Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (SCPHN) MSc

This Masters degree offers practical support to health and social care practitioners undertaking quality improvement or service evaluations. On completion of this course, practitioners will feel confident in their ability to manage a challenging quality improvement and to evaluate changes made. Our course is designed to support €˜live improvement projects and service evaluations. It appreciates the dynamic and complex environment of contemporary service provision and includes real case studies and presentations from experienced people with a track record of delivery in quality improvement and service evaluation. The underpinning philosophy is that of engagement €“ €˜all share, all learn €“ and therefore the course provides opportunities for students to learn, support, and challenge each other in their improvement efforts.

Applicants must be registered on the appropriate part of the NMC Register for their chosen pathway. Ideally, practitioners will have a minimum of two years' relevant post-registration experience and support from a sponsoring trust. Applicants must also have successfully completed a degree in Nursing or a health-related field, or equivalent.