MSc Medicine in Hazardous Area Response

• Course details

• Postgraduate Certificate (Year 1, 60 credits)

  To achieve a postgraduate certificate, you will need to obtain 60 credits from the following three modules. 

  • ADV702 Applying Evidence to Practice (20 credits)
  • ADV769 Patient Management in Hazardous Environments (20 credits)
  • ADV712 Supported Independent Study (20 credits)

   

  Postgraduate Diploma (Year 2, 120 credits)

  To achieve a postgraduate Diploma, you will first need to achieve the postgraduate certificate. You will then need to obtain a further 60 credits (120 in total) from the following three modules. 

  • ADV715 Project Design for Research (20 credits)
  • ADV771 Patient Management in terrorist Incidents (20 credits)
  • ADV772 Patient Management for High Consequence Diseases (20 credits)

   

  MSc (Year 3, 180 credits)

  To achieve the full masters level degree, you will first need to complete the postgraduate diploma. You will then need to obtain a further 60 credits (180 in total) from the following module.

  • ADV716 Research Dissertation (60 credits)

  Core modules

  • Patient Management in Hazardous Environments (ADV769)

    This module enables Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) professionals to critically appraise and discuss the evidence base around the provision of patient management in various hazardous environments. It will incorporate critical analysis of diverse risk, mitigation strategies, team working with partner agencies and clinical judgements made within a hazardous, peripatetic environment.

  • Patient Management in Terrorist Incidents (ADV771)

    This module enables Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) professionals to critically appraise and discuss the evidence base around patient management during terrorist incidents. It incorporates critical analysis of risk identification and management, deployment considerations, dynamic problem solving and key skills required to work within a terrorist situation.

  • Patient Management for High Consequence Infectious Diseases (ADV772)

    This module enables Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) professionals to critically appraise and discuss the evidence base around the provision of patient management in High Consequence Infectious Diseases, incorporating critical analysis of risk identification and management, deployment considerations, problems and skills, required to work in a High Consequence Infectious Diseases situations.

  Optional modules

  • Applying Evidence to Practice (ADV702)

    Focusing on the application of evidence based practice (EBP) to professional practice; you’ll learn how to use research to guide best practice. You will also identify a question relevant to your area of practice, review and critique the literature in this area, and plan and evaluate any necessary change to professional practice.

  • Supported Independent Study (ADV712)

    This module is specifically designed to enable students to develop their own professional practice by undertaking and reflecting on learning and experience gained through a period of supported independent study related to agreed learning objectives.

  • Project Design for Research (ADV715)

    You’ll explore methodology and methods relevant to the development of a research project and by the end of the module you’ll formulate a research proposal. You’ll learn how to define and refine a research question, select and appraise methodology, address ethical considerations, and select and appraise data collection and analysis techniques.

  • Research Dissertation (ADV716)

    You’ll complete your dissertation as part of your Advanced Professional Practice Masters programme under supervision from the module team and a named dissertation supervisor.

  • Applying Evidence to Practice (ADV702Z)

    This module is aimed at the application of evidence based practice (EBP) to professional practice. The students will learn how to use research to guide best practice. They will identify a question relevant to their area of practice, review and critique the literature in the area, plan and evaluate any necessary change to professional practice.

  • Project Design for Research (ADV715Z)

    Students will explore methodology and methods relevant to the development of a research project and by the end of the module will formulate a research proposal. The module will explore defining and refining a research question, selecting and appraising methodology, ethical considerations, selecting and appraising data collection and analysis techniques.

  • Research Dissertation (ADV716Z)

    Over the course of this module students will complete their dissertation as part of their Advanced Professional Practice Masters programme under supervision from the module team and a named dissertation supervisor.

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 Medicine in Hazardous Area Response pathway specification 2024/25