Online Health Promotion Degree :: Accredited Universities

The Director General of the World Health Organisation calls Family Medicine Doctors "our rising stars of the future" reflecting WHO’s renewed commitment to build family medicine as a primary speciality across all regions. This degree in Family Medicine takes forward WHO’s new vision of primary health care.

The degree is awarded by the University of Edinburgh and taught in partnership with the Christian Medical College, Vellore, India, and expert clinical members of the International Christian Medical and Dental Association (ICMDA).

The programme will equip students with the skills to become expert family medicine doctors, doctors who resolve more and refer less, whose presence will improve the quality of patient care by providing continuity and an understanding of the family and community context.

This programme provides high quality postgraduate medical education in Family Medicine through a distance learning medium to an international audience from India and other partner countries whose health systems are beginning to identify Family Medicine as a clinical speciality.
The programme will give doctors a comprehensive understanding of the principles, processes, and practices of Family Medicine, and the essential medical knowledge and management skills for the most common presenting health issues.

It is based on the competencies identified by the World Association of Family Medicine, the key components being:

- an understanding of health promotion, prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care within a District hospital/health centre/Community setting

- skills in leadership and management of primary health care teams

- an understanding of continuity and contextualisation of care of the individual, the family and the community

Entry Requirements

Applications are welcome from medical graduates working in India or other low income countries with a commitment to continue working in poorly resourced areas.

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 Academic module: 6.5 (with at least 6.0 in each section)

Other accepted tests and scores

- TOEFL-iBT: 92 (with at least 20 in all sections)

- PTE: 61 (with no score lower than 56 in each of the 'Communicative Skills' sections - 'Enabling Skills' section scores are not considered)

- CPE: Grade B; CAE: Grade A

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Indiana State University offers the master of science (M.S.) in nursing with a family nurse practitioner concentration for students who are interested in advancing their education or careers in the health and human services profession.

1. The master of science is a 48-51 credit program that varies in length depending on the culminating experience course selected at the conclusion of the program.

2. All courses are offered online. On-campus visits are not required.

3. The program can be completed in 2-2½ years with full-time study. Students also have the option of part study; however students are required to complete the program in 3-5 years.

Graduates of this program are qualified specialists having the expertise to utilize a comprehensive approach to meet diversified and holistic health needs. Knowledge and skills attained through this program include an emphasis in the following areas:

1. Health promotion, health protection, disease prevention, and treatment

2. Practitioner-patient relationship

3. Teaching-coaching function

4. Professional role

5. Managing and negotiating health care delivery systems

6. Monitoring and ensuring the quality of health care practice

7. Cultural competence

In applying these skills, instructors encourage students to be innovative and evidence-based in their approach to nursing to support the delivery of high-quality and safe patient care.

As leaders in nursing education, research, and community engagement, ISU faculty have a collective vision to nurture innovation as we chart our path for the future. Our primary goal is to support our students in becoming an integral part of our learning community to address society's need for caring, knowledgeable, and scientifically well-prepared, nurse professionals. By building upon and expanding our students' knowledge and skills as professional registered nurses, the family nurse practitioner concentration prepares graduates to meet the ANCC and AANP certification competencies.

Entry Requirements

1. Earned bachelor’s degree in nursing from an ACEN or CCNE accredited program of nursing at
time of application. Students in an RN to BS nursing program may apply in their final semester of
studies

2. The equivalent of one year full-time RN experience (minimum of 1500 verifiable hours) at time of
application. This experience must have been completed within the last five years.

3. GPA 3.0 or above on a 4.0 scale in undergraduate studies

4. Current, unencumbered licensure as a registered nurse in the state of practice

5. Résumé or CV

6. Two professional and one academic reference

7. Maximum 500 word personal statement of professional goals that describes your leadership and
community service as a Registered Nurse and the ability to meet program competencies:
(http://www.indstate.edu/apn/FNP/)

8. English as second language students must achieve the following TOEFL scores or greater:
TOEFL – 550 (PBT), 79-80 (IBT), or 213 (CBT). The Department of Advanced Practice Nursing
does not accept alternate English proficiency tests.

9. Meet all health clearances and criminal background checks, as required by ISU and your state of
practice

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The Bachelor of Medical Science (Specialisation) provides you with the opportunity to work in an exciting and rewarding career in one of three specialist areas including Clinical Investigation, Nutrition or Pathology. Each of the specialist areas explores relevant health and disease issues.

In order to help you determine your desired and most suited career path, you will gain exposure to foundation knowledge in sciences, study and research skills and health professional practice throughout your fi rst year of study in this degree. You will then be asked to decide on your specialist interest area at the end of your fi rst year.

