PG Dip / MSc Nursing Studies (Leadership in Clinical Practice)
MSc Nursing Studies (Leadership in Clinical Practice) (Reg. no. 251337)
Pg Dip Nursing Studies (Leadership in Clinical Practice) (Reg. no. 252946)
This is a flexible programme where you learn as part of a collaborative community of nurses, midwives and Allied Health Practitioners (AHP)s.
We will develop your confidence as you build on your skills so you can become a leaders in your field. You will develop your practice with confidence. This allows you to make effective nursing interventions knowing they are based on the best available evidence.
We have an established pathway for exceptional students to write for peer-reviewed publications. You also have the opportunity to develop your teaching skills.
Our lecturers are experienced in their specialist practice areas and maintain excellent practice links locally or across the region. They also have strong links with colleagues, organisations and institutions at national and international level.
Learning and Assessment
We have designed the course to raise your practice to an advanced level. This will enable you to progress as a senior practitioners, educator, researcher or manager.
For the MSc you will take: Six compulsory modules and a Dissertation
For the PG Dip you will take: Six compulsory modules only
Programme Schedule
The programme is taught using blended learning with three 6-day intensive schools and one 3-day intensive school during the programme of study. The intensive schools are made up of lectures, group work, workshops and one-to-one tutorials. Students are well supported between intensive schools by e-mail tutorials and feedback on an outline and one full draft for each of the assignment. Our teaching team aims to deliver a programme of the highest quality and to use innovative and up-to-date methods for teaching and learning.
In order to avoid conflict with students’ working schedules, the programme provides flexibility to working professionals. Depending on their duty, students can choose to attend either the morning (8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.) or the evening (6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.) session on each seminar day.
Module Description
This module aims to explore and critique theories, models and strategies for evidence-based practice, with application to the health and social care setting. Examination of the purposes, uses and limitations of various approaches to evidence-based practice, with consideration of political and economic dimensions. Consideration of the concepts of decision-making from the practitioner, purchaser, provider and consumer perspectives. Exploration of some available tools for critical-appraisal and the transfer of evidence to professional knowledge. Sharing of the work of experts, researchers and the student group for discussion and critique.
The module offers students the opportunity to develop and apply the knowledge, conceptual and practice skills needed to be an effective leader within health and social care environments, both in the public and private sector. Through a range of assessment and learning opportunities such as seminar, group work and guided personal study, students will deepen their awareness of key theories and the research evidence on leadership practice and its application at a personal, organisational and inter-organisational level.
This module enables registered nurses to analyse and debate key theories and issues in the advancement of their professional practice. Students will examine developments within their professional field and in relation to their own role, particularly their role when caring for patients from different cultural backgrounds. In addition, students will be supported in the enhancement of self-awareness and personal / professional growth through the use of strategies that include reflective practice and critical thinking. This will enable students to demonstrate how they have mastered (advanced) their nursing practice through the development of their transcultural nursing knowledge.
The Dissertation will involve the students in a piece of investigative research and provides an opportunity to demonstrate the development of their scholarship skills. The students will be expected to demonstrate their ability to focus on a specific research question(s) but also display a wide appreciation of the context of the chosen topic. The research design used will be an in-depth, critical literature review. The investigation should encompass systematic collection and analysis of data and reflect awareness of the implications of the research for practice, theory, education, management and future research. Students are allocated a supervisor for the duration of the module and receive individual research supervision.
Remarks:
It is a matter of discretion for individual employers to recognize any qualification to which this course may lead
Module offering is subject to change.