Coventry University Postgraduate Brochure - School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health by Coventry University Recruitment and Admissions Office

Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

SCHOOL OF NURSING, MIDWIFERY AND HEALTH

Coventry University

Ranked 13th in UK Guardian University Guide 2019

Welcome I am delighted to introduce you to the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, based within the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at Coventry University. Research inspired and practice-led, our school and its staff are committed to providing you with a learning environment that has been specifically designed to engage, inform and excite you; setting you on a journey of life-changing learning and exploration. We want you to get the very best from your university experience, by providing a high-quality learning environment with state-of-the-art facilities. Our staff are experts in their fields and will provide you with practical advice and support to develop your professional career. As a school, we share a passion for caring about individuals and families, as part of a wider system of joined up health and wellness. We focus on caring and compassion, holistic and spiritual care for all people and solving the challenges associated with building more resilient communities. By being part of our school, you can expect to be offered a range of opportunities, whether you are looking to explore our latest research, global networks and partnerships, listen to the real experiences of service users and carers and if relevant, support you finding suitable practical experience to enhance your professional skills portfolio. The following pages provide you with an overview of everything our school and faculty has to offer. I hope that you are able to join us on our exciting adventure.

Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Dr Rosie Kneafsey Head of School

The Faculty inspires our students and partners to engage with and explore their passion for health and life: through high-quality teaching, practical application and simulation, research and enterprise. Working together, we make a difference to individuals, organisations and a global community.

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Teaching excellence

Facilities

08 Our approach: learning through exploration 10

Life-changing research

Globally connected

Advanced Clinical Practice MSc

Advanced Practice in Occupational Therapy MSc

dvancing Physiotherapy A Practice MSc

Global Health Care Management MSc

Manual Therapy MSc

MBA (for the Health Care Sector)

Nursing MSc (online)

Nursing Studies MSc

Public Health Nutrition MSc

Social and Therapeutic Horticulture MSc

Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Care PgCert (online)

Further information

GOOD UNIVERSITY GUIDE 2019 UNIVERSITY OF THE YEAR FOR STUDENT EXPERIENCE

Awarded Gold for outstanding teaching and learning 2017.

Teaching excellence As a university, we are proud of our teaching achievements, including being awarded Gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF), the government’s first major assessment of teaching quality in universities. We’ve also been awarded 4 stars for our teaching excellence (QS stars 2018) and are ranked 2nd in the UK for Teaching Excellence in the Times Higher Education metrics ranking 2017. The School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health is nationally and internationally recognised for its high standards of teaching and research. We aim to ensure that when students finish their studies, they are: • Professionally skilled, including decision-making, team working and leadership skills. • Confident, capable and resilient following a transformative university experience. • Worldly-wise with a global outlook and cultural awareness. • Community-minded and ready to make a difference in our society. Research inspired Our postgraduate teaching is heavily influenced by our research, with research-active academics teaching across the Faculty on a regular basis. This means that you will have access to the most up-to-date thinking in the health disciplines. As well as undertaking your own research, you may also have the chance to collaborate with staff on research projects and disseminate your research findings at faculty, national and occasionally international research conferences.

Professional development We deliver an extensive portfolio of continuing professional development, postgraduate and post-qualifying courses and undertake consultancy. The School has developed innovative and inspiring ways of engaging with service users and carers to give them a voice. This includes encouraging patients to take photographs of their daily lives that are turned into films and screened to students; inviting them into classrooms to talk directly to learners and also involving them in recruitment, curriculum development and student assessment. Our specialist employment and placement advisors will help you find professional placements and internships, if relevant, that can enhance your leadership capabilities, including taking part in our Global Leaders programme. Well-rounded skills Coventry University works in partnership with the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) to offer additional modules on some of our CPD courses. These modules use a variety of techniques to give you the practical leadership skills to critically evaluate and develop solutions to complex, inter-related, multi-faceted issues that you will experience in organisations. Each postgraduate course has an individually tailored version of the CMI Professional Development module. All students will become Affiliate Members of CMI during their period of study.

