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The course is modular and can only be studied on a part-time basis. To attain the MSc at QMU, you must complete eight modules and a project/dissertation. Themes within the programme can be identified for those with a specific interest in research, management, clinical aspects or education. You can also register as an associate student to study single modules in areas of interest.

Course Covers

Core modules

* Primary care, working together creatively
* One research methods module selected from an approved list

Specialist modules include:

* Advanced skills in acilitation and assessment
* Approaches to evaluation of clinical judgement and decision support
* Current issues in education
* Curriculum development
* Developing professional education - work-based learning
* Developing professional practice
* Work-based learning
* Education in action
* Epidemiology
* Human resource development
* An integrated approach to breathlessness in palliative care
* Insights into treatment through pharmacology and immunology
* Leadership
* Managing change in healthcare
* Managing healthcare education
* Managing service industries, organisations and people
* Measurement and assessment of pain and its effects
* Network technologies in the learning environment
* Perspectives in family and community health
* Practice development
* Promoting the health of populations
* Public health perspectives
* Quality in healthcare
* Strategic management
* Working with and for communities
* Working with people with complex pain and symptoms.

Other choices are available from partner institutions.

Teaching and Assessment

Depending on which modules you choose, study can be face to face, distance learning or a mixture of both. The core module is taught face-to-face. Each module is independently assessed by the credit-awarding institution.
Generally, assessment will be of submitted course work and essays. If you wish to graduate from QMU, you are required to take at least 50% of your course credits at QMU, including your project/dissertation.
This is a collaborative degree offeredin partnership with the Universities of Dundee and Aberdeen, with the aim of offering students ease of access to the widest choice of subjects and modes of study. Some modules are also offered by associate partners the Robert Gordon University, University of Glasgow and University of Edinburgh.