MSc in Clinical Care

Year 2

(Award available for year: Postgraduate Diploma)

Learning outcomes

On completion of the year students should have shown evidence of being able to:
- demonstrate the application of evidence based approaches and knowledge of specific research methodologies relevant to clinical care by formulating and designing a clinical evaluative study.
- demonstrate an advanced understanding of techniques applicable to their own research or advanced scholarship within clinical care;
- take a proactive and self-reflective role in working and to develop professional relationships with others;
- proactively formulate ideas and hypotheses which evaluate the effectiveness of recognised evidence based improvements to clinical care;
- critically assess and evaluate the current provision and nature of specific clinical care by applying enhanced professional knowledge to a critique of its research base;
- have an advanced understanding of the concept of change and the complexity of factors which impact on its success in healthcare organisations;
- formulate a coherent, reasoned argument to healthcare providers in order to influence and improve clinical care outcomes for patients.

Transferable (key) skills

- the skills necessary to undertake a higher research degree and/or for employment in a higher capacity in industry or area of professional practice;
- evaluating their own achievement and that of others;
- self direction and effective decision making in complex and unpredictable situations;
- independent learning and the ability to work in a way which ensures continuing professional development;
- critically to engage in the development of professional/disciplinary boundaries and norms.

Assessment

Achievement for the Postgraduate Diploma will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the programme and will involve the achievement of the students in:
- demonstrating the ability to apply breadth and/or depth of knowledge to a complex specialist area;
- drawing on a range of perspectives on an area of study;
- evaluating received opinion;
- make sound judgements whilst understanding the limitations on judgements made in the absence of complete data.