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Preventive Cardiology: Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention – (M.Sc.)
Imperial College London
Faculty of Medicine
| Location: | London / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | October |
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Location of Imperial College London
This programme is a Postgraduate Certificate, a Postgraduate Diploma or a 1-year full-time / 2-year part-time MSc, depending on the level and direction of students ambitions. The programme covers the complete spectrum of preventive cardiology, from patients with established atherosclerotic disease and the relatives of patients with premature atherosclerotic disease, to asymptomatic people, including those with diabetes, who are at high multifactorial risk.
Our programmes are based at the International Centre for Circulatory Health, at St Mary´s hospital in London Paddington and are delivered by an interdisciplinary teaching faculty consisting of expert clinicians and researchers in cardiology, nursing, dietetics, physiotherapy, pharmacology and clinical psychology. We also have an expert lecture series allowing our students to interact with world leaders in the prevention and management of cardiovascular disease.
The scientific foundation of this programme is lifestyle change (smoking cessation,
healthy food choices and physical activity) through behavioural approaches, together
with weight management, medical management of blood pressure, blood lipids and blood glucose and use of cardioprotective drug therapies. The practical application of research methods and statistics to preventive cardiology will be taught.
All MSc, PG Cert and PG Dip students take our core compulsory module entitled `Preventive Cardiology Theory and Practice´ which includes six themes:
* Smoking cessation interventions
* Risk Estimation
* Nutrition and weight management
* Physical activity and exercise
* Prevention and Management of Diabetes
* Medical Risk Factor Management
These themes are then explored in greater detail in specialist optional modules, of which 2 are taken by PG Cert students and 3 by MSc and PG Dip students.
MSc and PG Dip students are also required to take the remaining core compulsory modules:
* Reflective clinical practice (clinical placements)
* Research methods
* Research project (MSc only, not PG Dip)
Course delivery includes:
* Face to face teaching by specialists from cardiology, nursing, dietetics, physical activity and psychology. A distance-learning option is available for the majority of components
* Practical skills sessions to ensure students are equipped to apply theory to practice
* Online learning, enabling participants to interact with tutors and fellow students via an online virtual learning environment. In addition our on-line learning resources allow students to access podcasts of all lectures and participate in a wide-range of interactive formative tasks that develop understanding, skills and consolidation of learning
* Clinical placements are completed across key areas of preventive cardiology practice e.g. risk reduction clinics, cardiac rehabilitation, diabetes and heart failure, providing the opportunity for students to be immersed in the practicalities of current service delivery, rather than learning about only the theory.
Contents
Course structure:
For the taught part of the course, students will spend these days at the International Centre for Circulatory Health at St Mary´s hospital Campus, but clinical visits may take place at a number of sites across Imperial Healthcare NHS Trust. The majority of our taught days have the option of a directed distance-learning study method, enabling students to work flexibly around other commitments. Our blended-learning option involves accessing the podcasts of lectures, lecture notes and participating in interactive formative learning through Blackboard (an online learning tool).
Course programme
All PG Dip, PG Cert and MSc students
* The first week of October students attend a five day intensive course induction programme.
* Students are required to attend all assessment days.
Part time PG Cert students
* In Term One (October to January) students attend weekly, each Wednesday (or use our virtual facilities) for the core module 'Preventive Cardiology Theory and Practice'.
* During Terms Two and Three (January to July) of students attend the taught component of their optional modules. Optional modules run in 3 day blocks that are held on a Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Full time MSc and PG Dip students
* In Term One (October to January) students attend weekly (or use our virtual facilities), each Wednesday and Thursday for their core modules 'Preventive Cardiology Theory and Practice' and 'Research Methods'.
* During Terms Two and Three (January to September) students attend seminars and personal tutoring for the core module 'Research Project' (MSc only). These seminars are dispersed through the terms and timetabled on Thursdays.
* During Terms Two and Three students attend the taught component of their optional modules. Optional modules run in 3 day blocks that are held on a Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
* During Terms One, Two and Three, students attend clinical visits for the core module 'Reflective Clinical Practice'.
Part time MSc students
* In Term One (October to January) students attend weekly (or use our virtual facilities), each Wednesday for the core module 'Preventive Cardiology Theory and Practice'.
* During Terms Two and Three (January to July) of students attend the taught component of their optional modules. Optional modules run in 3 day blocks that are held on a Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
* During Term One of the second year students attend weekly (or use our virtual facilities) each Thursday for 'Research Methods'.
* During Terms Two and Three (January to September) the research theme continues where students attend seminars and personal tutoring for the core module 'Research Project'. These seminars are dispersed through the terms and timetabled on Thursdays.
* For both year one and year two, during terms one, two and three, students attend clinical visits for the core module 'Reflective Clinical Practice'.
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test if you come from a non-English speaking country.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
More informationRequirements
The minimum qualification for admission is normally an upper second class Honours degree in a health or science-based subject from an UK academic institution or an equivalent overseas qualification. A special case for admission may be submitted to the Graduate School of Life Sciences and Medicine Postgraduate Quality Committee if you do not have a first degree. All applicants must normally be registered health professionals (e.g. state registered nurse, dietitian, physiotherapist, pharmacist, medic), or have attained level 4 membership of the Register for Exercise Professionals.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS:
To obtain maximum benefit from studies at Imperial College all students must have a good command of the English Language. College therefore requires applicants to have taken an English Language test and achieved an acceptable grade or score before admission can be confirmed. The College Senate has approved the tests set out below. Please note that the scores or grades indicated are the minimum levels generally acceptable to the College. Departments have the discretion to prescribe higher requirements either for specific courses of study or in specific cases where there are serious doubts as to the abilities of individual students to undertake proposed programmes of study.
Students must make arrangements to take the appropriate test well in advance of the start of their course. Places will not be confirmed and students will not be allowed to register until confirmation of an acceptable result has been received as set out below.
* A first degree taught in English within the following countries: Australia, Canada, Ireland, Guyana, New Zealand, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States of America, West Indies.
* Candidates whose first degree was not taught in English but who have then successfully completed a one-year MSc (or equivalent) course at a UK university.
* A grade of not less than C in English Language in GCSE, IGCSE, GCE `O´ Level or equivalent.
* A grade of not less than C in the Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE).
* A pass in the University Test of English for Speakers of Other Languages (UETESOL).
* British Council IELTS Test
A score of not less than 6.5 including a score of 5.0 or better in the written and spoken English elements of the academic test.
* TOEFL
A score of not less than 90 overall in the internet-based test (iBT), to include 24 in Writing and 20 in Speaking; or 600 in the paper-based test (PBT), or 250 in the computer-based test (CBT), both to include a minimum score of 4.5 in the written English.
Please note: Imperial College's Institution Code for TOEFL is 0891.
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