MSc Allergy

Program Overview

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The MSc Allergy program enhances healthcare professionals' knowledge and skills in diagnosing and managing allergic diseases. Offered in flexible online and blended formats, it covers advanced topics including basic immune mechanisms, clinical features, and cutting-edge research in allergy. Graduates develop expertise in the field and advance their careers in areas like allergy, pediatrics, and respiratory medicine.

Program Outline

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Degree Overview:

The MSc Allergy program is a part-time Master's course designed to help healthcare professionals advance their knowledge and skills in the diagnosis and management of allergic diseases. It is offered in both fully online and blended formats, providing flexibility for students with professional commitments.

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Objectives:

• Develop advanced knowledge and practical skills to optimally diagnose and manage allergic diseases.
• Explore cutting-edge research that influences clinical practice and the latest innovations in diagnosis and treatment.
• Benefit from flexible or online learning options to fit studies around professional commitments.

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Program Description:

The program covers a wide range of topics related to allergic diseases, including:

• Basic immune mechanisms underlying allergic diseases
• Clinical features of allergic diseases
• Best practices in assessing, diagnosing, and managing patients with allergic diseases
• Recent research advances in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of allergic diseases
• Research methodology and data analysis techniques

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Outline:

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Compulsory Modules:

• Research Skills in Allergy: Develops the knowledge and skills required to conduct original research projects or systematic reviews under supervision.
Covers research methods used in allergy medicine and emphasizes the importance of research for clinical practice development and evaluation. Assessed by a thesis and viva (oral examination).
• The Scientific Basis of Allergy: Explores the scientific basis of allergy and the practicalities of allergy patient care in a scenario-based setting.
• Diagnosis and Treatment of Allergic Disease: Develops understanding of clinical features seen in allergic diseases and enhances skills in using medical devices and treatments.
• The Cutting Edge of Allergy: Examines recent research advances in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of allergic diseases and their application in clinical practice.
• Food Hypersensitivity: Assesses the epidemiology, mechanisms, clinical presentation, and advanced diagnostic and management strategies for various manifestations of food hypersensitivity.
• Allergic Airways Disease and Asthma: Reviews recent advances across the developmental spectrum on the mechanisms underlying allergic airways diseases.
• Rhinitis, Rhinosinusitis and Immunotherapy: Understands the mechanisms, clinical presentation, and advanced diagnostic and management strategies for allergic rhinitis and rhinosinusitis in adults and children.
• Allergic Skin Disease: Analyzes a wide range of allergic skin diseases, including atopic eczema, contact dermatitis, and urticarias.
• Paediatric Allergy: Advances knowledge of allergic diseases in childhood, from the mechanisms underlying the ‘atopic march’ or 'allergy multimorbidity' to difficult clinical scenarios.

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Core Modules:

• The Scientific Basis of Allergy: Explores the scientific basis of allergy and the practicalities of allergy patient care in a scenario-based setting.
• Diagnosis and Treatment of Allergic Disease: Develops understanding of clinical features seen in allergic diseases and enhances skills in using medical devices and treatments.
• The Cutting Edge of Allergy: Examines recent research advances in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of allergic diseases and their application in clinical practice.

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Assessment:

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Assessment Methods:

• Tutor and peer feedback
• Group work
• Student-led presentations and case-based sessions
• Quizzes
• Diagram completion exercises
• Mock examinations
• Computer-based examinations
• Poster presentations
• Presentations
• Individual work
• Reports, journal reviews, and leaflets
• Thesis
• Oral assessment

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Teaching:

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Teaching and Learning Methods:

• Virtual learning environment
• Flipped classroom
• Lectures
• Tutorials
• Group work
• Workshops and practical sessions
• Scenario-based settings and role play
Her research focuses on food allergy, food immunotherapy, quality of life, and improved allergy diagnostics.

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Careers:

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Potential Career Paths:

• Roles in secondary and tertiary care in areas of medicine such as allergy, paediatrics, respiratory medicine, dermatology, and gastroenterology.

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Opportunities:

• Develop expertise in the area of allergies.
• Become more familiar with the evidence base that supports allergy and asthma research and clinical practice.

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Other:

• The program is delivered by the National Heart and Lung Institute.
• The program offers three award stages: PG Cert, PG Dip, and MSc.
• Students can enter the program at any level and all courses are offered in either a fully online or blended format.
• Students can switch to the other mode of delivery after successfully completing an award.
• The program includes a research project component.
• The program is designed to address the increasing global health problem of allergies and the need for clinical allergy specialists.
• The program is relevant for basic scientists and professionals working in industry in the field of asthma and allergy.

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• Home fee: £14,900 total fee
• Top-up fee – £2,980 from the PG Dip
• PG Dip
£11,920total fee
• Top-up fee – £4,470 from the PG Cert
• PG Cert
£7,450total fee
• Overseas fee
• Blended format
• MSc (blended)
£43,250 total fee
• Top-up fee – £8,650 from the PG Dip
• PG Dip (blended)
£34,600total fee
• Top-up fee – £12,975 from the PG Cert
• PG Cert (blended)
£21,625 total fee
• Online format
• MSc (online)
£24,600 total fee
• Top-up fee – £4,920 from the PG Dip
• PG Dip (online)
£19,680total fee
• Top-up fee – £7,380 from the PG Cert
• PG Cert (online)
£12,300total fee