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MSc

Enhancing Clinical Practice

The MSc Enhancing Clinical Practice is a postgraduate course offered to a range of healthcare professionals including those from different fields of nursing.

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Key Course Details

  • Start Date

    September

  • Location

    Pontypridd

  • Campus Code

    A

Fees

  • Home students

    £10,800*

  • International students

    £16,900*

  • Full-time fees are per year. Part-time fees are per 20 credits.

  • Start Date

    September

  • Location

    Pontypridd

  • Campus Code

    A

Fees

  • Home students

    £1,200*

  • Full-time fees are per year. Part-time fees are per 20 credits.

The award will focus on preparing a range of experienced healthcare professionals to manage the complex needs of service users in dynamic healthcare settings, whist also developing as either an educator in practice or a clinical or service manager.

DESIGNED FOR

This course is designed for Health care professionals with a professional registration with the relevant Professional regulatory body.

Career Paths

  • Clinical Service Manager
  • Practice Development Nurse

Skills Taught

  • Assessment
  • Care planning
  • Diagnosis

We make a difference in practice, not just on paper. Our courses are designed by people who offer jobs - and taught by people who have real work experience.

Three student nurses performing CPR on a mannequin in a simulated hospital environment.
Two nursing students consulting paperwork together
A group of nursing students stood in a line taking instructions from a nursing lecturer in the clinical simulation centre
Two nursing students practicing examination techiniques on a child mannequin in the clinical simulation centre

Module Overview

The course can be completed over the course of a year, if studied full time, or over three years if studied part time. 

Research methods
This module will provide a comprehensive grounding in research design, methods and the research process and help students to critically consider the relationship between the research context, research question, method and knowledge development. 

Clinical assessment and diagnostics
This module will enable students to utilise critical, systematic and comprehensive approaches to clinical examination, patient assessment and diagnosis.

Leading effective teams in Health and Social Care
This module enables students to critically examine the development of effective team relationships and the impact on service delivery within health and social care services.

Enhancing Clinical Practice
In this module students will be required to critically analyse and apply ranges of systematic and methodical approaches to determine complex needs of patients, and to be able to demonstrate a critical understanding of the pathophysiological processes related to fields of practice.

Professional Practice project (Optional)
This module aims to enable the student to critically explore a key issue identified through their own experience and practice, developing on knowledge and skills acquired through concurrent modules, and making recommendations based on critical evaluation of literature and the student’s own experience.

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Facilitating Learning and Teaching and Assessment in the Context of Practice (Optional)
This module will enable the participant to develop their knowledge, skills and competence to effectively facilitate and support learning and undertake the assessment of students and others within the context of the participants’ area of practice.

Course Highlights

How you’ll learn

This course will be delivered through a hybrid learning approach with a variety of face-to-face lectures and tutorials on-line learning packages, simulation and skills-based teaching, some sessions may also be pre-recorded and available on the virtual learning environment.

Teaching staff

  • Sara Morgan

Students on this award will be supported by both Award leader and module manager, with academic coaching available. Students will also have a named supervisor for all written assignments.

Facilities

The clinical modules will include simulation within The Clinical Simulation Centre provide immersive learning opportunities to contextualise and apply theories to practical, authentic scenarios.

Careers and Employability

Possible career paths

We would envisage graduates of this award going onto:

  • Specialist nurse roles within their field of practice
  • Developing as practice development nurses
  • Clinical service manager

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Typical qualification requirements:

  • All students MUST have professional registration with the relevant Professional regulatory body i.e. NMC and HCPC.
  • A Relevant degree at the level of 2:2 or higher, Or students without a first degree must have undertaken at least 100 Level 6 Credits and further appropriate evidence of experience (RPL) in the relevant area of practice.
  •  All students must be at least one year post-original professional registration.
  • Students must be able to demonstrate the application of the course to their clinical area of practice via an appropriate and detailed personal statement in their application.

 

 

Alternative Leave Permissions

Applicants with leave to remain in the UK, may be considered for this course depending on the type and duration of your leave. Please email [email protected] to obtain confirmation of how to proceed.

Unfortunately, this course is not currently open to international applicants who require a Graduate Route visa due to visa restrictions.

Contextual offers

We may make you a lower offer based on a range of factors, including your background (where you live and the school or college that you attended, for example), your experiences and individual circumstances (as a care leaver, for example). This is referred to as a contextual offer, and we receive data from UCAS to support us in making these decisions.

USW prides itself on its student experience and we support our students to achieve their goals and become a successful graduate. This approach helps us to support students who have the potential to succeed and who may have faced barriers that make it more difficult to access university.

 

We're here to help

Whether you a have a question about your course, fees and funding, the application process or anything else, there are plenty of ways you can get in touch, and we'd love to talk to you. You can contact our friendly admissions team by phone, email or chat to us online.

 

Fees and Funding

UK Full-time Fee

£10,800

per year*
International Full-time Fee

£16,900

per year*
UK Part-time Fee

£1,200

per 20 credits*

Further Information

Studying at university is one of the most significant investments you'll ever make. Whilst you’re studying, you’ll have two main financial obligations – tuition fees and living costs. There’s lots of financial help available from the University of South Wales and external funding sources, that may provide loans (which have to be paid back) and grants, scholarships and bursaries (that don't).

*Full-time fees are per year. Part-time fees are per 20 credits. Once enrolled, the fee is anticipated to remain at the same rate throughout the duration of your study on this course except as described below.

Please be aware that we may increase the maximum fee for home students on full-time undergraduate courses only where the Welsh Government increases the permitted level of inflation of fees. Fees for all students (including part-time, postgraduate and international students) may be amended in accordance with our applicable Fees and Debt Management Policy.  We will ensure that students are given clear, intelligible, unambiguous and timely information about our courses and costs in good time, ahead of the next academic year.

 

Fees and Funding Scholarships and Busaries Alumni Discount

Additional Costs

As a student of USW, you’ll have access to lots of free resources to support your study and learning, such as textbooks, publications, online journals, laptops, and plenty of remote-access resources. Whilst in most cases these resources are more than sufficient in supporting you with completing your course, additional costs, both obligatory and optional, may be required or requested for the likes of travel, memberships, experience days, stationery, printing, or equipment.

University Quality Assurance

At USW, we regularly review our courses in response to changing patterns of employment and skills demand to ensure we offer learning designed to reflect today’s student needs and tomorrow’s employer demands.

If during a review process course content is significantly changed, we’ll write to inform you and talk you through the changes for the coming year. But whatever the outcome, we aim to equip our students with the skillset and the mindset to succeed whatever tomorrow may bring. Your future, future-proofed.

Studying at USW

Our courses are designed with industry leaders and provide the practical skills and experiences industry demands. Our flexible courses reflect the need for life-long learning. If you value education in practice, not just in theory, then USW is for you.

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How to apply

There is an online application process for this course. Please choose the application form for your preferred start date and mode of study (i.e. full-time or part-time).

International admissions

Please see our international admissions advice for further information about how to apply as a prospective international student.

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