Full time
1 year
23-SEP-24
MSc - Master of Science
Health Studies Caring Skills
Taught
Overview
Around the world, health and social care services are coming together to prioritise the support that individuals, families and their communities need. The level of practice needed to inform and contribute meaningfully to this global movement is being realised. As a result, advanced practice masters level qualifications for registered health and social care practitioners are in demand.
Glasgow Caledonian University is recognised as an institution committed to transforming lives through education and innovating for social and economic impact. The University's master's in Advanced Practice has been designed in consultation with policy advisors, clinicians, students and patient representatives. We recognise the importance of service user and carer perspectives when it comes to defining a flexible approach to practice experience and in advancing core and area-specific levels of clinical competence.
MSc Advanced Practice at Glasgow Caledonian University gives you exposure to worldwide health and social care perspectives. You will explore further the need to integrate service users and carers views into policy and practice development. And you will develop the confidence to embrace and promote professional leadership.
Assessment methods
Assessment methods at Glasgow Caledonian University are designed to give you the opportunity to develop key academic skills in a practical setting ensuring that your ability to operate within the health and social care environment is enhanced.
You will be asked to develop leadership skills, learn from assessment in the form of evidence based practice and demonstrate that you can reflect on changes that could be put in to place having considered global evidence.
Graduate opportunities
MSc Advanced Practice offers three exit points: MSc, PgD and PgC are available.
Graduates are ready to lead inter-professional teams and help deliver practice development, design and deliver programmes of education and become change agents within their healthcare settings.
For this course (per year)
£7,300
For this course (per year)
£16,200
UK honours degree 2:2 (or equivalent). Applicants will normally be registered healthcare professionals.