Program Overview

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The course will have three defined exit points:

​Postgraduate Certificate (PgC)

– provides students with the foundation of knowledge and skills required to begin to develop practice as an Advanced Practitioner.

Postgraduate Diploma (PgD)

– provides students with the appropriate knowledge and skills to function as an Advanced Practitioner.

Master of Science (MSc)

– this aimed at those students who wish to continue their academic study and undertake an extended applied research project which must be relevant to practice.

The structure of the programme is designed, where appropriate, to be flexible and meet the needs of the individual learner. Students can opt to study individual modules for their continuous professional development (CPD); there is a separate fees basis for this type of study.

Modules:

Compulsory Modules for PgD:

Evidence Based Practice (20 credits)

Applied Research Methods & Design (20 credits)

Compulsory Modules for MSc:

Dissertation (60 credits)

Optional Generic Modules:(All worth 20 credits):

Work Based Learning 1

Work Based Learning 2

Changing Health Behaviour

Clinical Decision Making

Strategic Leadership and Management