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MSc PGDip Person-Centred Practice (Public Health and Wellbeing)

  • DeadlineStudy Details:

    Full-time: 1 year; Part-time: 2.5-7 years

Course Description

Our recently developed innovative Master’s Person-Centred Practice (PCP) Framework with a suite of course routes which place the values of person-centredness at their core. These routes offer practitioners the opportunity to build upon their experience and develop an understanding of the knowledge and evidence that positively contributes to the health and wellbeing of persons, groups and populations.

The framework enables you to study the route which best meets your professional background and future aspirations. It will appeal to a wide range of health professionals. Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Registered Nurses already working in, or wishing to work in, the community can undertake a specified  group of modules that allows them to achieve a community qualification or registration recognised by the NMC in District Nursing, Health Visiting or School Nursing.

Entry Requirements

Candidates will normally be graduates with evidence of relevant recent academic study.

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Fees

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Module Details

To achieve a PgCert, you will complete:

  • Public Health Perspectives Across the Lifespan (30 credits)
  • You will then undertake a further 30 credits from a range of modules which could include:
  • Epidemiology (15 credits)
  • Risk and Resilience: Working with Vulnerable Individuals, Families and Groups (15 credits)/ Global Public Health (15 credits)
  • Health Promotion and Health Education for Allied Health Professions and Nurses (15 credits)
  • Interventions for Health Promotion (15 credits)

To achieve a PgDip, you will also complete:

  • Theory and Practice of Person-Centred Health and Social Care (30 credits)
  • Leading Professional Practice (15 credits)
  • Making Judgements and Decisions in Practice (15 credits)

To achieve a MScTo achieve a MSc, you will also complete:

  • Dissertation (60 credits)

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