Advanced Healthcare Practice University of Limerick

Overview

The MSc in Advanced Healthcare Practice from University of Limerick is designed to enhance graduates’ critical thinking and develop evidence based practitioners as future leaders of effective services. Graduates will obtain in-depth knowledge of an area of Health Sciences to apply to their professional practice. From this MSc, graduates will be able to describe and appreciate the strengths and weaknesses of the current range of theory and research. They will reflect critically on their own and others’ learning styles and practice.

Students can register on a fulltime or part-time basis. Students must complete 6 - 8 taught modules, to include two core modules and 4-6 elective modules from the modules available, with a research thesis.  The full-time option is completed over three academic semesters. In the flexible part-time option, students register for one, two or three modules per semester, with maximum period of registration being three years. Offering the programme in this way addresses the educational, professional, clinical and financial demands of the student, the employer and clinical service.

On successful completion of the programme, graduates will be able to:

• Demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of an area of Health Sciences and its application to the students' professional practice.
• Describe and appreciate the strengths and weaknesses of the current range of theoretical and research underpinning that area.
• Reflect critically on their own learning style and practice and others' research and clinical practice.
• Explain their clinical role and contribution in relation to the concept of health and well-being.
• Evaluate their own learning needs and be able to structure appropriate self-directed learning to meet these needs.
• Conceptualise healthcare & social care issues from alternative theoretical perspectives and synthesise, develop and communicate creative solutions to address issues relating to healthcare provision.