King's College London

This full-time course is taught in person, on campus, and will last for a minimum of 45 weeks. We use a comprehensive range of teaching and learning methods, each tailored to the area of study. Our teaching methods support and encourage self-development and awareness through reflection on experience.

Teaching is designed to provide you with the knowledge, skills and behaviours you will need to develop in your future role as a public health professional. Teaching and learning methods will vary by module, and may include lectures, seminars, tutorials, project supervision and workshops.

You will also gain practical experience in a range of community healthcare settings as appropriate for your field of practice.

You will also spend time completing independent study such as e-learning, preparing for scheduled sessions, follow-up work, wider reading and completion of assessment tasks and revision. A typical academic workload will vary by module, but you will normally spend two days each week in university teaching, two days each week in the practice environment, and one day per week of independent self-study.

Location

King’s College London is located in the heart of London, across five campuses, Waterloo, Strand, St Thomas’ and Guy’s and Denmark Hill. This course is primarily taught at the King’s College London Waterloo Campus, and you will also study in practice on placement with our practice partners at locations across a wide geographical area.

Course accreditation

This course provides education and training to allow graduates to join the Specialist Community Public Health Nursing part of the NMC register as a Health Visitor.

This course has been approved by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) against the NMC Standards for post-registration (NMC, 2024).