Health-Professions Education / Health Professions Education (with Research) [MSc/MSc (with Research)/PgDip/PgCert: online distance learning]

Available as a part-time, online distance learning (ODL) programme. Media may include Moodle, Big-Blue-Button, Google Hangouts, and Articulate Storyline

For the MSc HPE and the MSc HPE (with Research), each 180-credit programme is delivered over 3 years:

3 x compulsory, 20-credit courses; 1 per semester

6 x 10-credit courses, 2 per semester

• Choose from a menu of options; the table below gives indicative content;
• Note that some courses are compulsory for students following the programme 'with Research'.

1 x 60-credit project-based course assessed by a dissertation of 10,000 words, excluding appendices.

The project work and write-up are spread across 3 semesters.

On the MSc HPE programme, the dissertation will require a systematic review, synthesis and critique of the literature, to produce a policy document, a set of practitioner guidelines, or a new theoretical model.

On the MSc HPE (with Research), the dissertation will be a standard report of empirical research, incorporating a critical literature review, methodology, analysis and interpretation of findings, and conclusions drawn.

• Applicants will not need to commit to a specific programme until the beginning of Year 2. Indeed, all applicants will initially be registered on the MSc HPE programme, with the option to switch to the ‘with Research’ variant.

• Summative assessment varies amongst courses, but includes coursework; quality contributions to online activities; a blog; online presentations; and the dissertation.

• We will additionally offer an optional, non-assessed residential activity, which current or prospective students may attend. This will help establish a cohort identity and will provide a showcase for masters’ students to present their work.
• Selected 10- or 20- credit courses are available as stand-alone, credit bearing options.

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