MSc Multi-Professional Palliative Care

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  • Objectives
    This Masters degree will meet the requirements of Allied Health professionals (AHP’s) qualifying at degree level who are seeking a specialist qualification in Palliative Care

    'Agenda for Change' and the 'Knowledge and Skills Framework' (2004) are likely to encourage senior staff to pursue studies at Level 4 and this programme will provide practitioners with the requirements of the framework in tandem with a postgraduate degree

    In view of the developments within the speciality, healthcare professionals are required to work collaboratively across boundaries utilising advanced knowledge and skills for the benefit of all individuals with a life limiting illness

    This award is offered through our collaborative link with Compton Hospice
  • Entry requirements
    A first degree or appropriate Accredited Prior Learning
  • Academic title
    MSc Multi-Professional Palliative Care
  • Course description
    Key points

    One of very few courses to have a multi-professional focus in Palliative Care

    In today's health care climate, this course is an ideal way for staff from all professions to gain a comprehensive understanding of Palliative Care

    Future prospects

    Depending on your professional status career pathways can be quite varied. This course is aimed at Health and Social Care professionals with a particular interest in palliative care, as well as Case managers and Heart, Lung and Renal Nurses. Following completion of this course, professionals can go on to become - for example - Advanced Nurse Practitioners or Nurse Consultants.

    Typical modules may include

    -Core modules include
    -Advanced Communication for Complex Situations
    -Palliative Care Symptom Management: The Art and Science
    -Palliative Care Services: Delivery and Equity
    -Spiritual, Philosophical and Ethical Dimensions in Palliative Care
    -Other modules also contribute to the pathway
    -Effective Communication: A Humanistic Approach to Palliative Care
    -Research Methods and the Application to Practice
    -Evidence-Based Practice Proposal
    -Evidence-Based Practice Project
    -Research Dissertation

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