MSc Advanced Critical Care Practitioner
University of PlymouthPlymouth, United Kingdom
Course overview
Continue your studies and gain your MSc Advanced Critical Care Practitioner qualification with our new top-up programme, designed to follow on from the PgDip Advanced Critical Care Practitioner programme. This final year will equip you with advanced research skills and deeper understanding of how to improve patient care. Please note: you must have completed the PgDip Advanced Critical Care Practitioner programme to enrol for this award.
Key highlights
- Top-up year following on from the PgDip Advanced Critical Care Practitioner
- Develops advanced research skills for critical care practice
- Builds deeper understanding of how to improve patient care
Entry requirements
- Additional condition: dbs_check — …post-qualifying experience in intensive care a satisfactory enhanced DBS (formerly CRB) check a satisfactory Occupational Health Clearance.
- Additional condition: occupational_health — …care a satisfactory enhanced DBS (formerly CRB) check a satisfactory Occupational Health Clearance.
Scholarships
International Postgraduate Welcome to Plymouth Scholarship
£4,000 off tuition fees in year one
Up to £4,000
Careers this course leads to
- Advanced Critical Care Practitioner
- Advanced Clinical Practitioner in Intensive Care
- Critical Care Clinical Research Practitioner
- Lead Advanced Critical Care Practitioner
Cost of study
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Admission
Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to University of Plymouth, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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