Course description
The course is intended for all those interested in promoting health and well being. It includes core modules on: Research methods; Health Economics; Social and Behavioural Sciences; Epidemiology. These modules are taken together with the two other MSc courses to promote inter-professional learning.
During the second year you will take compulsory, programme-specific modules, followed by modules chosen from the list of elective modules making up 20 credits.
* Leadership, Quality, Innovation and Change (20 credits)
* Principles and Practice of Public Health and Health Promotion (20 credits)
* Plus elective modules (see option modules listed below) (20 credits)
Total: 60 credits
If you wish to achieve your MSc you will need to complete successfully your research dissertation.
Option modules offered by the School of Healthcare Sciences:
* Behavioural Science in Health and Social Change (20 credits)
* Biology and Physiology for Advanced Practice (20 credits)
* Community Participation (10 credits)
* Enhancing Parenting Skills (20 credits)
* Epidemiology and Needs Assessment (10 credits)
* Public Health Nutrition (10 credits)
* Health of the Individual, Family and Community (10 credits)
* Investing in a Valued Workforce (10 credits)
* Principles and Practice of Public Health and Health Promotion (20 credits)
* Promoting Mental Health and Well Being (10 credits)
* Organisational Behaviour (20 credits)
* Managing and Developing People (10 credits)
* Knowledge and Skills of Advanced Clinical Practice (60 credits)
Programme philosophy
This MSc programme has been developed in collaboration with practitioners and specialists in the field of public health and health promotion in the UK. The programme reflects the UK standards in Public Health practice in Wales and the UK. This Masters level study includes the strategic and operational requirements of health promotion and public health within the NHS and partner organisations. The programme is multi-agency, multi-disciplinary and multi-professional with UK and international students.
This collaborative programme approach provides a unique opportunity for both specialist and practitioners in public health and health promotion to develop their skills to manage change, lead public health programmes, and work with individuals, groups and communities.
The programme provides an opportunity to develop the national occupational standards for the practice of public health and health promotion in the UK and internationally.
Intended programme outcomes
The programme draws upon relevant contemporary policy and academic research, applied in the UK and international context of health and well being.
The programme outcomes relate to the concept that health is more than the absence of disease and being healthy is a positive state of well being. The programme outcomes are a statement of what the graduate should know and be able to do on completion of the programme.
The programme recognises, as Derek Walness said in his report, that “adequate workforce capacity will need to be created with appropriately broad skill mixes. Because more of the activity will be concerned with monitoring, interpreting data, identifying risk, educating people and motivating them to change behaviour, the required mix of skills will change.”
This specification provides a concise summary of the main features of the programme and the learning outcomes that a typical student might reasonably be expected to achieve and demonstrate if s/he takes full advantage of the learning opportunities provided.
The programme provides opportunities for students to develop:
1. Theoretical knowledge and understanding;
2. Cognitive skills and the following transferable skills:
3. Communication
4. Study
5. Interpersonal
6. Information Technology
7. Problem Solving Skills.
The intended learning outcomes are summatively assessed through assignment in the form of essays, reports, research proposal and paper, and individual group and individual presentations. There are no examinations. The individual modules have a varying degree of formative assessment.
The choice of teaching methods used on the course has been influenced by the basic principle of adult learning, which is most effective if it is linked with the students’ existing experiences and demands their participation in the learning process.
A variety of methods might be employed in any single teaching and learning process; it is thus intended that individual student learning styles will be accommodated.
The professional and life experiences which students bring provide a valued and valuable resource for learning; methods used will seek to capitalise on this rich resource and encourage learner participation.
The aim of the Course and the Modules which it comprises draws on the new emphasis in Health Care and Public Health, Health Education and Health Promotion which are considered to have a vital role in raising the health status of individuals and communities.
The role of Public Health and Health Promotion is increasingly being recognised as a central dimension of health care at local, national and international level.
