MSc ADVANCED PRACTICE - DISTANCE LEARNING
MSC ADVANCED PRACTICE - DISTANCE LEARNING
The Advanced Practice - Distance Learning programme allows you to complete a fully online MSc in Advanced Practice, offering flexibility in when and where you study, and accommodating your existing professional and personal commitments. The programme reflects national and international benchmarks for advanced level professional practice for the healthcare workforce, while supporting you to build a personalised qualification around your own advanced professional practice needs. The four pillars of advanced practice (Clinical, Research, Education and Management/ Leadership) are embedded explicitly in every module to advance your overall level of practice as well as developing you in your specific professional role, while a wide range of optional modules allow you to tailor the programme to the context of your own professional practice, enabling you to achieve optimal professional development.
About
The overarching philosophy of our programme is that advanced practice is all about reaching a level of practice, rather than a specific professional role. Suitable for all experienced health and care professionals, and open to both national and international applicants, it reflects professional, UK-wide government and international benchmarks for advanced level practice for the health and social care workforces. You will attain the contemporary knowledge and skills for advanced level practice.
Our aim is to help you to develop an academic preparedness for an advanced professional practice role. All of this is based on the four pillars of advanced practice – clinical, research, education and management/leadership – and the five key principles: autonomous practice, critical thinking, values-based care, improving practice, and high levels of decision-making and problem-solving. In addition to three core modules on the programme, you can select from a suite of optional modules that are relevant to your area of advanced practice. This allows you to tailor the course to your professional practice needs and across the pillars and principles. The emphasis of learning within each of the four pillars will be dependent on the modules you have selected. In this way, you can build a qualification specific to your individual requirements.
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Important Information
Whilst the University will make every effort to offer the courses listed, changes may sometimes be made arising from the regular review of course programmes. Where this activity leads to significant (but not minor) changes to programmes, there will normally be prior consultation of students and others. Changes may for example consist of variations to the content and method of delivery of programmes, courses and other services, to discontinue programmes, courses and other services and to merge or combine programmes or courses. The University will endeavour to keep such changes to a minimum, and will inform students.After the Course
Whether you are looking for promotion or to improve your knowledge and abilities, completing the programme will arm you with the skills you require to support your individual advanced practice needs.
You will be able to demonstrate learning across all of the pillars and principles of advanced practice. The emphasis of learning within each of the four pillars will be dependent on the modules you have selected. Dependent on your role within practice and the modules selected, there is also potential for application for credentialing with external bodies.
Career destinations
Advanced nurse practitioner - Royal College of Nursing
Emergency care practitioner – Royal College of Emergency Medicine
Assessment for Year 1
You will experience a range of assessment methods throughout the course, which have been carefully considered to demonstrate learning across all the pillars and principles of advanced practice.
Formative and summative assessment strategies across the programme include written assignments, unseen examinations, case studies, and portfolio.
Full-time MSc AP DL students are required to complete a total of 180 credits: 80 CORE module credits and 100 OPTIONAL module credits, taking 60 per term. Please note that if you do not select Managing Yourself & Leading Others in Term 1, you will need to complete the Term 3 version.
Assessment for Year 1
You will experience a range of assessment methods throughout the course, which have been carefully considered to demonstrate learning across all the pillars and principles of advanced practice.
Formative and summative assessment strategies across the programme include written assignments, unseen examinations, case studies, and portfolio.
Important Information
Whilst the University will make every effort to offer the modules listed, changes may sometimes be made arising from the annual monitoring and review of modules. Where this activity leads to significant change to a programme and modules, the University will endeavour to consult with affected students. The University may not be able to offer a module for reasons outside of its control, such as the illness of a member of staff. Availability of optional modules may be restricted owing to timetabling, lack of demand, or limited places. Where this is the case, you will be asked to make alternative module choices and you will be supported during this process.Entry Requirements
Degree classification
Bachelors (Hons) degree - 2.2 or equivalentDegree subject
Health Care subjectAdditional entry requirements
Current professional registration with a minimum of 2 years post registration practice experience. Must already be qualified as a Nurse, Midwife etc.
You must submit a Memorandum of Understanding at the time of application. Your manager will need to confirm that you will be given the time and resources required for the programme.
Students for whom english is a foreign language
We welcome applications from students whose first language is not English or those whose degree was not taught in English. To ensure such students benefit fully from postgraduate study, we require evidence of proficiency in English. We also will require a certain standard to be achieved on the written element of the test. Our usual entry requirements are as follows:
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IELTS: 6.5 (minimum 6.5 in all component)
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PTE: 67 (minimum 67 in all components)
All scores must be less than two years old.
Other tests, including Cambridge English exams and the Trinity Integrated Skills in English are also accepted by the university. The full list of accepted tests can be found here: Accepted English Language Tests.
INTO UEA run pre-sessional English courses which can be taken prior to the start of your course. For further information and to see if you qualify please contact intopre-sessional@uea.ac.uk (INTO UEA Norwich).
Intakes
The annual intake for this course is in September each year.Fees and Funding
Tuition fees for the Academic Year 2022/23 are:
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UK Students: £8,900 (full time)
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International Students: £18,500 (full time)
If you choose to study part-time, the fee per annum will be half the annual fee for that year, or a pro-rata fee for the module credit you are taking (only available for Home students).
We estimate living expenses at £1,023 per month.
Further Information on tuition fees can be found here.
Scholarships and Bursaries
The University of East Anglia offers a range of Scholarships; please click the link for eligibility, details of how to apply and closing dates.
Course related costs
You can find information regarding additional course costs here.How to Apply
Applications for Postgraduate Taught programmes at the University of East Anglia should be made directly to the University.
To apply please use our online application form.
FURTHER INFORMATION
If you would like to discuss your individual circumstances prior to applying please do contact us:
Postgraduate Admissions Office
Tel: +44 (0)1603 591515
Email: admissions@uea.ac.uk