Advanced Practice - Neuroscience Care MSc, PG Dip, PG Cert  Advanced Practice - Neuroscience Care MSc, PG Dip, PG Cert King's College London ../webroot/files/Institutions/cover_photo/1564036602king-college-london.jpg

This programme aims to build on practitioners' neuroscience practice experience and equip practitioners engaged in advanced neuroscience practice with the critical thinking skills to evaluate issues related to neuroscience services, policy and clinical practice. The programme provides opportunities for students to acquire the requisite knowledge and expertise to meet the challenges encountered and opportunities presented by ever-expanding role responsibilities in practice within a neuroscience care setting. The programme also provides opportunities for students to develop a critical understanding of the theoretical and evidence-based underpinnings of specialist practice, health policy, health economics and ethical and legal challenges facing practitioners functioning at an advanced level within a neuroscience care arena. It also allows students to develop skills of critical reflection, and understand the political context of healthcare and how it influences practice. It is a suitable programme for practitioners from a wide variety of neuroscience care areas, for example: neurological and neurosurgical units intensive care units stroke units spinal injuries units neurological rehabilitation departments primary long-term care settings for people with neurological problems. * Advanced assessment skills * Prescribing (for eligible practitioners) * Teaching and learning * Professional development and organisational change * Leadership * Health policy and NHS reform * Critical care * Long-term conditions and case management Other options from our BSc programme may also be available. Students who have already studied clinically-focused modules at undergraduate or graduate level at King's may be able to incorporate this study into the programme, subject to certain limits, provided that the credits have not already contributed to an award. Modules studied elsewhere may be incorporated through accreditation of prior certificated learning (subject to a successful accreditation claim). Students progressing to the MSc undertake a substantial research or service development project relevant to their own area of practice. Core programme content: * Principal Methods for Healthcare Research * Evidence Based Decision Making in Healthcare * Neuroscience Care * Dissertation For students wishing to undertake either an empirical study or a service development project as part of the dissertation module, additional modules must be taken and passed. These include: Issues in the Conduct of Healthcare Research (for empirical study) Professional Development and Organisational Change (for service development project). Alternatively students may choose for their dissertation to undertake an indepth analysis of an area of policy or practice or to prepare three papers for publication. Students undertake core modules in: Neuroscience care, evidence-based practice and healthcare research. Indicative non-core content: Students select optional courses from a wide range of available options including: * Prescribing ( for eligible practitioners) * Advanced assessment skills * Clinical specialities FORMAT AND ASSESSMENT The majority of assessment is by coursework some modules are also assessed by one examination.