MSc Practice Development

Program Overview

MSc - Practice Development

Course Overview

If you’re an experienced practitioner looking for a professional edge, our masters course will provide a stimulating and engaging learning experience, equipping you with the knowledge and skills to be an innovator in your field.

We make it easier for you to reach your potential because flexibility and choice sit at the heart of our programme, so you can fit your studies around your busy life.

If you’d like to take things gradually, start with a single module, building towards a Post Graduate Certificate (60 credits), followed by a Post Graduate Diploma (120 credits) and then a full Masters degree (180 credits).

Our aim is to see you become the best practitioner you can be and so we endeavour to give you the freedom and choice to study in a way that fits with your interests and lifestyle, even module-by-module, with support right along the way.

As an MSc student, you may be eligible to apply for a government postgraduate student loan to fund this programme.

Key Details

• Recruiting to: UK / RoI / Settled in UK
• Course Location: Carlisle - Fusehill Street, Lancaster, London, Online
• Institute: Institute of Health
• Delivery Style: Blended Learning
• Course Duration: Part-time: 2-3 Years
• Course Start Point: January, April, September
• Award: MSc

Course Structure

What you will learn

As well as the core modules, you'll be able to take your pick from our list of optional modules, or from the stand-alone modules belonging to the department.

The core modules make up 100 credits of the course, and includes a 20-credit research methods module, a 60 credit dissertation module and a 20-credit module in either leadership or evidence based practice. This leaves you with 80 credits to study optional modules.

You will need to complete an induction prior to starting your first module. We have a comprehensive online induction package to welcome you to both the university and your programme of study; alternatively classroom-based induction days take place at our Lancaster and Carlisle campuses and are usually scheduled for the first week of each semester.

If you have studied at the University of Cumbria in the past two years, the requirement to attend the induction day may be waived.

Modules

Compulsory Modules

• Leadership Through Transformational Learning
• Research Methods
• Dissertation (40/60 credit option)

Optional Modules

• Acute and Critical care: Foundations for Practice
• Acute Care: Contemporary Issues (Independent Study)
• Acute Care: Initial Management of the Acutely Ill Adult
• Advanced Pathophysiology and Diseases in Practice
• Advancing Mental Health across the Healthcare Spectrum
• Asthma Management
• Advanced Assessment of the Acutely Ill Child
• Care of Minor Illness and Minor Injuries
• Clinical Complexity in Emergency Care
• Clinical Judgement and Decision Making
• Clinical Reasoning and Assessment Skills in Healthcare (CRASH)
• Clinical Supervision
• Coaching and Mentoring
• Consultation and Physical Examination: Health Assessment Skills
• COPD: Diagnosis and Management
• CPD for Medical Imaging Advanced Practice
• Critical Care: Contemporary Issues
• Critically Reflective Practice in Nursing
• Disaster Response
• Dissertation
• Developing Critical Skills for Non-Medical Prescribing through Work Based Learning
• Digital Health: Use of Technology in Health and Social Care
• Digital Health: Work-based Project
• Emergency care of Women and Children
• Emergency Clinical Decision Making and Problem Solving
• Examination of the Newborn
• Facilitating Health Behaviour Change
• Holistic Assessment and Case Management of the Complex Patient with Long Term Conditions
• Humanitarian Action
• Innovations in Nursing Practice
• Independent Prescribing for Pharmacists
• Independent/Supplementary Prescribing for Nurses, Midwives and Specialist Community Public Health Nurses (V300)
• Leadership through Transformational Learning
• Management of Major Illness and Major Trauma
• Managing within a Strategic and Organisational Context
• Multi-agency Working in Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults
• Multi-Professional Support of Learning and Assessment of Practice
• Multi-disciplinary Perspectives on Children, Adolescents and Families
• Negotiated Learning
• Palliative Care
• Patient Safety in Acute and Critical Care
• Professional Midwifery Advocate
• Public Health in Practice
• Principles of Prescribing Practice in the Context of Allied Health Professionals (Independent/Supplementary Prescribing)
• Principles of Prescribing Practice in the Context of Allied Health Professionals (Supplementary Prescribing)
• Research Methods
• Respiratory Health Assessment
• Safety and Security for Humanitarian, Disaster Response and Development Workers
• Supporting Individuals on the Autistic Spectrum
• Service Redesign in Integrated Care
• Understanding Autism
• Work Based Learning
• Working with Individuals on the Autistic Spectrum

Entry Requirements

• 1st or 2nd class honours degree.
• Students with other qualifications may be admitted to the course, please contact the Enquiry Centre for further details.
• Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL) may be considered for relevant prior learning at the same academic level.

Selection Criteria

• Normally applicants will be required to hold an honours degree classification second-class honours, lower division or above in a cognate subject.
• For applicants who do not meet this requirement, non-standard entry criteria will apply.
• In such cases, applicants will be interviewed.
• This decision will be at the discretion of the programme leader.
• It is expected that such candidates will have evidence of successful study at level 6 (or equivalent) within the preceding five years.

Fees & Funding

Tuition Fees

• £8,325 - UK
• The figures above don't include accommodation and living costs.
• Tuition fees are set annually and are subject to review each year.
• The University may therefore raise tuition fees in the second or subsequent years of a course, in line with inflation and/or the maximum permitted by law or Government policy.
• Students will be notified of any changes as soon as possible.

Additional Costs

• All students will need to purchase stationery and course books.