of Postgraduate Certificate or Postgraduate
Certificate with distinction, Postgraduate Diploma or Postgraduate Diploma with
distinction, MSc or MSc with distinction.
1.4
Entrance Requirements to the programme are:
i)
or
ii)
or
i)
possession of a degree or equivalent
possession of the academic requirements for corporate membership of
a British Chartered professional institution;
hold any other relevant qualification and experience approved by the Programme
Director together with a reasonable level of formal academic education.
1.5
Exemptions
1.5.1
Students who can satisfy all of the criteria of experiential competencies as stipulated
below and who hold the Diploma of the Royal Society of Public Health in Healthcare
Emergency Planning may be granted exemption from BSP520 and BSP521 and given a
40 credit exemption from the full Masters programme. Such exemptions do not qualify a
student to be awarded a Postgraduate Certificate unless a further 60 or credits from
Loughborough University modules have been obtained.
The criteria which must be satisfied are:
a)
Students must have been employed as an Emergency Planning Officer or occupy a
post whose job description is wholly or mainly concerned with Healthcare Emergency
Planning and Business Continuity Management for the previous two years. In the
event that the student is employed in a part-time capacity, the minimum period of
employment must relate to two years whole time equivalence.
b)
Students must provide a portfolio of evidence which includes the following:
i. The creation of a Trust Major Incident Plan in accordance with the Emergency
Planning College template.
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ii. Have validated such a major incident plan by means of a scenario-based tabletop
exercise.
iii. Have validated Command and Control systems by conducting scenario based
cascade communications exercises both in and out of normal working hours.
iv. Provide evidence of links with other agencies and partnership working with
Ambulance Trust, Primary Care Trusts, Fire Services, Local Authorities and the
Local Resilience Forum, for such issues as Pandemic Flu Planning, Evacuation
and Shelter Planning and Extreme Weather Planning.
v. Have participated in a “live exercise” such as EMERGO or a Regional Health
Protection Agency based exercise.
c)
By means of interview whether face-to-face or by tele-conferencing satisfying two
interviewers that the portfolio of evidence supplied is such as to meet the
competencies as stipulated in (b) above and that they have a breadth of experientially
derived knowledge and understanding of the relevant issues and concerns.
2.
CONTENT
2.1
Modules
Modular Weight
BSP520
The Role of the Emergency Planning Manager
20
BSP521
Assessing the Viability of Emergency Plans
20
BSP522
Operationalisation of Emergency Plans
20
BSP523
Business Continuity Management in Healthcare
20
BSP524
Assessing the Viability of Business Continuity Plans
in Healthcare
20
BSP656
Research Methodology
20
BSP657†
Masters Project
60
† partially by distance learning
2.2
For full details of the specific assessment requirements for each module see the Module
Specification.
3.
ASSESSMENT
3.1
Modular credit corresponding to the weight of the module will be awarded to each
candidate who receives a Module Mark of not less than 50%.
3.2
Candidates who have the right of re-assessment in a module may choose to be reassessed in the University’s special assessment period.
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4.
AWARDS: SPECIFIC PROGRAMME PROVISIONS
Candidates are required to obtain the following in order to be eligible for an award:
4.1
To be eligible for the award of Postgraduate Certificate candidates must have
accumulated 60 credits. Specifically, candidates must attend and achieve credit BSP520,
BSP521 and BSP522. Exemptions as outlined in 1.5.1 do not apply to the award of
Postgraduate Certificate.
To be eligible for the award of Postgraduate Diploma candidates must have attended
modules with a total modular weight of 120. Specifically, candidates must attend modules
BSP520 – BSP524 inclusive and module BSP656.
Candidates must also have accumulated at least 100 credits and achieved a module mark
of not less than 40% in a further module with a module weight of 20.
Exemptions as outlined in 1.5.1 do not apply to the award of Postgraduate Diploma.
4.2
To be eligible for the award of MSc candidates must have satisfied all of the requirements
outlined in 4.2 and in addition must have achieved 60 credits from BSP657, the Masters
Project.
Candidates granted exemptions as detailed in 1.5.1 to be eligible for the award of MSc,
must have accumulated 140 credits. Specifically, candidates must complete modules
BSP657.
4.3
Distinctions will be awarded to candidates achieving and a Programme mark of not less
than 70%.
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