General Practice Nursing

Entry requirements

Registered Nurse (Adult, Child, Mental Health or Learning Disability or employed in General Practice (all students must be working in an appropriate environment in order to fully engage with the chosen modules).

Months of entry

September

Course content

Aimed at Senior and established General Practice Nurses, this MSc course offers General Practice Nurses opportunity to advance their careers through choosing from a variety of general practice focused modules to complete a PG Certificate/ PG Diploma or full MSc qualification.

This course is unique in providing General Practice Nurses with options for a variety of career pathways in the primary care setting. Our General Practice Nursing pathway will enable you to be responsive to developments in primary care and to take on leadership roles in this arena.

The course enables students to choose from a variety of modules to pursue areas of interest or specific career pathways.

Core modules in year 1 include:

• Challenges to Health and the Impact of Inequalities: A General Practice Population Assessment
• Quality, Strategy and Policy: Issues in General Practice

Core modules in year 2 include:

• Research: Methods of Enquiry
• Leadership Skills and Project Management for Health and Healthcare

A wide range of optional modules are available including Caring for People with Long Term Conditions in the General Practice Setting; Non-Medical Prescribing and a range of other subjects including mental health, wound care, safeguarding.

Information for international students

This course is not open to International students.

Fees and funding