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MSc PG Dip PG Cert General Practice Nursing

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    MSc/PGDip/PGCert Part Time

Course Description

Aimed at Senior and established General Practice Nurses, this MSc course offers General Practice Nurses opportunity to advance their careers through choosing from a variety of general practice focused modules to complete a PG Certificate/ PG Diploma or full MSc qualification.

This course is unique in providing General Practice Nurses with options for a variety of career pathways in the primary care setting. Our General Practice Nursing pathway will enable you to be responsive to developments in primary care and to take on leadership roles in this arena.

What’s covered in this course?

The course enables students to choose from a variety of modules to pursue areas of interest or specific career pathways.

Core modules in year 1 include:

  • Challenges to Health and the Impact of Inequalities: A General Practice Population Assessment
  • Quality, Strategy and Policy: Issues in General Practice

Core modules in year 2 include:

  • Research: Methods of Enquiry
  • Leadership Skills and Project Management for Health and Healthcare

A wide range of optional modules are available including Caring for People with Long Term Conditions in the General Practice Setting; Non-Medical Prescribing and a range of other subjects including mental health, wound care, safeguarding.

Entry Requirements

  • Registered Nurse (Adult, Child, Mental Health or Learning Disability and
  • Employed in General Practice (all students must be working in an appropriate environment in order to fully engage with the chosen modules).
  • For entry into the Post Graduate Certificate students must have a relevant Bachelor’s degree or equivalent or a 60 credit Level 6 award in an appropriate subject area. Applicants with evidence of successfully completed Level 6 study within the preceding 2 years and a minimum of 5 years’ experience in the pathway speciality will also be considered.

In addition, students undertaking clinical subject pathway modules will normally have a minimum of six months post-registration experience for that speciality.

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Fees

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Programme Funding

There are various funding options, including loans, scholarships and bursaries.

Student Destinations

Graduates of the course will be able to contribute to the growing responsibilities of primary care services and will develop skills in:

  • Technology-enhanced learning
  • Generalist skills and the ability to respond to local population needs
  • Leadership to open opportunities to take up leadership roles within primary care multi-disciplinary teams
  • Research capabilities to open up opportunities to develop clinical academic careers

Module Details

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