Online Advanced Clinical Skills Degree :: Accredited Universities

The online MSc Advanced Clinical Skills is designed to equip healthcare professionals with the knowledge and advanced skills needed to work in modern and technology enabled healthcare settings.
Led by experts at both Nursing Studies and the Edinburgh Medical School, the programme maximises the potential of distance and online education, enabling you to gain an advanced qualification alongside peers from around the globe. It provides a flexible learning route in which you can hone newly acquired skills, whilst engaging in the delivery of competent and person-centred care.

The part time online MSc in Advanced Clinical Skills is set to reach experienced healthcare professionals, in practice, and engage them in a flexible mode of learning.
This new and innovative Masters degree provides students not only with core theoretical courses that support evidence-based and person-centred practice, but also opportunities to engage in skill acquisition at an advanced level.
Our unique approach to experiential learning is maximising the use of information and communication technologies to present students with relevant clinical scenarios. By so doing we enable students to develop a reflective approach, hone new skills and acquire new tools for their own practice.

The learning pathway we offer gives those who operate in a modern and technology enabled care arena, an opportunity to trail blaze innovative practice. Our students will learn alongside peers from across the globe and be expected to maximise collaborative opportunities to enrich their studies.

Entry Requirements

An undergraduate degree in healthcare related practice (e.g. nursing) and a minimum of 3 years' post-qualification experience. (Lower qualifications may be considered at the discretion of the Programme Director and the Nursing Studies postgraduate team.)

Please provide a concise account (500 words maximum) of your clinical experience and the expertise you have developed during your career as a healthcare professional. You may evidence these gains noting a range of settings and roles including voluntary and unpaid work. You should specifically note your current job, what this role entails and the clinical setting you are in at present.

Access to a computer with internet connection that enables course content to be accessed.

Access to an appropriate healthcare facility where the student could hone newly acquired skills.

English language requirements
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If English is not your first language, you must have one of the following qualifications as evidence of your spoken and written English.

- IELTS minimum score

- IELTS: total 6.5 (at least 6.0 in each module)

Other accepted tests and scores

- TOEFL-iBT: total 92 (at least 20 in each module)

- PTE(A): total 61 (at least 56 in each of the "Communicative Skills" sections)

- CPE: Grade C; CAE: Grade B

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Liberty University’s Doctor of Philosophy in Counseling — Advanced Clinical Skills online program is ideal for professionals currently in the field who wish to further develop their clinical skills. Areas of focus include clinical competency, applied clinical research, clinical instruction, and counseling in both ecclesiastical and educational environments.

The program approaches counseling theories from a biblical worldview and prepares students for prominent roles within the mental health field. A master’s degree in counseling or a related field is required. Students in the Doctor of Philosophy in Counseling program must choose a cognate.

Entry Requirements

Applicants must have completed bachelor's degree or its foreign equivalent.They must have above a 2.5 cumulative combined GPA for all accredited colleges attended.

International Applicants
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If you are an International applicant,following English language test should be required

TOEFL for international, non-English speaking candidates (score of 550 paper-based test, 253 computer-based test or 60 internet-based test)

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This international online Masters programme is designed for primary dental care providers who want to advance their clinical skills and knowledge, with the primary objective of enhancing the quality of their patient care.

The objectives of the programme are:

To provide you with the opportunity to enhance your clinical knowledge, insight and expertise in areas directly relating to your practice
To enhance the quality of care provided to your patients
To provide a base for enjoyable personal professional development
To improve your employability in a highly competitive job market
To provide support for achieving other qualifications - ORE, MFDS, FFGDP, MJDF etc

Entry Requirements

Students must have a primary degree in dental surgery or equivalent qualification.

Two references from professional colleagues.

Students will need to be currently delivering clinical care for patients that will provide a range of procedures for case reports on which some assessments are based.

International students:
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English language requirements

Students can satisfy our English language requirements in two ways:

by holding an English language qualification to the right level
by taking and successfully completing one of our English courses for international students

English to IELTS 7.0 (with a minimum of 6.5 in each component) or TOEFL Internet based 95 overall with no less than 22 in any band.

Other Fees

Notes

The programme will contain two residential weeks based in Birmingham (one week per year), and will allow students to receive direct hands-on tuition from some of the world's most experienced dental educators. .

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The Master of Advanced Medicine degree is a one-year (full-time) program that is ideally suited for those who have completed a relevant College training program (or equivalent) and who wish to acquire a university qualification demonstrating mastery of clinical competence in a particular specialisation, acquisition of life-long learning skills and a capacity for leadership. ASAM is the only Australian medical school providing post-fellowship academic training in medical specialities.

Key features

Develops essential medical qualities including a commitment to lifelong learning, research, teaching, ethics and professionalism

Entry Requirements

• Australian MBBS or recognised equivalent registrable qualification • Full registration as a medical practitioner in jurisdiction of residence or citizenship • Certificate of Good Standing with registration authority in jurisdiction of residence or citizenship • Eligibility for medical registration in Australia (if studying in Australia) • Fellowship in relevant specialist College or significant experience in an associated area • Minimum English Language Proficiency: IELTS or IELTS equivalent of 7.0 overall, with minimum 7.0 in each band

Other Fees

Overseas examination fees ($100/course)

Textbooks

Student Services and Amenities Fee (Max. $281/year)

Incidental unit costs

Accpetance fee: $16000 AUD - deducted off the 1st year's tuition

Notes

May require compulsory on/off campus sessions

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Our course is for midwives who are passionate about their practice and wish to develop their knowledge and skills to an advanced level. It will enable experienced midwives to develop the skills of independent thinking required for advanced midwifery practice. The specialist modules that make up this course will encourage you to further develop and enhance your existing knowledge and skills, both by exploring how to promote normality during childbirth and how to care for vulnerable women with complex needs. The supporting optional modules will help you to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary for assuming leadership roles in clinical practice or research.

Whilst academically challenging, this course is designed to provide midwives with both the knowledge and skills to enhance their practice to an advanced level. The confidence gained from a sound understanding of the physiology of birth will aid practitioners wishing to promote midwifery care in highly medicalised institutions or in the community.

Entry Requirements

Applicants should hold an appropriate Midwifery qualification and have at least one years post-qualification experience of working as a midwife and evidence of appropriate continuing professional development.

Applicants will usually have an Honours degree or equivalent qualification. International applicants will be required to demonstrate the university standard of English language (IELTS) at Level 6.5 (including written English) prior to commencement on a course.

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