S.L. 327.581 Art. 4

(1) The Board shall, after approval by Senate, determine the number of applicants that may be allowed to register for the Course depending on the availability of resources. The Board shall announce the number of available places at the time of the call for SUPERVISION – P.G. CERT.

applications.

(2) If the number of eligible applicants exceeds the number of available places, the Board shall select applicants according to the following criteria:

(i) academic qualifications (45% weighting):

(a) applicants obtaining overall percentage marks of between 80 and 100 in the Higher Diploma in Health Science or the Diploma in Health Science or equivalent grade points shall be awarded 45 marks;

(b) applicants obtaining overall percentage marks of between 70 and 79 in the Higher Diploma in Health Science or the Diploma in Health Science or equivalent grade points shall be awarded 35 marks;

(c) applicants obtaining overall percentage marks of between 45 and 69 in the Higher Diploma in Health Science or the Diploma in Health Science or equivalent grade points shall be awarded 25 marks;

(d) applicants not in possession of the Higher Diploma in Health Science or the Diploma in Health Science but holding a professional qualification deemed by Senate to be equivalent shall be awarded 20 marks;

(ii) relevant work experience in gainful employment (20% weighting):

(a) applicants having 20 years or more relevant work experience shall be awarded 20 marks;

(b) applicants having between 15 and 19 years relevant work experience shall be awarded 15 marks;

(c) applicants having between 10 and 14 years relevant work experience shall be awarded 10 marks;

(d) applicants having between 6 and 9 years relevant work experience shall be awarded 8 marks;

(e) applicants having 5 years relevant work experience shall be awarded 5 marks;

(f) applicants having 4 years relevant work experience shall be awarded 4 marks;

(g) applicants having 3 years relevant work experience shall be awarded 3 marks;

(h) applicants having 2 years relevant work experience shall be awarded 2 marks;

(i) applicants having 1 year relevant work experience shall be awarded 1 mark, provided that the date used for the purpose of calculating the years of work experience in gainful employment shall be that of the commencement of the Course;

(iii) successful completion of the ‘Clinical Education in Practice (Mentorship)’ (HSC4061) or ‘Mentorship’ (NUR3227) study-unit or a unit deemed by the Board of Studies to be equivalent, and holding 2 academic years of experience as a clinical supervisor in undergraduate Health Sciences programmes offered by the University of Malta (20% weighting); and

(iv) successful completion of Continuing Professional Development

(CPD) courses of at least 2 ECTS credits during the three years preceding the date of commencement of the Course for a maximum of 5 courses (15% weighting - 3 marks per CPD course).

(3) For the purpose of selection, applicants who fully satisfy the requirements for admission by 31st August preceding the commencement of the Course shall be placed in rank order and those for whom places are available will be accepted and informed accordingly.