Thursday 1st July 2004
Thinking about doing further study? Want to find out what is involved?
Postgraduate taught programmes open afternoon - Waterloo campus,
hosted by the School of Nursing and Midwifery, 2pm-5pm (times to be confirmed).
For further information and booking
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/nursing/event/pgday2.html
Courses of interest are
The aim of this programme is to equip you with an understanding of international, political, social and ethical issues of reproduction, and a scientific basis for examining midwifery policy and practice. If you are an experienced midwife and wish to develop your analytical ability, research skills and clinical leadership potential, this is the course for you. You will gain knowledge and skills in leadership, evidence-based practice and research methods in conducting under supervision either a service development, or empirical research project, in an aspect of midwifery.
You will share taught courses with other health care professionals in year one in health care research, evidence-based decision making, communityand public health or midwifery supervision and take a politics, policy and practice of midwifery. Sessions involve workshops with national and international speakers and visiting professors at KCL such as Cathy Warwick and Lesley Page. In addition, you will attend dedicated tutorial sessions, attend throughout the course and participate in optional postgraduate and midwifery research seminars.
The MSc programme is normally offered on a two-year (part-time) basis. The one-year part-time Postgraduate Diploma is available for students who wish to undertake only the taught course components.Formal teaching takes place one day per week over three semesters. It includes a five-day spring school and a five-day summer school. There are four taught courses. Students carry out a project in Year 2.
The overall aim of this part-time MSc/Postgraduate Diploma is to improve the health and well-being of women across the lifespan. It is designed for nurses and midwives, from diverse practice settings, who are seeking to develop their professional role and enhance their professional practice in the realms of women’s health care. The programme acknowledges women’s vulnerability to ill health, as reflected in the high mortality and morbidity statistics associated with inequalities in service provision, the socio-political, economic and environmental context of their lives.
It will prepare you to:
• function autonomously at an advanced level within a
multi-disciplinary context and rapidly changing health care environment.
•
meet the challenges, and opportunities inherent in assessing, planning,
implementing and evaluating health care for women.
• promote and provide
evidence based health care and be effective advocates for women.
Practitioners will gain:
• in-depth knowledge and understanding of the
socio-political context of women’s health.
• specialist clinical skills to
enhance their provision of comprehensive and easily accessible reproductive and
sexual health service, in line with the recommendations in The National Strategy
for Sexual Health and HIV (DOH 2001/2002). These skills include health
assessment and screening, contraception and sexually shared infection
management, principles of prescribing, communication and leadership.
•
in-depth knowledge of research methods and evidence based health care in order
to conduct a service development or research
project.
Formal teaching normally takes place on one day per week over 3 terms. However if 2 taught courses are being accessed simultaneously, you may need to attend two days per week. There is also a five-day Spring school and a five- day Summer school included. There is opportunity within the programme to share learning with other health care professionals. Teaching and learning strategies include seminars, lectures, workshops, individual tutorials, simulated, experiential, computer assisted and self directed learning.
Programme
Leader
Beverley
Bogle
Telephone
+44 (0) 20 7848 358
Dr Jane Sandall