The University’s graduation ceremony for students of the Faculty of Health Sciences saw the first graduates who successfully completed a three-year degree programme in community nursing, midwifery studies.
The faculty first opened in 2007 to nurses wishing to specialise in community nursing or midwifery. This was part of an initiative to develop primary care services by providing specialised professionals.
The aim of the course is to equip students with particular skills needed to work in different community settings such as the home, schools and community-based clinics.
This course of studies also provides opportunities for these students to work with specialised nurses in the UK, in order to learn about advanced community nursing roles in various European countries.
The faculty is currently running another degree programme in community nursing care and plans to continue providing this opportunity for study in the future.