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MSc Advancing Practice

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    MSc 3 – 5 years part-time

Course Description

Our MSc Advancing Practice awards support the advancement of healthcare professionals practice by developing, knowledge, skills and understanding to challenge and innovate future practice. This award also offers and alternative route to individuals with an interest in Advanced Clinical Practice.

By challenging legal, professional and ethical dilemmas you will develop advanced knowledge and skills to underpin safe and effective practice, supported by the application of complex decision making. You will benefit from a flexible route which builds and develops opportunity for advancing healthcare provision.

Entry Requirements

Applicants need to have:

  • An appropriate healthcare or data related Bachelor’s degree with honours.
  • Must be employed within a health and social care related environment.
  • Must be a UK registered healthcare professional.

or

  • Students who do not have a relevant Bachelor degree must satisfy the University that by virtue of their professional standing, qualification and/or training that they are fit to register for, and to benefit them from, their proposed programme of study.

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Student Destinations

There is opportunity for those who wish to continue educational study and work at academic Level 8 on completion of the MSc Advancing Practice award, to register for the Doctor of Professional Practice in Health and Social Care or a PhD programmes which are also offered at the University of Northampton.

Module Details

  • Advancing Assessment and Reasoning Skills (40 Credits)
  • Independent and Supplementary Prescribing for Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals (40 Credits)
  • Enhancing Advanced Practice  (20 Credits)
  • Advancing Practice in Action (20 Credits)
  • Assessment and Management of Minor Injury (20 Credits)
  • Assessment and Management of Minor Illness (20 Credits)
  • Advanced Dementia Care (20 Credits)
  • Educating and Influencing Others in Health Care (20 Credits)
  • Injection Therapy of the Lower Limb (20 Credits)
  • The Lower Limb at Risk (20 Credits)
  • Professional Project (60 Credits)

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