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Advanced and Specialist Healthcare (Supportive and Palliative Care) MSc

This is a taught programme within the Medicine, Dental and Health Sciences subject area.

Outline

This is a flexible, multidisciplinary, postgraduate programme designed to meet the professional needs of healthcare professionals working in the clinical practice areas that include supportive and palliative care, minimally invasive surgery, surgical practice and applied dental professional practice, with more specialist pathways planned for 2013/14.

The individual pathways within the programme provide subject-specific skills and knowledge. Further information on each of the pathways within this programme can be obtained under Programme structure and from the Centre for Professional Practice.

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Programme structure

Course content

The course includes core modules and compulsory or optional modules specific to each pathway.

All students take the following core modules:

  • Research Methods
  • Inter-Professional Working
  • Evidence-Based Practice
  • Dissertation.

You will also take the following modules

  • Advanced Communication Skills
  • Concepts of Supportive and Palliative Care
  • Ethical Issues in Supportive and Palliative Care
  • Psychosocial Care and Bereavement
  • Symptom Management

Assessment

The pathways within the programme include a variety of learning activities depending on the modules studied. These include small group
work, seminars, one-to-one tutorials, workshops, practical/clinical session and distance learning through the use of the University's Moodle system. Typically, in the final stage of the programme, you will be expected to complete a dissertation of between 10,000 - 12,000 words.

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Contact details

Admissions enquiries

T: +44 (0)1227 827272
E: information@kent.ac.uk

Subject enquiries

Our programmes are offered by the Centre for Health Services Studies, Centre for Professional Practice, Medway School of Pharmacy, Kent Law School and the School of Biosciences.

Please see specific contact details on the the relevant programme page.

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How to apply

Before applying, please read our ‘How to apply’ section.

You can then go straight to the online application form by clicking the programme below:

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Last Updated: 13/09/2011