Renal Medicine (Online) Learna - Diploma MSc

Overview

Our 2 year part-time MSc in Renal Medicine aims to equip healthcare professionals to confidently and effectively deal with renal afflictions by providing them with advanced skills and specialist knowledge in this field. This includes a professional project in the second year, focused on a topic of interest within the field.

Key Facts

The role of the kidneys in maintaining overall health is vital, and renal diseases can significantly impact patient’s wellbeing and quality of life. In order to optimise patient outcomes and deliver accurate diagnosis and effective management of kidney-related disorders, thorough knowledge of renal medicine is crucial for healthcare professionals.

Our Renal Medicine (Online) program from Learna - Diploma MSc has been approved by the Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom (RCP), enabling graduates of this programme to receive CPD points as accredited by the RCP.

On successful completion of the course, you will be able to:

• Diagnose and treat patients with symptoms of kidney disease with confidence, without being a kidney specialist.

• Use your enhanced knowledge and skills to prevent or reduce the progression of CKD and ensure timely referral to secondary care.

• Treat dialysis and transplant patients from a primary care perspective.
• Consolidate your knowledge of nephrology to ensure best patient care and service outcomes.

Who is this course for?

Applicants will typically be registered healthcare professionals who have continuous exposure to patients suffering with renal diseases and looking for a master's in renal medicine or a similar discipline.

This may include:

• General practice

• Doctors

• Nurses
• Secondary care HCP managing patients with systemic diseases that may affect the kidneys.

How Will I Learn?

You will be supported throughout your studies by a committed team of internationally recognised educational experts.

Our courses are conducted through our interactive online learning platform, log in daily whenever and wherever you want. No fixed timetable empowers you to study when it suits you.

These usually occur within groups of 10-20 students, allowing you to clearly communicate with both your tutor and fellow students.

Curriculum

The renal master's is a two-year course, consisting of eight modules (180 credits) with the first 120 credits deriving from the Postgraduate Diploma. The second year of the master's in renal course starts with an initial 10-week online module that will develop skills in critical appraisal and knowledge of research methodologies. Students then complete the professional project module, which consists of a 1,500 word proposal and 10,500 word professional project (dissertation).

Year 1 

Module 1 - Recognising Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease 

Module 2 - Managing Acute Kidney Injury 

Module 3 - Managing Chronic Kidney Disease 

Module 4 - Systemic Conditions Impacting the Kidneys 

Module 5 - Dialysis and Transplant Patients in Primary Care 

Module 6 - Living with Kidney Disease 

Year 2 

Module 1 - Research Methodologies and Critical Appraisal 

Module 2 - Professional Project

University Partner & Accreditors

This course is fully accredited and awarded by the University of South Wales.

This postgraduate course has also been accredited by the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS).