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MSc Medicine in Hazardous Area Response

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    MSc 1 year full-time

Course Description

Are you a healthcare professional working in hazardous area response, keen to develop your professional and academic knowledge? This programme was developed in conjunction with hazardous area response team paramedics. It takes into account previous practical learning and experience, and will expand the knowledge and non-technical skills required to manage incidents within the hazardous area response context.

Key features

  • This course is unique within the UK and designed for healthcare professionals currently working within hazardous area response.
  • Our curriculum has been developed through collaboration with ambulance service hazardous area response team operatives.
  • Balance your commitments over three years with distance learning.
  • Engage in quality improvement, knowledge creation and dissemination of best practice through presentation and publication.
  • Train and practice your professional healthcare skills in an inspiring purpose-built environment, InterCity Place. 
  • Seize the opportunity to develop and apply advanced knowledge and skills to your area of clinical practice, improving service delivery for patients.

Unfortunately we are unable to accept applications from non-EU overseas students for this programme as it does not comply with the current Tier 4 visa requirements.

Please note that when you enrol on this programme, you always enrol to study the master degree but we offer three exit awards: PgCert, PgDip and MSc. The named Medicine in Hazardous Area Response award requires the completion of specific modules.

Entry Requirements

Achievement of the University’s entry requirements for study at postgraduate level. Employed as a healthcare professional, be registered with a relevant professional body (HCPC; GMC; NMC) and have access to the pre-hospital practice environment with existing, contemporary experience and qualification in hazardous area response.

Candidates should normally have a first degree, BSc (Hons) at 2.2 or above or European first cycle equivalent.

In the absence of a degree, appropriate experience related to the programme, may leave you eligible to apply, provided you can demonstrate a successful qualification at level 6 learning.

Applicants whose first language is not English, must also provide evidence of competence in written and spoken English i.e. IELTS average of 6.5, with a minimum of 5.5 in each part. If you need to improve your English language to get onto a degree course at the University, you can book a pre-sessional academic English course.

Unfortunately we are unable to accept applications from non-EU overseas students for this programme as it does not comply with the current Student visa (formerly Tier 4) visa requirements.

Fees

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Programme Funding

From scholarships and loans, to grants from charitable trusts, you can fund your postgraduate study at Plymouth in a number of ways.

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