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Specialist Community Public Health Nursing, MSc
University of Derby, Faculty of Education, Health and Sciences
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| Country: | United Kingdom | Duration: | 13 Months |
| City: | Derby | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English |
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Programme Description
It´s 52 weeks in length and you´ll do 50% theory and 50% practice on a placement.
As a Postgraduate Diploma student, by the end of the course, we expect that you´ll:
* have the skills to become an effective specialist nurse in your chosen area of expertise
* be committed to lifelong learning, encourage colleagues to be, and contribute to national debates
* be able to master clinical practice, care and programme management, clinical practice leadership, and clinical practice development
* show leadership and have a critical in depth knowledge of professional roles and functions, so you can bring about integrated and high quality health and social care, through working with other professionals effectively, networking and team working
* have knowledge and skills in evaluating current research and evidence based practice so you can influence and deliver high quality care.
Why choose this course:
* You´ll study modules which are linked to clinical practice, so they´ll really help your career, such as Public Health, Specialist Professional Issues, Research Methods and Leadership and Management.
* 50% of your time will be spent on a placement, so you´ll get hands-on experience as well as learning the theory.
You´ll gain a registerable qualification which will meet the current public health agenda in the area of specialist community public health nursing, so it´ll really boost your career.
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Contents
If you´re taking the Postgraduate Diploma, you´ll take modules in:
* Specialist Professional Issues 30 credits
* Public Health 15 credits
* Child Development and Protection 15 credits
* Leadership and Management 15 credits
* Research Appraisal for Practice 7.5 credits
* Research Methodology and Philosophies 7.5 credits
2 Optional Modules (30 credits) - choose from:
* Clinical Supervision
* Mentoring in Practice
* Child and Adolescent
* Mental Health
* Ethics
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
You should:
* have an entry on an appropriate part of the NMC Register
* be employed by the Primary Care Trusts providing sponsorship
* have 120 credits at degree level or equivalent academic credits or Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL)
* be working in an area which enables achievement of the individual pathway aims and module learning outcomes.
If you´re undertaking a registerable pathway, you must have completed a period of sufficient length to have consolidated pre-registration outcomes and to have gained a deeper understanding in relevant professional practice. This will normally be one year.
It will be the employer's responsibility to ensure that any necessary CRB and health checks are carried out before confirming the offer of a course place.
English language skills
If English isn't your first language, we usually expect you to have at least one of these qualifications:
* IELTS 6.0
* TOEFL 550 paper based(213 computer based or 80 internet based)
* Cambridge Advanced Certificate pass
* London Tests of English: We accept level 4 for undergraduates and level 5 for postgraduates.
* International GCE O-Level English Language grade C
* International GCSE English/English as a second Language grade C
* AES Proficiency pass.
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