Health, Social Care Sector and Nursing Professionals (Professional Doctorate)

The programme offers a staged learning experience which builds personal and academic confidence in key strategic areas of leadership and provides a broad repertoire of research skills. A wide range of higher order skills and capabilities accrue from the two M level modules and include scholarly inquiry, effective project management skills, strategic thinking and leadership skills, change management skills and evaluation of services.

The knowledge, skills and attributes gained facilitate the possibilities of positive practice development in a wide range of professions. A key characteristic of the programme is the advantage of learning within an interdisciplinary cohort which provides peer support, collegiality and helps develop skills in critical peer review. All of those attributes are pivotal for proactive health, social care services and nursing services.

Graduates will synthesise the scholarship involved in reflective practice, evidence-based practice and values-based practice. As such, they emergy as versatile practitioners who can deal with complexity and change within the workplace.

The programme provides an ideal learning experience for new leadership, practice research and consultant posts. It facilitates the idea of a scholarly professional who can think strategically and implement change.