Master Advanced Practice MA - Práctica Avanzada Salud
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Presencial
This part-time postgraduate degree was developed in conjunction with the NHS. It is designed to equip health care professionals with the skills to lead innovative infection control practice.
An appropriate degree or its equivalent (preferably 2:2 or above) and evidence of recent academic study is required. Applicants also need to be registered as first level health care professionals with possession of a good professional portfolio.
Alternatively applicants may have at least two years experience as a first level health care professional, with possession of a good professional portfolio.
Please note that because of the clinical nature of this course, you will need to be working in clinical practice.
This course is not open to international applicants.
Year One
Module code: SHGM18
Foundations in Research
Credits: 15
Start date: Oct-14
Module code: SHHM22
Infection Control Theory
Credits: 30
Start date: Oct-14
Module code: SHHM12
Advanced Practice and Education
Credits: 15
Start date: Oct-14
Year Two
Module code: SHHM08
Infection Control Strategy, Policy and Practice
Credits: 30
Module code: SHVM08
Clinical Decision Making
Credits: 15
Module code: SHHM13
Advanced Practice: Leadership and Management
Credits: 15
Year Three
Dissertation
Credits: 60
Students may choose to produce either an extended literature review a traditional research based dissertation, or an evidenced based practice project.
Healthcare professionals employed in the field of infection prevention and control require advanced level education the speciality. Recent drivers from the Welsh Government including the Framework for Advanced Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professional Practice in Wales recommend master’s level qualifications for nurses and allied health professionals working in advanced practice roles. This will include many infection prevention and control practitioners working within Wales. This programme is ideally suited to meet the needs of these practitioners.