Health Sciences The Open University UK

Overview

This Health Sciences Graduate Certificate from The Open University UK Key facts are:

• Explore a range of health topics in their wider personal, cultural and social contexts

• Learn to evaluate evidence; understand and use scientific terms and concepts; handle numbers; and interpret graphs and tables

• Enhance your employability in healthcare and other settings 

• Builds a solid foundation for further study

Skills for career development

As well as an understanding of some of the science that underpins health, you’ll develop skills in basic scientific literacy and numeracy, locating and interpreting scientific data, and using a computer to find and communicate information. The certificate also offers a sound foundation for progressing to an honours degree in a relevant area.

Career opportunities:

Employees with science qualifications are in demand in the jobs market, particularly if they also have good interpersonal skills and some workplace experience. While the Certificate in Health Sciences (S19) is not attached to any specific professional endorsement, it will be useful if you wish to take up a career in the broad area of health science, or if you work in this area already.

 It provides a broad base of subject knowledge and skills appropriate to occupations such as biomedical research, diagnostic services, health promotion, health and safety, health therapy, and health services administration and management.

In the meantime if you want to do some research around this qualification and where it might take you, we’ve put together a list of relevant job titles as a starting point (note that some careers may require further study, training and/or work experience):

• health promotion specialist
• medical sales representative
• medical writer
• health services administrator