MSc (MEd Sci) Health Care

Comments about MSc (MEd Sci) Health Care - At the institution - Glasgow - Scotland

• Entry requirements
  This programme is aimed at nurses, doctors, clergy and health professionals and welcomes applications from a wide range of professionals whose current employment involves direct patient/client/family care. Nurses may pursue entrance to the Nursing & Midwifery Council register for specialist practitioner qualification. Coursework within the programme can be tailored to individual areas of expertise and interest, enhancing the specialisation if desired. Generic routes are also available.
• Academic title
  MSc (MEd Sci) Health Care
• Course description
  Content
  
  Core course
  
      * Research methods and statistics
  
  Optional courses (four to be taken)
  
  Cancer and palliative care options
  
      * Assessing and managing symptoms
      * Psychological, social and spiritual needs
      * Scientific basis of cancer
  
  Co-requisite for specialism in cardiac care
  
      * Cardiac risk management
      * Long-term management of cardiac care
  
  Co-requisites for specialism in critical care
  
      * Contemporary issues and systematic approaches
      * Developing clinical practice
  
  Options for specialist/advanced practice
  
      * Promoting specialist/advanced practice
      * Systematic assessment and advanced clinical decision-making
  
  Generic options
  
      * Education for professional practice
      * Ethics for professional practice
      * Management for change in health care: leadership and policy issues
  
  Generic/specialist option
  
      * Long-term conditions: impact and management
  
  Stroke option
  
      * Clinical management issues in stroke
  
  Lymphoedema options
  
      * Lymphoedema: diagnosis assessment and prevention of complications
      * Lymphoedema: assessment and management
      * Managing complicated oedema
      * Management of oedema due to advanced disease
      * Lymphoedema: specialist service development
  
  Dissertation
  
      * Project work: research-based dissertation or work-based project.
  
  Entry requirements
  
  Relevant first degree and professional qualification.