Neurosurgery (Online)

Overview

Overview

This course is specially developed for busy health professionals and is practical and clinically focused. It will give you a better understanding of the role of psychology within healthcare settings, allowing you to apply your knowledge of clinical psychology to your clinical practice.

The online MSc in Applied Clinical Psychology course aims to:

• Equip the individual with a broad understanding of clinical psychology, skills in critical appraisal and application of knowledge for direct patient benefit/service development and future study.
• Equip students with life-long learning and advanced problem-solving skills that they can apply to clinical practice in clinical psychology.
• Enable graduates to demonstrate the ability to lead complex tasks and processes in the delivery and advancement of psychologically informed health care.
• Enable graduates to confidently work in teams in multi-agency, multi-cultural and/or international contexts.
• Enable graduates to critically evaluate the delivery of psychological care to patients/service users.
• Equip students with a systematic understanding of evidence-based psychological interventions.
• Enable graduates to use relevant understanding, methodologies and approaches to address complex issues of clinical care across the spectrum of healthcare specialties caring for patients with psychological needs.
• Equip students with the ability to critically evaluate evidence and guidance for clinical psychology and implement best practice and innovation in complex patient scenarios.
• Develop skills in leadership, adaptability, critical thinking and self-reflection.
• Extend student knowledge of research methods and application to practice.

• Extend the scope of practice by exploring a professional subject area in more depth utilising knowledge gained in the previous modules.