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MSc Advanced Professional Practice (Nursing and Midwifery Professions)

University of Plymouth

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Course options

  • Qualification

    MSc - Master of Science

  • Location

    Plymouth Campus

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    SEP

  • Duration

    1 Year

Course summary

About the course

Are you a registered health or social care professional looking to develop your advanced practitioner knowledge and skills? The MSc Advanced Professional Practice (Nursing and Midwifery Professions) has been developed to meet the needs of nurses, midwives and allied health professionals working across all healthcare sectors. You will develop your practice by building on your current experience and knowledge, leading to improved ways of working and a positive impact on patient care.

Key features

- This programme may be studied full time over one year or part time over up to five years, offering flexible delivery and exit points to support a learner centred approach.
- A contemporary and dynamic programme responsive to the changing health and social care environment.
- Build a qualification around your personal professional needs by picking and choosing optional modules with relevance to your area of practice and benefit from a student-centred approach providing flexibility in your choice of award.
- Embed independent and supplementary prescribing into your masters degree (subject to profession).
- Opportunities to study in an inter-professional setting with inter-professional core and optional modules delivered by an academic team with extensive experience as well as a close relationship with clinicians contributing to teaching.
- Research informed teaching is embedded throughout the curriculum and you will be given the chance to design and undertake your own research to enhance and develop patient care and/or service provision.
- Gain a deeper understanding of the advanced clinical practice role and how this is used to enhance the patient journey whilst ensuring the right care is delivered by the right clinician at the right time.
- Be equipped to take on lead roles in management, clinical practice and/or education.

Tuition fees

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(International fees)

£ 19,000per year

Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.

University information

University of Plymouth

University of Plymouth

  • University League Table

    65th

  • Campus address

    Plymouth University, Drake Circus, Plymouth, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, England

Join a thriving international community made up of 2,000 students from over 100 different countries.
Find your uni family in one of many international student groups at the Students' Union.
To reward outstanding achievement and to help ease concerns you may have about funding your studies, the university offers several international scholarships.

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    20th out of 82

  • Entry standards

    / Max 208
    148 71%

    9th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    99.0 99%

    8th

    11
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    2.97 74%

    48th

    7

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