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Advanced Practice (Health) MSc (PGDip)

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Intro

Our Advanced Practice (Health) MSc enables healthcare professionals to develop their career at masters level, and prepares students from a number of different disciplines to practice at an advanced level, providing key clinical expertise and leadership.

Open to all healthcare professionals, for example, nurses, paramedics and paramedic practitioners, midwives, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, podiatrists and health visitors will all benefit from the curriculum. You will gain understanding, knowledge and skills to support advanced-level practice and new roles in a variety of settings.

A wide choice of modules is available from the university’s postgraduate education programme, and enables you to specialise in areas of personal and professional interest.

Graduate with the confidence and resilience to work in autonomous roles; inspired and equipped to become a leader of change and practice innovation.

Key facts

Location Brighton: Falmer

Part-time 2–6 years

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Course content

Course structure

The course prepares students from a number of different disciplines to practice at an advanced level while developing their role as an advanced clinical practitioner.

You will complete a total of 180 credits for the MSc (including a 60-credit dissertation), or 120 credits for the postgraduate diploma. The contents of the compulsory modules form the basis of knowledge used in advanced practice in a multi-professional context and are the same for both the MSc and PGDip.

The course is based on the emerging consensus that in the absence of government or professional body legislation or guidance, advanced practice consists of four underpinning pillars: Clinical Practice, Leadership and Management, Education and Research (NHS multi-professional framework for advanced clinical practice).

There are a range of advanced clinical practice modules e.g. Advanced Physical Assessment (Adult or Child), Advanced Physical Assessment of Cardiac and Respiratory Conditions, Advanced Respiratory Care (with applied pathophysiology).

The course is based on our Falmer campus, with tutorials available at Falmer and on Skype.

Advanced clinical practice consultation

Compulsory modules

There are two compulsory modules on this course:

  • Professional Competency (20 credits) – NA7141
  • Leading Advanced Practice (20 credits) – NA7139
  • Plus a research module (20 credits), optional modules e.g. Advanced Physical Assessment (20 credits) or Independent Prescribing (40 credits) and the dissertation (60 credits)

You begin with a course induction day, where you will begin the Professional Competency module and be introduced to your electronic portfolio (e-folio). The e-folio requires you to collect evidence in support of completing advanced practice capabilities linked to Health Education England’s Multi-professional framework for advanced clinical practice. This is done with guidance from your workplace mentor, peers and tutorial support.

Action learning sets develop an appreciation of multi-professional working including leading a professionally diverse team, discuss issues such as working autonomously or managing complexity as an advanced clinical practitioner. The output from these action learning sets will help you to build the e-folio in support of your advanced clinical practice role and work place projects. 

Leading Advanced Practice is usually taken in the first semester and emphasises the critical leadership and business skills needed as an advanced clinical practitioner. You may then take modules in any order but are encouraged to discuss your personal development plan and choice of optional modules required to support your evolving advanced practice with the course leader, your practice mentor and your employer.

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Facilities

Clinical Skills and Simulation Suite

Our state-of-the-art Clinical Skills and Simulation Suite is among the best-equipped in the country, and may be used as part of your education option module. 

You may also benefit from our physical assessment suite, with a range of resources for developing advanced assessment skills.

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Postgraduate education programme 

Options modules for this course are chosen from the university's postgraduate education programme. 

Find out more about individual modules, and their timetabling. 

  • School of Health Sciences postgraduate education programme
  • Brighton and Sussex Medical School modules

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Careers

Masters-level education is an important component of advanced  practice. It allows you greater autonomy and to accelerate personal and professional development or promotion in your practice.

Our graduates are working in many different strands of advanced practice, for example, Assistant Director of Nursing, Senior Lecturer, Emergency Practitioners.

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Entry criteria

Entry requirements

The entry requirements listed here are our typical offer for this course if you wish to begin studying with us in 2019. They should be used as a general guide. 

Degree and experience

Students should:

  • be registered with the appropriate professional body in the UK and should have a minimum of three years post-registration experience
  • be working for a minimum of 15 hours a week, in a role which is suitable for the development of an advanced level of practice
  • normally be expected to hold a first degree. 

Graduates who have not studied in the previous five years would normally be required to complete and pass a single module relevant to the course, before enrolling on the full course. Credits from this module will then count towards the total number of credits needed.

