Advanced Practice in Health Care

Progamme Structure

The Masters in Advanced Practice in Health Care is made up of three components.

• Core course: taught in semester one (40 Credits)
• Optional courses (each 20 credits): taught in 6 week blocks over semesters 1 and 2 (total must be 80 credits)
• A Dissertation (60 credits)

CORE COURSE – 40 credits

Our core course is Research Methods & 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

A research proposal of 5,000 words 

Optional Courses

Optional courses can lead to a named award in:

• Acute & Critical Care
• Cardiovascular Care
• Chronic Disease Management
• Healthcare Chaplaincy
• Stroke Care

SPECIALIST NAMED AWARD OPTIONS 

All students wishing to exit with any specialist named award  normally undertake

• Leadership in Contemporary Health Care                     
• Advanced Health Care Practice                                     

Students wishing to exit with a specialist named award in Acute & Critical Care

must undertake the course 

• Acute & Critical Care                                                       

Students wishing to exit with a specialist named award in Cardiovascular Care

must undertake the course(s)

• Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Care                  
  and/or
• Principles of Acute Cardiac Management                                       

Students wishing to exit with a specialist named award in Chronic Disease Management

must undertake the course(s)

• Assessing and Managing Patients with Complex Symptoms       
  and/or
• Self Management: Principles and Practice                                     

Students wishing to exit with a specialist named award in Stroke Care

 must undertake the course 

• Clinical issues in Stroke Care                                           

Specialist named awards are attained through ALL assignments within the programme having a specialist focus.

Students can select  their remaining credits from the Generic Options listed.

GENERIC  OPTIONS

• Advanced Communication Skills in Health Care Practice   
• Advanced Health Care Practice                                                         
• Assessing and Managing Patients with Complex Symptoms    
• Education for Professional Practice                     
• Ethics for Professional Practice                                                      
• Leadership in Contemporary Health Care                                                                                                   
• Providing Spiritual and Religious Care in Healthcare                        
• Professional Practice in Spiritual and Religious Care    
• Self Management: Principles and Practice                      

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 Dissertation, Work Based Audit/Service Evaluation or, Project (International).