Health Studies enables qualified healthcare practitioners to acquire knowledge and skills to meet selected competencies for advanced or specialist practice roles. May be particularly attractive to international students wishing to undertake a short programme of certificated learning. Completing students may gain advanced standing to MSc programmes.
KEY BENEFITS
- Central location allows access to world leading clinical and academic resources.
- Access to extracurricular seminars and lectures given by leaders in healthcare from around the world.
- A multi-faculty environment drawing on clinical and academic expertise in cancer care from a number of world leading schools and hospitals providing an unparalleled inter-professional learning experience.
KEY FACTS
Student destinations
Advanced or specialist nursing roles.
Programme leader/s
Dr Margaret Edwards
Awarding Institution
King's College London
Credit value (UK/ECTS equivalent)
UK60/ECTS 30
Duration
One year FT (minimum period three months), two years PT.
Location
Waterloo and Guy's campuses.
Year of entry 2013
Offered by
Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery
Closing date
End of July. Late applications may be considered, subject to availability.
Intake
30.
Fees
PT Home: £2633 (2013)
PT Overseas: £5180 (2013)
CONTACTS
Contact information
Postgraduate Admissions, tel 020 7848 3571.
Email
Website
PURPOSE
The aim of this programme is to enable qualified healthcare practitioners to acquire knowledge and skills to meet selected competencies for advanced practice roles. Completing students may gain advanced standing to further MSc programmes.
DESCRIPTION
The aim of this programme is to enable qualified healthcare practitioners to acquire knowledge and skills to meet selected competencies for advanced or specialist practice roles. The programme may particularly attractive to international students wishing to undertake a short programme of certificated learning. Completing students may gain advanced standing to further MSc programmes.
STRUCTURE OVERVIEW
Core programme content
Student may take any combination of modules offered within the School of Nursing and Midwifery up to a value of 60 credits.
For full details of the range of options available please click
here.
FORMAT AND ASSESSMENT
The format of assessment will depend on the modules undertaken. The majority of the modules offered in the School are assessed either by course work or written examination.
ACADEMIC ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
General entry advice
You must normally be working in a practice role, which involves regular patient/client contact. The College cannot arrange clinical placements. A good first degree (minimum second class honours or equivalent). Applicants with other backgrounds or qualifications, including those without a first degree, can be considered
APPLYING TO KING'S
To apply for graduate study at King's you will need to complete our graduate online application form. Applying online makes applying easier and quicker for you, and means we can receive your application faster and more securely.
King's does not normally accept paper copies of the graduate application form as applications must be made online. However, if you are unable to access the online graduate application form, please contact the relevant admissions/School Office at King's for advice.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE
Indicate the modules you are interested in studying. Give details of any King's College modules that you have already studied that you wish to incorporate into the programme (including module name and course code, date completed, grade and credits gained). Only 15 credits may be brought into the PG Cert. Identify any modules that you wish to be considered through the Accredited Prior Learning process.
PERSONAL STATEMENT & SUPPORTING INFORMATION
Apply using the College application form available online. In addition, please submit a CV detailing relevant professional and academic experience.
FUNDING
Staff from contracted Trusts are eligible to have their study funded, subject to agreement by their manager. Students not sponsored by their employer may wish to pursue other sources of funding. Some scholarships may be available. Prospective students may also wish to consult the Directory of Grant-making Trusts and Charities (available in local libraries). Self-funding students may wish to consider a Career Development Loan
http://www.lifelonglearning.co.uk/cdl/
Staff profiles
Health Studies PG CertI am delighted to be able to oversee a raft of exciting master’s programmes within the School of Nursing & Midwifery. I myself have studied at King’s and was attracted to do so because of the College’s reputation for research.
Today the number of programmes has increased to meet the complexity and diversity of healthcare provision, and research has been fully accepted as an essential element of healthcare practice. I am pleased to say that research and the appraisal of evidence remain core to all of our programmes whether concerned with advanced clinical practice and leadership roles or in the field of education for healthcare professionals.