Advancing Professional Practice

Entry requirements

You should be working as a health and social care professional (usually at least two years full-time or equivalent).

Months of entry

September

Course content

Extend your health or social care expertise though this innovative and flexible course, designed for experienced practitioners from a range of disciplines.

Career options

A Masters degree is an established academic pathway for healthcare professionals. This new MSc Advancing Professional Practice course has been designed for experienced UK registered healthcare professionals, who are looking towards Masters study to enable them to progress within their professional role.

Course overview

This course aims to develop your professional skills and knowledge enabling you to make a significant contribution to health and social care delivery. You will develop skills in critical appraisal, decision making, you will learn how to design strategies to manage complex scenarios and use evidence to generate innovative and creative solutions in your practice.

Designed to be distinct from the MSc Advanced Clinical Practice, it is aimed at those who are in/moving towards roles in leadership/management, or practitioners who are pursuing a clinical route (e.g. intensive care nursing, midwifery practice, mental health nursing or addiction studies). You can opt for a generic award in Advancing Professional Practice or have the focus of your advanced practice studies recognised through one of the following awards:

• MSc Advancing Professional Practice (Leadership)
• MSc Advancing Professional Practice (Psychosocial Interventions)
• MSc Advancing Professional Practice (Intensive Care)
• MSc Advancing Professional Practice (Midwifery)
• MSc Advancing Professional Practice (Addiction Studies).

Fees and funding

For information please visit the UWL website:

http://www.uwl.ac.uk/students/postgraduate/help-funding