Clinical physiologists (Clinical Investigation) measure function within the cardiovascular, respiratory and nervous system to exclude or confirm disease and then monitor progress in response to therapy.

Nutritionists are concerned with promoting and maintaining healthy lifestyle choices and preventing diet-related diseases in our communities. Nutritionists work in a number of industries including health promotion, public health, Indigenous health, food services, food or health corporations and engage in further study or research in public health nutrition, nutrition and dietetics, education, health service management, and environmental health.

Medical laboratory scientists, specialising in pathology, examine bodily samples to assist in making a diagnosis regarding a patient’s medical condition.

The program has been developed in consultation with key industry bodies and professionals and incorporates up to 480 hours of work integrated learning during each three year program. This ensures you graduate with the practical skills required to be career-ready and highly attractive to prospective employers. If you choose to study the program by distance education, you have the flexibility to fit study with your work and other lifestyle commitments. There is also an option to exit the degree after successful completion of the first 16 courses with an Associate Degree of Medical Science (Specialisation).

Entry Requirements

N/A

Other Fees

Overseas examination fees

Textbooks

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

Incidental unit costs

Notes

You are required to undertake up to 480 hours of compulsory off-campus clinical placements during the three years of the program within the professional practices and work-integrated learning courses.

There are several compulsory schools/workshops attached to the program when studied by distance education.

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Keiser University’s Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing (RN to BSN) is a degree completion program for registered nurses. This program emphasizes critical thinking, leadership, management, research, physical assessment, and health promotion across a variety of community-based healthcare settings. The curriculum accentuates cultural, political, economic, and social issues that affect patients and influence healthcare delivery through both online classroom and clinical components.

The framework of the RN to BSN program includes the broad competency areas of knowledge, the elements of critical thinking, skills performance, collaboration, caring and professionalism. Each of these areas are reflected in program outcomes that build upon prior learning and incorporate competencies as outlined in the American Association of Colleges of Nursing’s (AACN) Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice and the American Nurses Association’s (ANA) Scope and Standards of Nursing Practice.

The following objectives are designed to meet Keiser University’s mission and its objectives:

- To develop knowledgeable nursing care providers who are able to demonstrate mastery of the science of professional nursing practice as a result of the integration of content relating to current concepts of professional inquiry, critical thinking, communication, leadership and healthcare delivery.

- To develop critical thinkers who are able to creatively engage in rational inquiry utilizing the nursing process in both well-defined, relatively common clinical situations and in complex clinical situations.

- To develop skilled healthcare providers who are prepared to provide a higher level of nursing assessment in their direct or indirect care of ethically, culturally and/or spiritually diverse patients and their families.

- To develop effective collaborators of healthcare who are prepared to work in a leadership capacity to design and manage the care of individuals and their families.

- To develop caring and therapeutic communicators who are prepared to utilize broadened tools of communication in advocating the comfort and self-determination of patients and their families.

- To develop nursing professionals who practice nursing within a legal/ethical framework.

Entry Requirements

Graduation from either an associate degree nursing program or a diploma nursing program.

Proof of current, active and non-restricted professional licensure as a registered nurse in the United States.

To be considered for admission to Keiser University all applicants must supply:

Verification of high school graduation ( transcript, diploma, etc. ) or

Verification of GED completion ( GED scores or GED diploma ) or

Proof of graduation from a foreign institution comparable to a United States secondary school.

If an applicant’s primary language is not English, the applicant must present a TOEFL® score of 500 or higher on a paper-based examination, a score of 173 on a computer-based examination, an internet-based score ( iBT ) of 61, or an IELTS™ score of 6.0 or higher.

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The School of Nursing’s mission is based on our vision of “a world where every nurse is a leader.” As both an academic and professional school, we take seriously our core Jesuit values of educating nurses to lead and translate science into practice in a dynamic healthcare environment.

Focused on leadership strategies, the emphasis in Health Care Systems Management covers all aspects of nursing administration. From disease prevention and health promotion to workforce management, the online MSN-HCSM provides the flexibility to address challenges and professional opportunities as a nursing manager, director or healthcare executive.

Entry Requirements

1. A BSN degree from an accredited college or university.
*Registered nurse applicants with a bachelor’s degree in another field can qualify for the HCSM program upon successful completion of Loyola’s MSN Bridge to Leadership Education in Nursing at a Distance (BLEND) Program.

2. A minimum of one year of recent experience.

3. Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher on all course work or a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher on the last 60 hours in an undergraduate accredited nursing program.

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