Program Overview
The Dementia Studies Program provides advanced training to enhance healthcare professionals' understanding of dementia. Through a combination of clinical and professional modules, students gain expertise in assessing, treating, and supporting individuals with dementia, alongside research, leadership, and quality improvement skills. This specialized knowledge empowers graduates to lead advancements in dementia care and improve the quality of life for those affected.
Program Outline
Dementia Studies Program Extraction:
Degree Overview:
The Dementia Studies program is a comprehensive and holistic program designed for healthcare professionals involved in the care of individuals with dementia. It aims to equip students with the knowledge and skills to improve the quality of life for people with dementia by building expertise in generating and delivering better care. The program provides a theoretical and practical framework for understanding dementia, its impact on individuals and society, and the development of skills in communication, research, and leadership.
Outline:
Program Structure:
- PGCert: Students can choose to complete all three modules from the clinical module list or two clinical modules plus one professional module.
- PGDip: Students must complete all three clinical modules plus three professional modules.
- MSc: Students complete all PGCert and PGDip modules plus a dissertation.
- Assessment and Treatment of Dementia (20 credits): This module focuses on the assessment and treatment of dementia, including pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions.
- Psychological and Social Perspectives of Dementia (20 credits): This module explores the psychological and social aspects of dementia, including the impact on individuals, families, and caregivers.
Professional Modules:
- Research Methods and Critical Appraisal (20 credits): This module provides an introduction to research methods and critical appraisal skills, enabling students to evaluate research evidence and conduct their own research.
- Communication, Learning and Teaching in Health and Social Care (20 credits): This module focuses on communication and teaching skills in the context of health and social care, enabling students to effectively communicate with individuals with dementia and their families.
- Leadership and Change Management in Clinical Services (20 credits): This module explores leadership and change management principles in clinical settings, enabling students to lead and manage change in dementia care services.
- Quality, Safety and Service Improvement in Clinical Services (20 credits): This module focuses on quality improvement and safety in clinical services, enabling students to contribute to the development and implementation of quality improvement initiatives in dementia care.
Assessment:
Most modules are assessed through a 3,000-word in-depth evaluation of a topic agreed upon by the student and module leader.
Teaching:
The program utilizes a variety of teaching methods, including lectures, seminars, workshops, and case studies. The program also involves people living with dementia in the teaching of some modules.
Careers:
Successful completion of the program provides specialized knowledge and expertise that can enhance employment prospects and career progression in the field of dementia care. Students will be empowered to deliver significant improvements in the quality of services provided to people living with dementia.
Other:
- The program is jointly validated by the University of Brighton and the University of Sussex.
- The program is open to UK, international, and EU/EEA students.
- International students requiring a student visa are eligible to apply for full-time Masters courses only.
- Part-time Masters courses, all PGDip, and all PGCert courses are open to UK and Irish students and international students with alternative visa/immigration permission to stay in the UK.
- The course principal is Prof Naji Tabet.
- The course leader is Dr Dorina Cadar.
- The course coordinator is Claire Martin.
- Applications for 2024/25 entry are now open.
The fees listed are the overall costs for full-time courses taken in the academic year 2024/25. Where courses are taken part-time over more than one academic year, fees are usually charged pro-rata for the modules taken during each academic year. However, there are exceptions to this for Irish nationals and EU nationals with settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme. If you do not have settled status in the UK and require a work visa, then you will be fee assessed as Overseas and will therefore be subject to the International fee rate.
