Postgraduate Framework for Health Professions
What is the PG Framework? | Flexible Study | Why choose one of our programmes? | What Modules are available to me?
Designed for practitioners from a range of health disciplines including Physiotherapists, Podiatrists, Occupational Therapists, Rehabilitation Nurses, Sports Therapists, Chiropractors, Osteopaths and Medics, the Postgraduate Framework for Health Professions provides a structure within which to continue your professional development at a pace to suit you.
Whether you decide to strengthen your professional clinical status or expand your expertise and focus in new areas, the framework’s modular structure and inherent flexibility help ensure that you get the most out of your postgraduate study.
For further information go to the individual programme pages or see the Programmes & Modules and Frequently asked Questions pages.
What is the PG Framework?
The Postgraduate Framework for Health Professions is made up of a series of specialist modules taken from the range of Postgraduate programmes offered by the School of Health, Sport and Bioscience. These modules can be combined over time to build up the following qualifications:
Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert)
A Postgraduate Certificate consists of 2 modules. Each module is worth 30 points. A total of 60 credits is necessary for the award of a PGCert.
PGCerts available: Applied Ergonomics, Leadership and Team Development, Long Term Conditions in Adults, Neurological Rehabilitation, Pediatric Studies, Planning and Developing Health Care, Sports Rehabilitation and Applied Health Sciences.
Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip) in Advanced Practice for Health Professions
By completing one further specialist module and a compulsory module on the ‘Foundations In Research’, each worth 30 credits, you will be able to convert your PGCert into a PGDip. A total of 120 credits is required for the award of the Postgraduate Diploma.
Master of Science (MSc) in Advanced Practice for Health Professions
To achieve a subsequent MSc qualification, you will need to complete a research dissertation. The dissertation may be worth 60 credits in itself, or you may decide to combine the dissertation with a further specialist module in which case the dissertation and module are worth 30 credits each. A total of 180 credits is required for the award of the MSc in Advanced Practice for Health Professions.
Flexible Study
We understand that clinical staff have busy and stressful lives. Our programmes are designed to allow you to plan your professional development and to learn at your own pace. In addition, they are designed to be flexible; you can sign up for a postgraduate certificate and later, transfer to study for a post graduate diploma or a master’s degree.
A postgraduate certificate may be studied full-time over a 6 month period or part-time over 1-3 years. A postgraduate diploma or masters degree can be studied full-time for one year or part-time for 2-6 years.
Why choose one of our programmes?
The School of Health, Sport and Bioscience has a long history of providing innovative post graduate education. We have strong links with the NHS, working on the educational agenda for health and social care in partnership with strategic health authorities and NHS trusts.
Our programmes promote the principles of evidence based practice and develop the clinicians’ ability to critically evaluate and apply evidence in practice.They are designed to ensure that clinicians from different disciplines share educational experiences; promoting a more collaborative approach to practice.
All programmes are delivered on-site at the university and are taught in an interactive learning environment in which you will be encouraged to communicate ideas, knowledge and understanding. Many of the practice-based modules involve laboratory work in our new purpose-built Centre for Clinical Education and in our research laboratories.
Each module has been mapped to the Skills for Health competences to aid you when planning your educational programme; this supports your career development and negotiating access to training.
The higher level of award “Masters in Advanced Practice for Health Professions” reflects the points on the new NHS Career Framework defined as Senior or Specialist Practitioners and Advanced Practitioners.
What modules are available to me?
30 credit modules:
- Adults Living with Long term Conditions
- Applied Ergonomics in the Workplace
- Business Planning in the Clinical Setting
- Clinical Ergonomics and Occupational Health
- Clinical Practice in Neurological Rehabilitation
- Complex Case in Paediatrics Improving Evidence Based Health Care Services
- Dissertation*
- Foundations in Research**
- Leading and Managing Clinical Teams
- Managing the Healthy Athlete
- Neurological Theory and Evidence Based Practice
- Optimising Skill Mix through Work Based Learning
- Psychological, Physical and Social Development of the Healthy Child
- Sports Rehabilitation: Injury to Optimal Performance
- Therapeutic Intervention in Adults with Long Term Conditions
* Dissertation worth 30 or 60 credits. Compulsory for MSc.
** Compulsory for MSc and PGDip.
