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Advancing Professional Practice MSc

Advancing Professional Practice MSc

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Study mode

Part time

Duration

4 years

Start date

16-SEP-24

Key information
DATA SOURCE : IDP Connect

Qualification type

MSc - Master of Science

Subject areas

Health Studies

Course type

Taught

Course Summary

Overview

This course is designed for experienced UK registered healthcare professionals who are looking to progress within their role. You may be moving towards a role in leadership or management, or you might be a practitioner pursuing a clinical route, for example in intensive care nursing, midwifery practice, mental health nursing or addition studies. This course allows you to gain expertise in these areas.

You will develop skills in critical appraisal and decision making. You will also learn how to design strategies to manage complex scenarios and use evidence to generate innovative and creative solutions in your practice. By developing your professional skills and knowledge, the course aims to enable you to make a significant contribution to health and social care delivery.

You can choose to qualify with these awards: PG Cert - part-time for one year (up to two years maximum); PG Dip - part-time for two years (up to three years maximum); MSc - part-time for three years (up to four years maximum).

Career

This is a professionally focused course, designed to enhance your professional and leadership capacity in healthcare professions, and to allow career progression. You could also continue your studies on our Professional Doctorate or PhD programmes.

Modules

This module uses the NHS Leadership Academy's Leadership Framework to help you to develop and practice strategies that will improve the way you lead in your workplace. You will participate in a workshop facilitated with actors from The Common Air Project (CAP) using participatory behaviour change methodology known as ?Interactive Theatre? (IT).
Improvement Project or Systematic Review of Evidence to inform Professional Practice - Core
Evidence Based Implementation of Improvement methods OR Systematic Reviews: Principles and Methods - Core

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

To be confirmed

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

To be confirmed

Entry requirements

You should: be a registered healthcare practitioner with a relevant professional body (NMC/HCPC) registration in the UK; working in an appropriate role so you can apply your learning during the course. You should have organisational support to undertake the course; ideally have a minimum of three years post-qualifying experience, but we also recognise talent and welcome rising stars. We are interested in applications from candidates looking to accelerate their career; ideally have a degree but we will consider applications from those without, in a senior professional role, who can map their professional experience to Level 6 descriptors (equivalent to the final year of undergraduate study). You would be asked to complete the mapping exercise after interview.

University information

The University of West London (UWL) is known as the ‘career university’ due its high graduate employment rate. All postgraduate courses at UWL are specifically designed to enable students to thrive in successful future careers across both academia and industry. UWL has invested £150m in its campus in recent years. New state-of-the-art facilities accessible to postgraduate students include a radio studio, performance spaces, industry-leading...more

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