• Increase your understanding and use of complex data to evaluate the effectiveness of critical care delivery. This will enable you to be innovative and utilise both knowledge and skills to continue to improve patient care.
  
• Demonstrate your ability to work in complex and unpredictable environments, developing your problem solving skills and the ability to take the initiative in your workplace.
  
• Develop a clinically focused project to enhance and benefit your practice.
  
• Join a programme developed through a close collaboration with key stakeholders including students, clinical representatives and academic staff.
  
• Shape your studies around your existing expertise with our student-centred approach.
  
• Equip yourself with the skills to be responsive to the ever-changing nature of the healthcare environment. This contemporary and dynamic programme means you can position yourself at the leading edge of critical care practice.
  
• Benefit from the extensive professional experience of our team, hailing from a diverse range of health and social care environments.
  

• Programme overview

• Please note: you must have completed the PgDip Advanced Critical Care Practitioner to enrol for this award.      

  Master of Science - for a full masters degree, you will need to earn a total of 180 credits. You will study the same core modules as the postgraduate diploma, with the extra 60 credits coming from two further core modules.
  

  Year 3

  Core modules

  • APP703 Advancing Research Knowledge in Practice 2

    This module will develop the research knowledge and skills necessary for the development of the research or practice development proposal, focussing on the formulation of a research question or practice development goal in preparation for future enquiry.

  • SPP701 Substantive Professional Project

    The substantive project will enable the student to undertake practice development under supervision. The project provides an opportunity for the student to apply knowledge and understanding of methodology and methods to develop an area of practice, and evaluate the impact upon the practice area.

Every postgraduate taught course has a detailed programme specification document describing the programme aims, the programme structure, the teaching and learning methods, the learning outcomes and the rules of assessment.

The following programme specification represents the latest programme structure and may be subject to change:

MSc Advanced Critical Care Practitioner Programme Specification 6146

Applicants for this course will need:

• evidence of employment from their home trust
  
• a named consultant intensivist who will be the clinical supervisor
  
• a current live registration with either the Nursing and Midwifery Council (Part 1 or 2) or The Health and Care Professions Council
  
• three years post-qualifying experience in intensive care
  
• a satisfactory enhanced DBS (formerly CRB) check
  
• a satisfactory Occupational Health Clearance.
  

When to apply

Applications for this programme should be made by the end of July in the academic year that you wish to commence studying. Please check the closing date and apply as early as possible as our programmes are popular.

Apply for this programme

Applications should be made by using the relevant PDF or Word application form.

Postgraduate application form DOC – A 10 page DOC application form for postgraduate students to print, fill in and mail to University

Postgraduate application form PDF – A 10 page PDF application form for postgraduate students to print, fill in and mail to University

Printed application forms are also available and can be obtained from the Professional Development Unit. Please send your completed application form to the address or email listed below:

Professional Development Unit
4th floor, Rolle Building
Plymouth University
Drake Circus
Plymouth PL4 8AA

Email: pdu@plymouth.ac.uk
Tel: +44 1752 586951

What happens after I apply?

You will normally receive a decision on your application within four weeks of us receiving your application. You may be asked to provide additional information, to take part in an interview or you will be sent a decision by letter or email.

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