MSc Advanced Practice in Healthcare

The Advanced Practice in Healthcare course, offered by the University of Birmingham, is a flexible part-time programme designed for experienced, registered healthcare professionals who aspire to develop their clinical practice, enhance their professional roles, make decisions at a more senior level and ultimately improve patient care. This course promotes advanced practical skills, clinical reasoning, leadership and research skills.Course Content: This innovative programme combines a mix of taught and research components which encourage the development of evidence-based practice. The coursework guides the student to explore the inevitable challenges of clinical practice and the Health and Social Care system.Key Modules: Core modules include Research Methods, Applied Health Research Project, and Advanced Practice. There are additional optional modules which cover various healthcare aspects, ranging from Advanced Communication Skills to Advanced Assessment & Diagnostic Skills, which allows the students to customise their studies to their professional needs.Future Careers: Graduates of this course will be positioned for advanced clinical roles, education and leadership roles, service improvement and management roles within the health and social care sector. The research element of the course also positions graduates for further study at the Doctoral level.For more information on this course, please visit the official course page.