Paediatrics and Child Health: Community Child Health MSc

UCL (University College London)

Join us on this specialist MSc at the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, one of the leading centres for child health research and practice globally. You will benefit from the institute’s renowned position in UK paediatrics and our strong links to Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children. Primarily for students looking to work in community paediatrics or child health, this multidisciplinary Master’s degree gives you a unique opportunity to build specialist expertise in paediatrics and child health, working with world-renowned experts from UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). Launched in 1986, originally as the MSc in Community Paediatrics, this course is part of the longest-running paediatric health MSc in London. You will gain a detailed insight into the key principles and practice of evidence-based paediatrics and child health, while also exploring more specific areas, such as acute and chronic paediatrics, immunisation, safeguarding, nutrition, growth and physical activity, and child public health. Alongside this, you will build valuable research and transferable skills, and gain first-hand experience of the latest evidence-based practice. Teaching takes place at UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (UCL GOS ICH) in close collaboration with experts from GOSH NHS Foundation Trust. With diverse module choices available in areas including child public health, immunisation, safeguarding, ethics and law for child health, you can shape the course towards the areas most in line with your interests and career plans. The course is intended for professionals specialising in paediatrics and child health. The Paediatrics and Child Health: Community Child Health course is aimed principally at health professionals with experience in child health or public health from countries with developed health services who wish to gain the skills necessary to become a community child health practitioner. This programme is also available on a modular (flexible) basis, with a duration of 5 calendar years.