MSc in Advanced Professional Practice taught Masters's program nurtures talented and innovative professional practitioners, placing practice at the forefront. The program is delivered through nine specialist pathways, enabling students from different professional backgrounds to review and update their practice and benefit from shared learning, and then contribute to improving the quality and effectiveness of health and social care providers globally.
This program produces exceptional practitioners who have:
- Skills necessary to promote and enhance innovative and emerging practice
- Intellectual and transferable skills necessary in positions of leadership
- Skills enabling the review and application of contemporary evidence to practice
The program and pathways will appeal to practitioners working in a wide range of practice areas who are committed to their own personal and professional development. Graduates of this program move into senior practice roles, management and leadership positions, or progress onto a career in research or education.
The specialist pathways are:
MSc (Critical and Acute Care)
MSc (Cancer Nursing: Supportive and Palliative Care)
MSc (Leadership and Management)
MSc (Mental Health Care)
MSc (Care of Older People)
MSc (Midwifery Care)
MSc (Care of Children & Young People)
MSc (Intellectual Disabilities)
MSc (Practice Education)
MSc (Maternal and Family Health)
Admission to a specialist pathway often requires students to be working in a related area. The Programme Coordinator will provide individual advice on module choices at enrolment.
The program is offered on a full-time or part-time basis and combines face-to-face teaching with online delivery. Those taking the program on a full-time basis may be eligible to do so by incorporating a Clinical Practicum by the agreement with the Programme coordinator.
Advanced Professional Practice Highlights
This is a flexible program that students can adapt to serve the needs of their careers.
Career Development
This course will appeal to registered nurses and midwives working in a wide variety of areas who are thinking about their career progression.
This program produces exceptional practitioners who have the skills necessary to promote and sustain innovative and emerging practices. Graduates of the program go on to positions of leadership or research and teaching careers.
Student Experience
Students from different professional backgrounds come together in this program and share expertise, review their practice and share balanced and critical findings that contribute towards the improvement of the quality and efficiency of the delivery of healthcare on a global scale.