ObjectivesThis course provides training in research and clinical skills relevant to physical rehabilitation within the National Health Service. It will enable Assistant and Associate Psychologists to work more effectively in rehabilitation settings and to gain a theoretical grounding the field. By expanding your research skills, you will be able to foster evidence-based clinical practice. This course includes shared teaching on some modules within the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and is particularly concerned with rehabilitation for people with neurological conditions. It shares some modules with the MSc in Health Psychology and the MSc in Applied Neuropsychology, but has its own distinct contribution to make in both health and clinical psychology.
Entry requirementsAssistant and Associate Psychologists
Academic titleMSc Rehabilitation Psychology
Course descriptionRehabilitation Psychology (MSc)
Duration: 1 year full-time or 2 years part-time
Course Content
This course will give you an excellent understanding of the research and clinical skills relevant to physical rehabilitation within the National Health Service.
You will be required to study a number of core modules:
Clinical Skills
Cognitive Assessment
Cognitive Rehabilitation
Literature Review
Core Research Methods
Health and Clinical Research Methods
Theoretical Foundation of Rehabilitation
Theories in Health Psychology
In addition, you will choose from a number of approved optional modules, giving you the flexibility to tailor the course to your personal interests and feed into your research project.
Optional modules on offer may include:
Attention, Perception and Language
Chronic Illness, Disability and Stress
Foundations of Neuropsychology
Health Across the Lifespan
Healthcare Contexts
Learning Disabilities
Memory & Executive Function
Practice & Evaluation of Health Interventions
Stroke
Please note that all module details are subject to change.
Over the summer period towards the end of the course, you will undertake a rehabilitation research project. This is your opportunity to complete a major piece of independent research under the supervision of a suitably experienced member of academic staff.
Course Structure
The MSc in Rehabilitation Psychology is delivered on a full-time basis over one year or part-time over two years.
The course comprises 180 credits, split across 120 credits’ worth of core and optional taught modules and a 60-credit research project.
Part-time students on this course are taught alongside full-time students and the choice of modules (and therefore the timetable) is flexible and a matter for agreement between student and course director. In all cases, part-time students can access a wide range of teaching and learning facilities remotely via the student portal.
Key facts
Teaching within the Institute is informed by current research. We believe that research and teaching should be developed and delivered to help students and staff make a difference in the real world.
In the latest Research Assessment Exercise, the Institute was awarded a 5 (with Nottingham University Business School).
The wider School of Psychology was awarded 24/24 in the latest Teaching Quality Assessment, with a commendation for teaching.
The Institute is proud to welcome a truly international community and, although this course provides training in skills that are relevant to the UK’s National Health Service, it will also provide an excellent foundation in Rehabilitation Psychology for international students.