Women's Health University of Buckingham

Overview

Across two years of part-time study in Women's Health at University of Buckingham, you’ll explore the scientific, social, cultural, professional, and ethical factors influencing women’s health alongside reproductive health, contraception, abortion and early pregnancy problems, fetal and maternal medicine, female cancers, endometriosis, abnormal uterine bleeding, menopause, infertility, and urogynaecology. You’ll examine current evidence surrounding prevention, screening, investigation, diagnosis, management, and wider approaches to supporting women’s health across different areas of healthcare.

Validated by the University of Buckingham, the MSc in Women’s Health is delivered 100% online and part-time, enabling you to study alongside your existing professional and personal commitments. Through case-based learning, tutor-facilitated academic discussion, literature searching, critical appraisal, reflective learning, and interaction with an international, multidisciplinary peer group, you’ll explore current evidence and consider its relevance to women’s health in different professional contexts.

What will you study on this Master's in Women's Health?

The MSc in Women’s Health comprises seven modules (180 credits) completed over two years, combining advanced postgraduate study across women’s health with research methodologies, critical appraisal, and an independent Professional Project.

During Year 1, you’ll study women’s health across the life course, beginning with the scientific, social, cultural, professional, and ethical factors that influence women’s health. You’ll then explore contraception and early pregnancy, fetal and maternal medicine, female cancers and endometriosis, and benign gynaecological conditions including abnormal uterine bleeding, menopause, infertility, incontinence, and prolapse.

In Year 2, you’ll develop the research and critical appraisal skills required to investigate an area relevant to women’s health in greater depth. You’ll explore quantitative and qualitative research, statistical analysis, systematic reviews, evidence appraisal, audit, governance, quality improvement, health economics, and research ethics before applying this learning through an independent Professional Project relevant to your professional interests.