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Study Details: 3 years
The MSc in Palliative Medicine for Health Care Professionals provides high quality distance education for clinicians working with neonates, children and adults in many different settings in all parts of the world.
At the core of its design and delivery is the desire to improve patient outcomes wherever palliative care is practiced by its students and to enhance the quality of palliative care through research and quality improvement.
Using the palliative care approach as defined by the World Health Assembly in 2014 (WHO 2014) is an increasingly important imperative for health care professionals throughout the world in order to meet the palliative care needs of their populations. Although cancer as a burden of disease remains an issue globally, there are rising numbers of patients, including neonates and children, with palliative care needs from other conditions. These include learning disability, dementia, frailty and elderly people with multiple co-morbidities.
In order to be considered for an offer for this programme you will need to meet all of the entry requirements. Your application will not be progressed if the information and evidence listed is not provided.
With your online application you will need to provide:
A copy of your degree certificate and transcripts which show you have achieved an undergraduate degree in a relevant subject area such as dentistry, medicine, nursing, occupational therapy, pharmacy or physiotherapy or an equivalent international degree. The programme welcomes applications from paediatric-facing health care settings. If your degree certificate or result is pending, please upload any interim transcripts or provisional certificates. Or, evidence that you are a nurse with the RGN qualification.
Evidence that you have current professional registration with the appropriate health professional regulatory body for your chosen health care profession prior to and for the full duration of the programme. Please provide your registration number (if it’s possible to check your status online) or a copy of your certificate of registration.
A copy of your IELTS certificate with an overall score of 6.5 with 5.5 in all subskills, or evidence of an accepted equivalent. Please include the date of your expected test if this qualification is pending. If you have alternative acceptable evidence, such as an undergraduate degree studied in the UK, please supply this in place of an IELTS.
A reference from your employer to evidence that you currently work in a clinical role including caring for patients with palliative care needs having gained at least 2 years working in a health care setting (this can be any general or specialist health care setting). References should be signed, dated and less than six months old at the time you submit your application.
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This programme is suitable for those who wish to increase their knowledge of palliative medicine in order to help improve patient care.
This Masters programme enables you to demonstrate you are taking the opportunity to develop your abilities in critical analysis, problem-solving, decision-making, finding and using evidence and in dealing with complex issues. Whilst we do not formally assess clinical skills or competencies in a face-to-face context (so the programme is not a substitute for a formal specialty training programme), studying at this level should help successful students demonstrate numerous academic skills that should be highly regarded in relation to their career development and progression. In particular, the programme offers opportunities to demonstrate the development of knowledge and skills in relation to the application of evidence-based medicine and the potential enhancement of services and governance frameworks. As such, it should provide evidence of commitment and potential that may assist you in relation to taking on greater responsibilities or perhaps seeking management, research, scholarship, or leadership roles.
Core Modules:
Palliative Care: Core Skills and Pain Management
Physical Symptom Management (excluding Pain Management)
Care in the Last Year of Life
Palliative Care where you Work
Making a Difference: Developing Palliative Care Services and Implementing Change
Optional Modules:
Ethical, Legal and Complex Care Challenges in Adults
Ethical, Legal and Complex Challenges in Paediatric Care
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