Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
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Study Details: Full-time: 1 year
The MRes Health and Care (Nursing and Midwifery) is a one-year, research-intensive master’s degree designed to empower registered nurses and midwives to lead, influence and deliver high-quality research across diverse healthcare settings.
Throughout the programme, you will build the advanced knowledge and methodological skills needed to design and conduct impactful studies that directly enhance clinical practice, patient outcomes and service delivery. You will complete a substantial, supervised independent research project, benefiting from the expertise of active healthcare researchers who will support and guide you across your study.
This programme is ideal for nurses and midwives who are passionate about evidence-based practice, committed to improving patient care, and motivated to progress towards doctoral study or senior research roles within healthcare organisations.
You’ll need:
To be registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) or international equivalent, or international equivalent
An Honours degree of 2:2 or above/or evidence of Level 7 study
The MRes Health and Care (Nursing and Midwifery) is designed to prepare you for a career in research or further study and research at doctoral level. Students completing the MRes will be well prepared to undertake doctoral programmes at the University of Derby, or other institutions offering Nursing and Midwifery Fellowships.
Alumni from the MRes are given advanced standing for our Doctorate in Health and Social Care Practice (DPrac) programme. This means that graduates from the MRes are admitted to the third year of the doctoral programme, with exemptions given for the first year 60 credit skills modules and the second year 60 credit service and practice development project. This enables our MRes graduates to enter the DPrac at year three – the postgraduate research phase.
Quantitative Skills in Health and Care Research (20 credits) (7NU640).
Methods for Managing Health and Care Research (20 credits) (7NU642).
Launch of the Independent Research Project (80 credits)
Qualitative Skills in Health and Care Research (20 credits) (7NU641 ).
Ethical and Scientific Standards for Health and Care Research (20 credits) (7NU643)
Evaluating Healthcare Interventions (20 credits) (7NU644)
Independent Research Project for Health and Care (80 credits) (submission) (7NU944)
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