MSc Clinical Practice - Reading at University of West London

Programme overview

This clinically focused course is designed to support healthcare practitioners who have recently qualified and need to develop the knowledge and skills to work effectively in their chosen specialism. The MSc Clinical Practice can also support established practitioners who would like to extend their skill set within a new specialism. It allows you to gain a postgraduate award as recognition of your continued learning and development.

Duration: 4 years part-time | Study mode: part-time | Intake: September 2027 | Location: London, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

You will learn from highly skilled staff, many of whom are conducting research in their specialist areas, ensuring that your studies are both challenging and rewarding. Your learning will take place in a wide range of settings, and you will work with a variety of people, including patients, clients and expert clinicians and lecturers. for the PgCert, there are no compulsory modules. Modules include: Systematic Reviews: Principles and Methods; Learn more about the Systematic Reviews: Principles and Methods module; Project - Systematic Review of Evidence to inform Professional Practice L7; History Taking and Physical Assessment; Detection of and Response to Acute Clinical Deterioration in the Adult Patient; Care of the Older Person; Ageing and mental health (depression, dementia, confusion, delirium); Strategies to support families and carers of older and frail people; Effective interagency and cross-boundary working; Caring for Families Experiencing Perinatal loss.

Career pathways

On graduation, the clinical and research skills you will have developed, as well as your ability to self-manage and solve problems, could help you to gain promotion in your chosen field. You could also choose to further your research interests with a PhD or Professional Doctorate .

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Application information

Entry requirements

You should: be registered with a UK professional body (Health and Care Professions Council or Nursing and Midwifery Council); hold a degree (e.g. BA, BSc, BNursing); be based in the UK. For the ‘Independent and Supplementary Prescribing’ module, you must have access to a designated medical practitioner within your organisation, who will contribute to the Structured Clinical Examination in Practice summative assessment. Mature applicants. If you don't have a degree but you have a Diploma in Higher Education and relevant professional experience, we encourage you to apply. Your application will be considered on an individual basis and you will be asked to demonstrate your experience through a portfolio of work. More about accrediting previous learning; Entry criteria for specialist awards. If you want to work towards one of the specialist awards listed above then you must be working in that specific area of health or social care provision. We will ask you to confirm this when you apply. If you are from the European Economic Area (EEA) and you do not have the equivalent of GCSE English Language at Grade 4 or above, you will need either: An overall IELTS (International English Language Testing System) of 7.0 with a minimum of 6.5 for Writing, Speaking, Reading and Listening, OR. OET (Occupational English Test) B grade in Writing, Speaking, Reading and Listening (we can only accept results of tests taken from Feb 2016 onwards), OR. TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) Internet Based Test with a minimum score of 100/120. You must also meet the requirements for UK students.

Intake: September 2027

Duration: 4 years part-time

Apply through the official page: https://www.uwl.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/how-apply-postgraduates

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