Applicants without a first degree would normally be expected to demonstrate an ability to study at level 7 by completing a level 7 module, for example a study skills module, before enrolling for the full course.

Students require the support of a workplace mentor who is educated to at least masters level.

Applicants who meet the admissions criteria will also normally be required to attend an interview and provide one academic reference and one employer reference as to their suitability for the course. 

Fees

Fees

UK/EU 9,072 GBP

For individual module fees, contact fees@brighton.ac.uk.

NHS funding is available and may vary depending on individual circumstances.

If you require funding via NHS Trust Health Contract (formally the PTD contract) you may need to submit your application to a panel and/or need a designated signatory before you send it to the university. The forms for Health Education Contract or other sponsorship funding are available from the School of Health Sciences postgraduate education programme.

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Scholarships, bursaries and loans

We offer a range of scholarships for postgraduate students. Bursaries and loans may also be available to you.

Find out more about postgraduate fees and funding.

Location

Location

About Brighton

The University of Brighton is at the heart of our city's reputation as a welcoming, forward-thinking place which leads the way when it comes to the arts, music, sustainability and creative technology. Brighton is home to a thriving creative community and a digital sector worth £1bn a year to the local economy, as much as tourism.

Many of the work-based learning opportunities offered on our courses such as placements and guest lectures are provided by businesses and organisations based in the city.

You can also get involved with city festivals and events such as the Brighton Festival, the Fringe, Brighton Digital Festival, Brighton Science Festival, the London to Brighton bike ride, and the Great Escape festival of new music to name but a few. Other annual highlights include Pride, the Brighton Marathon, and Burning the Clocks which marks the winter solstice.

You'll find living in Brighton enriches your learning experience and by the end of your course you will still be finding new things to explore and inspire you.

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Campus where this course is taught

Falmer campus

Set in the South Downs, our Falmer campus is around four miles from Brighton city centre. 7,000 students are based here taking subjects including criminology, English, education, nursing and medicine, paramedic science, psychology and sociology. Brighton and Hove Albion's Amex stadium and beautiful Stanmer Park are right next door.

Specialist learning facilities at Falmer include the curriculum centre used by teaching and education students, which houses over 30,000 teaching resources and clinical skills and simulation suites used by health students. Psychology students learn in our applied cognition and flexible creative method labs.

Falmer campus has two halls of residence on site, as well as a library, restaurant, cafes, and a students' union shop and bar.

The campus sports centre has a fitness suite, activity studios and a sports hall. There is also a floodlit astroturf football pitch, netball and tennis courts.

Cycle lanes link Falmer with our other campuses and the city centre and there is a BTN BikeShare hub on site. There are regular bus services to the city centre and other campuses. Falmer train station is right next to campus and a nine minute journey to central Brighton.

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Accommodation

Brighton: Falmer

All eligible 2019-entry students are guaranteed an offer of university-managed accommodation.

Halls of residence
We have halls of residence across Brighton in Grand Parade, Moulsecoomb, Varley Park and Falmer.

  • You'll be prioritised for accommodation in the halls that are linked to your teaching base, subject to availability.
  • Falmer campus is linked to the halls on Falmer campus and at Varley Park.
    • Paddock Field and Great Wilkins halls are on Falmer campus and offer a range of room types and catering options
    • Varley Park offers a mix of room and catering options. Varley Park is around two miles from Moulsecoomb campus and four miles from the city centre. Public transport in the city is excellent, and there's a shuttle bus between our Brighton campuses during term time.
    • Find out more about our halls at Falmer and Varley Park.

Unihomes and unilets
Unihomes and unilets are student houses that we let to our students on behalf of private landlords. This option can work particularly well when you're balancing learning with placements and other commitments. We have unihomes and unilet properties across the city.

Find out more about our accommodation and confirm your eligibility.

Private renting
There's plenty of support if you opt for private rented accommodation. This is an option which offers choice and flexibility – enabling you to choose where you live and who with. We manage our own studenthomes database of properties. This lists accommodation offered by landlords who have signed up to our code of standards. Every summer we provide online events and resources, as well as other advice services, for students looking for a place to live and people to share with.

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Outside views at Falmer accommodation

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Extensive facilities at Falmer sports centre

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Students dining at Westlain

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