Advancing Healthcare Practice Course with MSc Degree

Program Overview

This MSc Advancing Healthcare Practice program equips students with advanced clinical assessment and pathophysiology knowledge. Through a work-based learning approach, students develop decision-making, research, and leadership skills for advanced roles in healthcare settings. The program offers both Clinical Practice and Clinical Nurse Specialist routes, with options for prescribing qualifications and elective modules. Graduates are prepared to diagnose and treat healthcare needs or make appropriate referrals, contributing as highly experienced and educated members of care teams.

Program Outline

Outline:

• Year 1 - both routes
• Introduces students to the nationally recognized 4 pillars of advanced practice.
• Develops students' knowledge around pathophysiology and advanced clinical assessment.
• Year 2
• Clinical Practice Route
• Allows students to study for an NMC approved prescribing qualification.
• Focuses on developing skills to interpret common clinical investigations and apply learning to students' own workplace through an advancing practice lens.
• Clinical Nurse Specialist Route
• Allows students to choose between studying for an NMC approved prescribing qualification alongside a 15-credit elective module or 3 x 15 credit elective modules relevant to their area of practice.
• Focuses on applying learning to students' own workplace through an advancing practice lens.
• Year 3 - both routes
• Concentrates on students undertaking their own project in an area of interest to achieve the full MSc Advancing Healthcare Practice Award.

Assessment:

• Typically students are assessed each year:
• Year 1
• 1 written exam
• 2 written assignments, including essay
• 1 oral assessment
• Year 2
• 2 written exams
• 2 written assignments, including essay
• 2 portfolios
• Year 3
• 1 dissertation

Teaching:

• The program is driven by a philosophy that is student-centered, progressive, and practice focused.
• Students learn within a virtual environment, CampusMoodle, and apply theoretical learning to practice through a work-based learning approach.
• The majority of the lecturers who teach on this course are qualified Healthcare Professionals, many with an NMC recordable teaching qualification, with a wide range of experience from varied healthcare settings.

Careers:

• The program prepares students for an advanced role in a range of healthcare settings.
• Graduates develop the decision-making, research, and leadership skills required to deal with complex clinical situations.
• Some advancing practice roles may deem prescribing as an essential qualification, which may affect job prospects for students who do not undertake prescribing as part of the MSc program.

Other:

• The program recognizes the accepted international benchmark for advanced practice and trains students to be highly experienced and educated members of care teams who can diagnose and treat healthcare needs or make a referral to an appropriate specialist.
• The program is designed to allow students to continue and develop their knowledge and skills within their own areas of practice, enabling them to accelerate their career progression.

Tuition Fees and Payment Information:

UK students £3,040 Stage 1 £3,040 Stage 2 £2,020 Stage 3 EU students £3,040 Stage 1 £3,040 Stage 2 £2,020 Stage 3 International students £5,510 Stage 1 £5,510 Stage 2 £3,670 Stage 3