Healthcare Practice MSc – 2023 entry
Key information
Start date: September 2023
- Study mode and duration
- Part-time: 5 years (maximum course length)*
Why choose this course
- Study a hands-on, clinical curriculum designed to inspire and nurture your knowledge, aptitude and skills, and advance your career in healthcare
- Benefit from an individual learning programme tailored to your area of clinical expertise
- Spend some of your training in clinical practice to hone your skills in healthcare settings, under the supervision of qualified practitioners
- Access our Clinical Simulation Centre, including our Immersive Learning Environment and Critical Care Unit, to practise real scenarios on lifelike manikins and actors
- Learn from a multidisciplinary team of lecturers, who are all healthcare professionals with experience of working in the NHS.
What you will study
You’ll develop an enquiring and critical approach to your studies and practice that will enable you to provide high-quality healthcare. You’ll have the opportunity to analyse key leadership issues in health and social care, while challenging and debating contemporary theory and practice.
You’ll explore advanced conceptual models, theories and frameworks of healthcare delivery, and you’ll learn how to evaluate healthcare strategies. You’ll study topics, including decision making, research design and methodology, and transforming services for quality.
You’ll also complete a research dissertation on an area of personal interest, which we’ll match with the expertise of our academic staff, ensuring you get the best support.
Clinical practice
On our practice focused modules, you’ll develop your knowledge and skills within the health and social care setting that you currently work in, under the supervision of qualified practitioners.
Your UK healthcare workplace will need to provide you with a practice assessor and supervisor. They’ll simultaneously support and evaluate your practice abilities throughout the course.
Facilities
You’ll benefit from our multi-million-pound facilities, home to our Clinical Simulation Centre that includes two wards, a Critical Care Unit and a Community Flat. Our Immersive Learning Environment, lifelike manikins and actors will transport you to the centre of communities, so you can practise your skills and get a taste of scenarios you may face.
Teaching staff
You’ll learn from a multidisciplinary team of lecturers who are all healthcare professionals, which may include adult nurses, children’s nurses and paramedics. You’ll also be taught by guest lecturers, made up of local doctors, nurses, midwives and other healthcare workers.
Research groups
You’ll be invited to join one of our research groups, where you’ll participate in discussions about research topics, findings and publications, and you’ll benefit from our links with renowned research institutions across the world. We also have a host of external speakers that visit us and present their work, and a collection of seminars and workshops, allowing you to network with like-minded individuals.
Assessment
We use a variety of methods to assess you, including case studies, examinations, presentations, simulated learning experiences (objective structured clinical examinations – OSCEs) and written work. When you’re in clinical practice, your knowledge, skills and professional behaviour will be assessed by your practice assessor and practice supervisor.
Check individual module information to see full details at a module level.
Careers and graduate prospects
We offer careers information, advice and guidance to all students whilst studying with us, which is extended to our alumni for three years after leaving the University. Our graduates have lifetime access to Surrey Pathfinder, our online portal for appointment and events bookings, jobs, placements and interactive development tools.
Our course allows you to broaden your education, focus on your specialist area of practice and meet the educational needs of your employer or prospective employer. We’ll help you stay competitive in the job market as a healthcare professional, developing your practice abilities and expanding your knowledge, so you can compete with recent graduates.
91 per cent of our health sciences postgraduate students go on to employment or further study (Graduate Outcomes survey 2022, HESA). They work for the NHS, private healthcare organisations and academic institutions.
Visit the NHS careers website for further information on healthcare roles.
Please note, this course doesn’t give access to registration with the UK Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
School
Academic year structure
This course can be taken either full-time or part-time.
Course length
*The full-time version of this course will take 1 year to complete. For the part-time version, this can take between 2-5 years to complete. This is dependent on how many modules you select to study at a given time.
Modules
Modules listed are indicative, reflecting the information available at the time of publication. Please note that modules may be subject to teaching availability, student demand and/or class size caps.
The University operates a credit framework for all taught programmes based on a 15-credit tariff. Modules can be either 15, 30, 45, 75 and 120 credits, and additionally for some masters dissertations, 90 credits.
The structure of our programmes follows clear educational aims that are tailored to each programme. These are all outlined in the programme specifications which include further details such as the learning outcomes:
Optional modules for Unstructured (3-5 years) - FHEQ Level 7
Students must take all core modules and make the following choices:
Choose Strategic Leadership in Healthcare OR Transforming Services for Quality OR Application of Leadership
Choose four optional modules.
