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Developing Professional Practice (Health Care) – (M.A.)
Lancaster University
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| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 6,885 - | ||
| Location: | Lancaster / United Kingdom | ||
| Duration: | 24 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Lancaster University
Who is it for?
The MA in Developing Professional Practice (Health Care) is a part-time, work based masters degree designed to meet the needs of managers and professionals promoting or leading change in health care.
This course is for mid career health care professionals interested in organisational change and developing professional practice in the workplace. We aim to help you to Increase your understanding of change processes in the workplace; enhance and develop your own professional practice and bring about positive change in your own organisation.
Contents
The MA has two parts :
* In Part 1 you learn how, why and when change happens in organisations
* In Part 2 you apply this learning to your own workplace. you do this by designing and implementing a work based project, focused on developing you professional practice, and negotiated with your employer, to ensure its usefulness
It is delivered:
* Over 2 years
* Using online materials plus 17 day-long sessions (9.30am – 4.30pm) at Lancaster University (or your workplace for cohorts from the same organisation)
* By tutors with extensive vocational experience as well as appropriate subject knowledge
* Between sessions, you learn by private study
Key Benefits
* Knowledge: Understand how and why organisational change happens
* Relevance : Apply your learning directly to your own work and learn through work based projects
* Customisation : Negotiate and agree the focus of your programme with your employer
* Staff Development : Design and implement a work based project that has real benefit to your organisation
* High-level learning : Gain a Masters Degree from a highly rated University
* Flexibility : Fit learning around your work and life by studying part-time
* Networking : Meet and share knowledge and learning with participants from a wide range of organisations
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Register Now!Requirements
You need to complete an application form and 500 word statement. We welcome applications from individuals who have:
- an Honours degree or equivalent professional qualification and at least 3 years relevant work experience
or
- successful experience of honours level (final year undergraduate) study in the last 3 years
If you do not meet either of these entry requirements, you may still be able to apply on the basis of line manager recommendation, interview and a 1,000 word critique of a set journal article on organisational change.
We also offer accreditation of prior certificated learning (APCL) so if you hold a relevant postgraduate certificate then contact us for further details.
* IELTS: 6.5
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.5 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade B (Score: 75) |
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