Healthcare Practice, MSc

Flexible, Part time 3 year MSc

Healthcare

Course Overview

This programme is not available for application for September 2024 entry.

The MSc Healthcare Practice is aimed at qualified and registered nurses and other health care professionals who wish to undertake continuing professional development, progress to higher-level studies and gain a postgraduate qualification. As many senior posts require postgraduate qualifications, this programme will support individuals in their career development and progression.

This flexible programme has a student-centred approach and students will have access to a wide range of CPD modules which will enable them to build their qualification around their professional needs, personal interests and career aspirations. By selecting optional modules which are relevant to their area of specialism, they can tailor their learning to meet their personal and professional requirements and the needs of their employer.

The programme has been designed to meet the needs of the graduate interprofessional healthcare workforce and employers, including our partner health boards (HBs), Swansea Bay University HB and Hywel Dda University HB, as well as other healthcare providers in the private, independent and voluntary (PVI) healthcare sector.

The programme will build on students’ current knowledge, experience and skills, enabling them to identify and implement improved ways of working that will have a positive impact on patient care. Practice learning elements will be undertaken in the students’ substantive area of employment or within other clinical areas within their employing organisation. The programme aims equip individuals to navigate and adapt through the rapid changes taking place in healthcare.

WHY HEALTHCARE PRACTICE AT SWANSEA?

The course is delivered through our School of Health and Social Care, so you will benefit from a diverse teaching and research environment. 

 According to the most recent Research Excellence Framework, 75% of research carried out at the School of Health and Social Care is 3* and therefore considerable in terms of reach and significance. Our focus on research outputs has resulted in a 21% increase in world-leading research (REF2021). This research expertise and excellence feeds directly into our learning and teaching practise and your course content. 

Our teaching team has a strong background in academic support at all levels, including the specific demands of work-based learning.

We have strong links with professional practice and academic research networks in Europe and around the world, so your learning is informed by the latest policy and practice developments.

YOUR HEALTHCARE PRACTICE EXPERIENCE

Our academic staff are active in a wide range of research fields, including public health, psychology, sociology, midwifery, and child nursing, offering an unrivalled mix of academic excellence and current policy and practice expertise.

HEALTHCARE PRACTICE CAREERS

Your postgraduate qualification in Healthcare Practice opens up a range of career development opportunities in your chosen discipline, including research, education, and management roles.

This programme will support individuals in their career development and progression.

 

Modules

The MSc Healthcare Practice has four core modules: two 15 credit modules, one 30 credit module and a core 60 credit module of independent directed learning.

Students have the option of selecting all theoretical modules or combining with these with WBL and/or composite modules which will include elements of practice-based learning.