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Advanced Practice – (M.Sc.)
Cardiff University
Cardiff School of Nursing and Midwifery Studies
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 4,950 - ≈ € 14,450 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Cardiff / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | ||
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Cardiff University
The programme offers generic and specialist pathways providing students with the opportunity to explore their specialist areas of practice and obtain a relevant named degree within the MSc in Advanced Practice programme e.g. MSc in Advanced Practice (Colposcopy).
The specialist pathways through this programme are:
* Non-Medical Prescribing
* Education for Health Professionals
* Safeguarding Children
* Community Health Studies
* Colposcopy
* Generic
The programme is divided into modules that are credit rated. Each taught module offers 30 credits, with an optional dissertation for those who wish to move to Master's level. Students must complete four modules in the taught component of the programme; one of these is a compulsory research module and the remaining three modules are of the students' choice dependant on the pathway chosen.
Special Features:
* The opportunity to explore and analyse the changing needs of professional and clinical practice and develop the skills to deliver specialist areas of care.
* The opportunity to undertake an innovative programme that offers a range of shared learning opportunities.
* The opportunity to undertake a programme in which there is an emphasis on independent learning in a research-led environment, enabling students to access the latest evidence base on professional practice.
* 3 day workshop in September each year.
* The opportunity to undertake an innovative and creative programme delivered by experienced educational and clinical staff who have developed a considerable local, national and international reputation.
* The opportunity to learn in a School which is an accredited Joanna Briggs Centre.
Contents
Compulsory module:
* Research Skills: Approaches, Designs & Methods (NRT081) Optional modules (students choose three):
* Advanced Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning in Screening (NRT110)
* Advancing Assessment and Decision Making (NRT153)
* Advances in Colposcopy (NRT115)
* Cardio-Respiratory Physiology and Pathophysiology (HCT045)
* Collaborative Working in Eating Disorders (NRT140)
* Complexities of Care Management (NRT149)
* Contemporary Issues in Adolescent Health and Wellbeing (NRT136)
* Exploring Advanced Practice (NRT071)
* Evidencing Learning in Professional Practice (NRT148)
* Foundations in Colposcopy (NRT116)
* Health Policy and Funding (NRT074)
* The Neuroscience of Human Movement and Dysfunction (HCT240)
* Non-Medical Prescribing 1 (NRT082)
* Non-Medical Prescribing 2 (NRT083)
* Partnership Working in Safeguarding Children & Young People (NRT105)
* Patient Safety and Clinical Risk (NRT073)
* PGCE - Assessment and Evaluation (NRT139)
* PGCE - Facilitating Learning and Teaching (NRT138)
* Population Screening - 30 credits (NRT109)
* Therapeutic Practice in Safeguarding Children and Young People (NRT112)
* Transforming Care, Systems and Services through Leadership (NRT150)
Dissertation Modules:Choose one module from the following menu:
* * * * * Dissertation Module: Empirical Research (NRT078)
* Dissertation Module: Work-Based Project (NRT079)
* Dissertation Module: Systematic Review of the Literature (NRT080)
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
Registration with the University to undertake the programme is dependent on applicants meeting the following criteria:
* Possess an initial or higher degree of an approved institution.
* Possess a non-graduate qualification equivalent to graduation.
* These programmes are normally open to registered practitioners who possess an initial or higher degree of an approved institution. Where applicants do not hold a first degree, applications will be considered on an individual basis. For such applicants, evidence of relevant experience and continued professional development will be requested.
* Secured funding.
* Employer’s support (where appropriate).
* A prospective candidate who already holds the Doctor of Philosophy shall show that the Master’s Degree scheme to be pursued is in a different field of study from that for which the degree of PhD was awarded.
* Students will normally be health, social care or other professionals with relevant qualifications and registrations.
* Applicants whose first language is not English or Welsh must satisfy the English Language requirements for entry to the university by attainment of a minimum score of 6.5 on the IELTS no more than 3 years before the proposed date of entry.
* Individual modules within the programme may have additional entry criteria due to the aims and learning outcomes of the module and/or due to NMC regulations.
Note: International students pursuing part-time programmes of study are not eligible for Tier 4 General Student) visas and must have alternative leave to remain in the UK if they intend to study at the University in person.
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) |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 600 |
| TOEFL Computer-based: | 250 |
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