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Deconditioning – Healthcare/Hospital Acquired Harm


Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery

Summary

The aim of this module is to support health and social care professionals to understand, recognise, detect, prevent and treat hospital and healthcare acquired deconditioning.

This programme will run over 12 weeks and will include live online lectures each week in addition to directed resources. Each lecture will consist of advance viewing of a short expert prepared video, advance reading of a short PowerPoint presentation and a number of key papers, followed by a two-hour live lecture.

In keeping with the ethos of the programme, the weekly videos will be available in a format which allows the learners to listen to them on a mobile application and we encourage all learners to listen to them while moving (walking/running, etc).

This programme is expected to commence in September 2026. Final dates will be announced in due course.

Programme lead: Professor Mary Rose Sweeney

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Learning outcomes

At the end of this programme learners will:

  • Comprehensively understand the epidemiology of deconditioning including the prevalence, distribution and determinants and recognise the pathology/presentation/impact of deconditioning on individuals, the community and healthcare services.
  • Critically appreciate the scientific evidence/literature related to deconditioning, and be able to put in place strategies and policies to prevent and treat deconditioning.
  • Comprehensively understand the role of the multi-disciplinary team in monitoring, managing and mitigating deconditioning.
  • Critically understand deconditioning agendas/policies nationally and internationally.
  • Have a high level of awareness of best practices internationally and understand the importance of organisational cultures on deconditioning.