QMU Postgraduate Prospectus 2022 | Page 112

Post-Registration courses for Registered Health Professionals and Social Care Practitioners

Our School of Health Sciences has a well established portfolio of postgraduate courses that will enable you to develop in your career in health or social care . As well as advancing your practice , our courses reflect the growing focus on person-centred practice , and our expertise in that field .
Postgraduate Frameworks
Our Advancing Practice in Health Framework ( see pages 36-45 ) offers a suite of courses for health professionals in a broad range of areas . The Framework offers flexibility in module choice and modes of study ( part-time , full-time , workplace ) that are responsive to individual needs and today ’ s culture of work and learning . All modules are delivered online and can be studied from a distance .
Our Person-Centred Practice Framework ( see pages 102-109 ), offers a number of courses for nurses and professionals working in the health and social care sector . It also includes courses allowing students from a variety of backgrounds to embark on a career in in art therapy , cccupational therapy , play therapy and dramatherapy .
Additional specialist courses aimed at health and social care practitioners .
In addition to our two post-registration course frameworks mentioned , we offer a range of stand-alone specialist courses that will allow health and social care practitioners to develop their skills and knowledge in their particular area and which may enable them to develop or refocus theirs career in a particular area .
These courses range from Advancing Practice in Signed / Spoken Language to Cognitive Behaviourail Therapy . Delivered part-time and mostly , if not entirely , online , these courses are perfect for those wishing to study whilst in employment .
Our stand-alone post-registration courses are :
• MSc Advancing Practice in Signed / Spoken Interpreting ( page 112 )
• MSc Cognitive Behavioural Therapy ( page 114 )
• Independent and Supplementary Prescribing for Healthcare Professionals ( single module ) ( page 116 )
• GDip Integrated Community Nursing ( page 118 )
• MSc Mammography ( page 120 )
• MSc Musculoskeletal Medicine ( page 122 )
• MSc Advancing Practice in Occupational Therapy ( Post- Registration ) ( page 124 )
• MSc Theory of Podiatric Surgery ( page 126 )
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