Nursing & Midwifery - Advanced Professional & Clinical Practice

Overview

This 16 month taught Masters programme nurtures talented and innovative professional practitioners, placing practice at the forefront. The programme is delivered through ten specialist pathways, enabling students from different professional backgrounds to review and update their practice and benefit from shared learning and then contribute to improving the quality and effectiveness of health and social care provision globally.



This programme produces exceptional practitioners who have:

• Skills necessary to promote and enhance innovative and emerging practice

• Intellectual and transferable skills necessary in positions of leadership

• Skills enabling the review and application of contemporary evidence to practice.



The programme and pathways will appeal to practitioners working in a wide range of practice areas who are committed to their own personal and professional development. Graduates of this programme move into senior practice roles, management and leadership positions, or progress onto a career in research or education.



The specialist pathways are:

MSc (Critical and Acute Care)

MSc (Cancer Nursing: Supportive and Palliative Care)

MSc (Leadership and Management)

MSc (Mental Health Care)

MSc (Care of Older People)

MSc (Midwifery Care)

MSc (Care of Children & Young People)

MSc (Intellectual Disabilities)

MSc (Practice Education)

MSc (Maternal and Family Health)



Admission to a specialist pathway may require applicants to have current or recent practice experience in the related area. The Programme Co-ordinator will provide individual advice on module choices at enrolment.



The programme is offered on a full-time basis only and combines face-to-face teaching with online delivery.



We work closely with our local Healthcare providers to design bespoke clinical experiences for our Masters students. Each student will undertake 225 hours' clinical experience in a setting relevant to their studies to allow them to develop their ideas to completion. Students undertake clinical placements within regional centres of excellence, and many develop contacts and friendships that continue throughout their careers.



There is an additional fee for placements, this is anticipated to be £4500 for the academic year 2025-26.

The information below is intended as an example only, featuring module details for the current year of study (2024/25). Modules are reviewed on an annual basis and may be subject to future changes – revised details will be published through Programme Specifications ahead of each academic year.



Year 1

Core Modules

• Dissertation (60 credits)

• Clinical Practice (0 credits)



Optional Modules

• Implementing Continuity of Midwifery Carer (CoMC) for All Women (20 credits)

• Nursing Care of Older People (20 credits)

• Physiology: Homeostasis in Acute/Critical Health Care (20 credits)

• Mental Health Essentials (20 credits)

• Enabling Inter Professional Practice (20 credits)

• Advances in Health Evidence and People with Intellectual Disabilities (20 credits)

• Contemporary Care Delivery in Intellectual Disability Practice (20 credits)

• Simulation based education, theory and practice in health care (20 credits)

• Advancing the Speciality of Orthopaedic and Fracture Trauma Nursing (20 credits)

• Practice teaching and learning for health and social care professionals (20 credits)

• Theories and principles of practice education (20 credits)

• Enhancing Knowledge and Skills: Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR 2) (20 credits)

• Special and intensive nursing care of the neonate (40 credits)

• Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing Therapy – Supervision and Development of Professional (20 credits)

• Introduction to Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR 1) (20 credits)

• The art and science of neonatal nursing care (20 credits)

• Principles of Critical Care in Midwifery (20 credits)

• Complexity in Pregnancy: Midwifery Care for Women and their Families (20 credits)

• Perspectives of family centred health & social care (20 credits)

• Frailty, Rehabilitation and Enablement (20 credits)

• Enhanced Person-centred Practice (20 credits)

• Perinatal Mental Health (20 credits)

• Evidence Based Practice (20 credits)

• Successful leading for health and social care professionals (20 credits)

• Independent Study Module (20 credits)

• Enhancing care and practice for children with complex health care needs (20 credits)

• Applied Research Methods and Statistics in Healthcare (20 credits)

• Cancer Services, Design and Strategic Involvement (20 credits)

• Holistic Approach to Cancer Care (20 credits)

• Qualitative Research Methods (20 credits)

• Pharmacotherapeutics for Practice (20 credits)

• Health and Well-being in Later Life (20 credits)

• Leading in Health and Social Care (20 credits)

• Acute Cardiac Nursing (20 credits)

• Applied Biomedical Aspects of Cancer Care (20 credits)

• Health Assessment (20 credits)

Graduate

Applicants must have a professional qualification in Nursing or Midwifery. They shall normally hold a relevant 2.2 Honours degree or above, or equivalent qualification acceptable to the University.



Applicants with a 3rd Class Honours degree (or equivalent qualification acceptable to the University) plus level 7 Post Graduate study will be considered on a case-by-case basis.



Students can elect to join a pathway or remain on the general Master’s programme. Admission to a specialist pathway often requires students to be working or have experience in a related area and may be dependent on viable numbers. Further details on the pathways and any professional prerequisites are available under Course Content on the course webpage here https://www.qub.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate-taught/advanced-professional-clinical-practice-msc/#course



Applicants who do not meet the entry requirements should contact the Programme Co-ordinator for advice.



International Students

Please see International Student's link below.

Applicants are advised to apply as early as possible and ideally not later than 31st July 2025.



In the event that any programme receives a high number of applications, the University reserves the right to close the application portal prior to the deadline stated on course finder.



Notifications to this effect will appear on the application portal against the programme application page.

Students must successfully complete six modules including one compulsory research module and a dissertation. The pass mark for all taught modules and the dissertation is 50 per cent. Each module is assessed by coursework (some modules have a written examination). All students must also successfully complete a clinical placement.

16 months (Full-time)

36 months (Part-time)



Contact Teaching Hours

Medium Group Teaching

9 (hours maximum)

hours of classes per week.



Teaching Times

Morning / Evening / Afternoon

Entry Year: 2025/26

Career Prospects

This Masters programme offers an opportunity for students to develop skills of analytical thinking within a clinical context. Alongside this, the programme facilitates the student's continued professional development. Graduates of this programme progress into management and leadership roles, or continue into a research or education capacity.



Queen's postgraduates reap exceptional benefits. Unique initiatives, such as Degree Plus and Researcher Plus bolster our commitment to employability, while innovative leadership and executive programmes alongside sterling integration with our local world-class healthcare providers helps our students gain key leadership positions both nationally and internationally.