About Nursing Studies (Direct Entry Year 2), MSc - at University College Cork (UCC)

Overview

This course is aimed at enabling busy practitioners to take a leadership role in clinical practice in an increasingly complex healthcare environment by facilitating professional and scholarly development. It is vital that nurses and midwives demonstrate the scientific evidence for their practice, and research-based practice is fundamental to providing quality care. Modules are aimed at enabling practitioners to utilise advanced knowledge and critical thinking skills in providing quality evidenced-based care. Other modules in research are aimed at developing the ability of nurses and midwives to become critical consumers of research.

Course Details

Year 2

MH6014 Advanced Research Methods for Healthcare Professionals (10 credits)

NU6073 Dissertation in Nursing (20 credits)

Fact File

Course Code: CKX13 Part-time

Course Title: Nursing Studies (Direct Entry Year 2)

College: Medicine and Health

Duration: 1 year Part-time

Teaching Mode: Part-Time

The part-time option will be taught during weekday working hours over 1 year.

Qualifications: MSc

NFQ Level: Level 9

Costs: 2017/2018 Irish/EU EUR 2,500

2017 Entry Requirements: See detailed entry requirements

Closing Date: To Be Confirmed for 2017/2018

Next Intake: 11th September 2017

Assessment

This course is assessed by a combination of essays, seminar presentations, poster presentations and a research dissertation

Application Procedure

Please note that you will be asked to fill in a supplementary information form as part of the applications process for this programme. This form is available to view from here ?SupplementaryFormCKX08 (64kB)

Application for this programme is on-line atwww.pac.ie/ucc. For full details of the application procedure click How to apply.

All required documentation must be either scanned and uploaded with your application on PAC or sent in hard copy to The Postgraduate Applications Centre, 1, Courthouse Square, Galway immediately after an application is made.

Further Contact Information

Sheila Hedderman

Senior Executive Assistant

E: s.hedderman@ucc.ie

T: +353(0)21 4901560

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Entry requirements for this course

Contact University College Cork (UCC) to find course entry requirements.

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