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MSc PGDip PGCert Advanced Practice (with specialist pathways)

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    MSc/PGDip/PGCert Three years part-time for full MSc award or 18 months full time for international students studying audiology.

Masters Degree Description

This programme also includes the following specialist pathways:

  • Advanced Practice (Audiology)
  • Advanced Practice (Complex Lower Limb)
  • Advanced Practice (Dental Technology)
  • Advanced Practice (Dietetics)
  • Advanced Practice (Speech & Language Therapy)​

The aim of the MSc Advanced Practice in Healthcare programme is to develop autonomous reflective practitioners who are engaged in advanced practice within a range of clinical, organisational and professional settings. The programme focuses on your needs as an individual learner within the context of healthcare with specific pathways for Allied Health Professionals. It fosters Interprofessional Education in joint modules and encourages best practice and innovation within the four pillars of Research and Audit, Leadership and Management, Clinical Practice and Education in line with the Professional Framework for Enhanced, Advanced and Consultant clinical practice in Wales (HEIW 2023).

The MSc Advanced Practice in Healthcare is a flexible part-time* programme, offering learners the opportunity to study for a PgCert, PgDip or MSc, or to study individual modules as micro-credentials, which can build up over time to a formal Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma or Master’s qualification.

Entry Requirements

Applicants should hold an honours degree in a discipline relating to their proposed area of study. However, candidates with other relevant qualifications will be considered.

Applicants must normally be able to demonstrate a minimum of 2 years recent and relevant experience in an appropriate setting. The applied nature of the course and the emphasis on critical reflection and the development of advanced practice require candidates to have relevant experience on which they can reflect and develop their studies.

Entry Requirements for specific pathways:

  • Dental Technology – An honours degree in a discipline related to their proposed area of study at 2:2 and above, or a Bachelor of Dental Surgery. Candidates based in the UK should be registered with the General Dental Council as either a Dentist or a Dental care Professional. Students based internationally must be registered with an equivalent registering body.
  • Dietetics – candidates should be registered Dieticians with the Health and Care Professions Council.
  • Speech and Language Therapy – candidates should be registered Speech and Language Therapists with the Health and Care Professions Council.

Selection Procedure:
Candidates will be considered by the course director and at least one other member of the course team and may be invited to interview. At this stage there will be discussion about the potential areas that the candidate wishes to study as well as consideration of developmental needs.

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Fees

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Programme Funding

A range of bursaries, scholarships, loans and grants are available. Please visit website to find out more.

Student Destinations

The Professional working at Masters Level will be able to lead and contribute to developments in their profession through a more pro-active, critical and reflective approach. Additionally they will be an agent of change, a leader and act as an advocate of their profession. Employability will be enhanced by professions who undertake modules on a CPD basis and NHS professionals will be able to use the awards towards gaining recognition as an Advanced Practitioner. This programme will also provide the opportunity for graduates to go on to further research degree studies.

Module Details

Core Modules

  • Decision Making in Practice (20 credits)
  • Evidence Based Practice (20 credits)
  • Applied Research Methods & Design (20 credits)
  • Project and Career Planning (20 credits)
  • Project (40 credits)

Optional Modules

All optional modules are worth 20 credits:

  • Advanced Practice Educator
  • Advancing Personal Skills and Practice in the Workplace
  • Further Advancing Personal Skills and Practice in the Workplace
  • Facilitating Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice
  • Genetics and Genomics in Healthcare
  • Leadership and Management in Healthcare
  • Research and Practice in Stroke

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