Clinical Nursing

Course detail Description

The Clinical Nursing MSc course is a flexible study pathway that builds on your existing clinical experience and skills, enabling you to lead and support the development and subsequent delivery of evidence-based practice. The course begins with the core modules Measurement and Evaluation for Healthcare Practice and Developing Professional Leadership.

The 12,000-word dissertation gives you a chance to put your new analytical skills to use. You can choose between a systematic review or, if you’re more clinically focused, a service evaluation.

The course lasts one year, from September to September. It includes a 10-day placement at one of our partner institutions.

You will also have the freedom to choose from a range of additional optional modules to reflect your choice of research pathway. You will complete the course in one year, studying September to September, taking modules totalling 180 credits, with 60 credits coming from a dissertation of around 15,000 words. The programme also includes a 10-day period of specially arranged clinical observation in the UK.

The programme also includes 10 days of supervised practice, personalised to the student’s needs. The placement takes place within one of the university’s partner healthcare organisations and will focus on developing competences appropriate to the particular clinical setting.

Teaching

Our teaching staff are all experts in their fields. Active in research, and many are leading clinicians at some of London’s top hospitals.

The course has a combination of lectures, seminars, and independent study. Your contact time will be 24 academic weeks, with 31 weeks for self-study.

Location

The degree programme is delivered across the four King’s College London campuses. This includes three Thames-side campuses (Waterloo, St Thomas’ and Guy’s) and the Denmark Hill Campus in South London. Please note that locations are determined by where each module is taught and may vary depending on the optional modules you select.

Maybe you want to discover how research can improve your clinical practice. Perhaps you’re thinking of moving into an academic career. Or you might be a recent graduate wanting to reinforce your knowledge before starting work. Whatever your goals, an MSc from King’s is a great start to achieving them.

You’ll learn how to put research into practice and how to develop your leadership ability. King’s experts and your clinical placement will also help you improve your clinical skills during the course. We run core modules in key areas, and you can also choose from a range of optional subjects based around your interests.

We’re a friendly, diverse community, with students from a huge range of countries. With our student societies, extracurricular seminars, and London on your doorstep, it will be a rewarding year to put on your CV.

The course is flexible – whether you want to improve your clinical skills, become a clinical leader, or work towards a research career, there are modules to suit your interests. We focus on evidence-based practice, so the exciting research at King’s will inform your work. Research isn’t the main aim of the course, but we believe understanding the current thinking is vital for your career progression.

For further information about our postgraduate opportunities, please visit our Faculty Postgraduate Study handbook here.

Because our students come from such diverse educational backgrounds, we try to provide a range of assessment formats to suit different learning styles. You might have written assessments like essays and portfolios. Some modules include presentations or written exams.

Course accreditation (may not apply)

Regulating body

King’s College is regulated by the Higher Education Funding Council for England.

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Structure

Year 1 Required Modules

You are required to take:

• Measurement & Evaluation for Healthcare Practice (15 Credits)
• Evidence Based Decision Making in Healthcare (30 Credits)
• Advanced Assessment Skills for Non-Medical Prescribers (30 Credits)
• Developing Professional Leadership (15 Credits)
• Dissertation (60 Credits)

You will take an additional 30 credits from a range of optional modules that may include a selection of clinical specialities and other generic modules.

Example modules:

• HIV Care (15 credits)
• Advanced Qualitative Research Methods (30 credits)
• Advanced Quantitative Research Methods (30 credits)
• Cardiac Care: Heart Failure Assessment and Management (15 credits)

If you have already studied clinically-focused modules at undergraduate or graduate level at King's, you may be able incorporate the research into this programme. Modules studied elsewhere may be included through accreditation of prior-certificated learning (subject to a successful accreditation claim). Additional modular choices from another faculty at King’s College London may be available, and the inclusion of a particular optional module in your chosen study pathway is subject to the approval of the programme director. You will be permitted to take additional credits up to the maximum allowed by regulations.