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MSc Improvement Science

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    MSc 4 years Work-release

Course Description

The MSc in Improvement Science is a work based learning course providing you the opportunity to work on an improvement project in your workplace. You will study improvement science methodology and theory, directly putting into practice what you learn into making a change in your workplace.

This course is delivered by the Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) Northwest London, specialists in improvement science and is designed for experienced qualified healthcare staff, working both in the UK and internationally.

Why choose this course?

The course will focus on:

  • understanding care from the perspective of patients and carers through engaging patients and members of the community with the design and development of care
  • bringing research more rapidly into everyday practice, utilising rapid-cycle research, improvement methodologies and rigorous evaluation of clinical and cost effectiveness
  • adopting an industrial standard of quality in the NHS through utilising information to drive evidence based implementation and support evidence based practice
  • increasing staff capacity to implement change and improvements across professional and organisational boundaries.

Entry Requirements

You will:

  • Be based in a healthcare setting
  • Hold a degree in a relevant subject*
  • Be recognised by the organisation you work for, as competent and capable to care for patients in your appropriate discipline.
  • Have an idea for how to improve your healthcare service/setting

*If you are unsure if you meet the entry requirements please contact the course leader for further information. 

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Fees

http://www.uwl.ac.uk/international/fees-and-scholarships/postgraduate-fees

Module Details

The modules will provide you with the skills, competence and underpinning knowledge to be truly effective in your role and build your capability to apply the latest improvement models and tools to your work:

  • The Policy Context of Improvement
  • Leading and Sustaining Improvement
  • Engaging Patients and Relationship Management
  • 40 credits of option modules focusing on current issues of organisational and/or professional relevance
  • Implementation of Improvement Methods
  • Improvement Project

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