Health Care

Progamme Structure

The Masters in Health Care is made up of three components:

• Core course: taught over a twenty week teaching period, from September to February
• Optional courses: taught in three ten-week blocks
• A Dissertation

Core Course – 40 credits

Our core course is Research Methods and Statistics and this consolidates and extends the student’s knowledge of research methods and to acquire sufficient information to write a research proposal.  This course is a prerequisite for the research-based dissertation or work-based audit and service evaluation.

Assessment

An outline of the outline of the proposed research project to be submitted in December and a research proposal of 5,000 words submitted at the end of Block 2.

Optional Courses

Optional courses can lead to a named award in:

• Cancer Care
• Palliative Care
• Cardiac Care
• Critical Care
• Stroke Care
• Lymphoedema
• Health Care Chaplaincy

By undertaking the following 20 credit courses

Cancer/Palliative Care

• Assessing and Managing Symptoms
• Advanced Communication Skills - NEW from 2012

Cancer Care

• Scientific Basis of Cancer

Cardiac Care

• Managing Cardiovascular Risk
• Managing Cardiac Care
• Principles of Acute Cardiac Management

Critical Care

• Contemporary Issues & Systematic Approaches
• Developing Clinical Practice

Stroke Care

• Managing Stroke Care

Lymphoedema

• Lymphoedema: Diagnosis, Assessment & Risk Reduction
• Lymphoedema: Assessment & Management
• Lymphoedema: Managing Oedema due to Advanced Disease
• Lymphoedema: Managing Complicated Lymphoedema
• Lymphoedema: Specialist Service Development
• Casley-Smith MLD Specialist Skills Update Course

Healthcare Chaplaincy

• Providing Spiritual & Religious Care in Health Care
• Professional Practice in Spiritual & Religious Care in Healthcare

Generic options available are:

• Advanced Health Care Practice - NEW from 2012
• Education for Professional Practice
• Ethics for Professional Practice
• Management for Change in Health Care 

Assessment

Our courses have both formative and summative assessment.  Some elements of the assessment are e-learning based, all summative assessments are coursework based.

Dissertation – 60 credits

This aims to consolidate and extend the student’s learning from the Research Methods and Statistics course.  Students undertake a supervised research study in the form of either a research-based dissertation or work-based audit and service evaluation.