For those students leaving with a PG Dip they must undertake the Research Design and Methodology module and choose three optional module. Information on CPD modules can be found at: https://www.surrey.ac.uk/healthsciences/professional-development/cpd-modules.htm
Timetable
Course timetables are normally available one month before the start of the semester. Please note that while we make every effort to ensure that timetables are as student-friendly as possible, scheduled teaching can take place on any day of the week (Monday – Friday). Wednesday afternoons are normally reserved for sports and cultural activities. Part-time classes are normally scheduled on one or two days per week, details of which can be obtained from the Academic Hive. View our Code of practice for the scheduling of teaching and assessment (PDF).
Contact hours
Contact hours can vary across our modules. Full details of the contact hours for each module are available from the University of Surrey's module catalogue. See the modules section for more information.
Entry requirements
A minimum of a 2:2 in a relevant UK honours degree, or a recognised equivalent international qualification.
You must be currently registered as a healthcare professional to apply, students are required to be registered on the appropriate part of the NMC or HCPC register.
International entry requirements by country
Do I meet the requirements for this course?
We require you to submit a full application so that we can formally assess whether you meet the criteria published. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide an outcome based on an enquiry (via email, webform enquiry, phone or live chat).
English language requirements
IELTS Academic: 7.0 overall with 7 in each element.
View the other English language qualifications that we accept.
If you do not currently meet the level required for your programme, we offer intensive pre-sessional English language courses, designed to take you to the level of English ability and skill required for your studies here.
Selection process
Applications will be reviewed on an individual basis and potential students will be offered advice by an academic tutor on the suitability of the award and their module choice within the award. This is dependent on factors such as currency of prior learning, and their personal and professional development needs.
Students should be able to show potential benefits from studying for the award and a commitment to attempting the assessment items. If students have not studied on an academic course within the last five years, they may be asked to carry out an academic piece of writing as part of the selection process.
Credit transfer
The University of Surrey recognises that many students enter their higher education course with valuable knowledge and skills developed through a range of professional, vocational and community contexts. If your experience exceeds the typical requirements for entry to the programme, a process called recognition of prior learning (RPL) may allow you to enter your course at a point appropriate to your previous learning and experience. If you can demonstrate that you have met the learning outcomes for specific modules through your previous learning, it may be possible to exempt you from those modules, and for you to be awarded credit based on your previous qualifications/experience. There are restrictions on RPL for some courses and fees may be payable for certain claims.
In some cases, prior knowledge and skills may allow applicants to join the start of a course without meeting the formal entry requirements.
Please see our code transfer and recognition of prior learning guide (PDF) and recognition of prior learning and prior credit web page for further information. Please email Admissions (admissions@surrey.ac.uk) with any queries.
Fees per year
Start date: September 2023
Part-time - 5 years
- UK
- To be confirmed
- Overseas
- To be confirmed
Students will pay fees on a module-by-module basis, please see our modules for further information.
Please note:
- These fees apply to students commencing study in the academic year 2023-24 only. Fees for new starters are reviewed annually
- If you are on a two-year full-time MFA programme, or a two-year or three-year part-time masters programme (excluding modular/self-paced/distance learning), the annual fee is payable in Year 1 and Year 2 of the programme
- Annual fees will increase by 4% for each subsequent year of study, rounded up to the nearest £100, subject to any overriding applicable legislative requirements.
Payment schedule
- Students in receipt of a tuition fee loan: Will have their fees paid by the Student Loans Company in line with their schedule
- International students, or UK/EU students who have not taken out a tuition fee loan: Are required to pay their fees either in full at the beginning of the programme or in two instalments as follows:
- 50% payable 10 days after the invoice date (expected to be early October of each academic year)
- 50% in January of the same academic year.
The exact date(s) will be detailed on invoices. Students on certain part-time programmes, where fees are paid on a modular or stage basis, are not eligible to pay their fees by instalment.
- If you are sponsored: You will provide us with valid sponsorship information that covers the period of your study.
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Course | Status |
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Healthcare Practice MSc Part-time, 60 months, September 2023 | Applications open Closing date: Thursday 1 June 2023 |
Please note that we may have to close applications before the stated deadline if we receive a high volume of suitable applications. We advise you to submit your application as soon as it is ready. | |
Admission information
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Course location and contact details
Campus location
Kate Granger BuildingOur Medicine (Graduate Entry) BMBS degree, nursing and midwifery, and health science courses are taught at the Kate Granger Building (30 Priestley Road), on the Surrey Research Park.
Additional information
For some modules, elements of assessments will be completed at your practice location.
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