Coventry University

2nd in UK for Teaching Excellence (TEF) Times Higher Education metrics ranking 2017

Coventry University was awarded Gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first major assessment of teaching quality in universities.

Facilities Set across five floors, the Alison Gingell Building complements our existing health and life sciences facilities with a range of specialist and practical areas, social spaces, meeting and general teaching rooms. The building offers one of the UKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best university learning environments by bringing together all the essential practical and simulation equipment required by current and aspiring health and social care leaders. In January 2018, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge officially opened the building and saw for themselves the innovative teaching and simulation activities. Students from the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health work alongside other Health and Life Sciences students as part of our wider faculty mission to combine technology, science, health and well-being together, collaborating to create life-changing ideas and expertise. Many of our facilities, including the new Alison Gingell Building, are used by the local community. We are proud to work in partnership with local companies and organisations to develop joint initiatives that help us to be a university in the city, for the city.

Ground floor Features an ambulance room, specialist laboratories for sport science, biomechanics, strength and conditioning, a running track for gait analysis and a sports therapy clinic. There are also dedicated research areas for an environmental chamber, physiology and sport science. First floor Features a mock hospital operating theatre, hospital wards, midwifery suite, clinical skills rooms, consultation rooms, high dependency unit and orthotics laboratory. There are also two simulation community â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;housesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; that help students to practise home-based support and explore developments in assistive design and technology. Second floor Features research laboratories for chemistry, molecular biology and microbiology, physiotherapy and sports therapy treatment practice rooms. Third floor Features an analytical laboratory for forensic science, environment and geographical science. Fourth floor Features a flexible super laboratory capable of accommodating up to 270 students for teaching and research to develop biomedical and analytical sciences techniques.

Our Alison Gingell Building won the inspiring learning space category at the Education Estates 2018 Awards. 6

The state-of-the-art Alison Gingell Building provides opportunities to interact, engage and collaborate, positioning us as a hub of scientific learning and exploration.

Our approach: learning through exploration We share a passion for equipping the healthcare sector with professionals dedicated to delivering the best possible care for patients.

Patients often access healthcare at a low point in their lives and the respect, professionalism and kindness shown to them by healthcare professionals can be an important part of their recovery.

Our staff are committed to providing you with a learning environment that supports you on a journey of life-changing learning and exploration.

The combination of our values-driven approach with the use of the latest simulation techniques provides an environment in which you will be not only clinically excellent, but also have the care and compassion required to provide the best in patient care. We expect our graduates to embody these values and take them out into their careers as outstanding healthcare professionals.

We work in partnership with professional bodies, employers and the health and social care sector. Our accredited courses have been reviewed and tested by the approved professional bodies to ensure they reach a set standard that employers expect. We are well connected, locally, regionally, nationally and internationally so that we can provide you with the best possible opportunities. Employability is embedded throughout our courses, with employability units in every faculty alongside real-world teaching, lecturers from the health and social care sector and the unique Professional Development module, available on most courses, which is accredited by the Chartered Management Institute. We know that working in the healthcare sector has its challenges and can be both physically and emotionally demanding, but we also know that it is incredibly rewarding and that our graduates gain satisfaction from making a difference to the individuals they care for, their families and the wider community across the world.

Coventry University

91% employed or in further study DLHE survey, PGT UK, 2016/17 (published 2018)

In addition to making an impact on the health and lives of people across the globe we are also conscious of the impact of our activities on the environment. We are proud that in the 2017 People and Planet University League, which ranks universities on their environmental and ethical performance, Coventry University was in the highest â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;First Classâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; category. In order to deliver effective healthcare it is important for professionals to take care of themselves as well as their patients. We will teach you skills and strategies to be conscious of your own well-being which will contribute to a greater awareness of managing your own physical and mental health.

During my masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at Coventry University I learned lots of new techniques and theories which will help me in my career as a physiotherapist. Anum Mukhtar Advancing Physiotherapy Practice MSc

Life-changing research The School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health is nationally and internationally recognised for its research. Our teaching is heavily influenced by our research, with research-active academics teaching across the Faculty on a regular basis. High-quality, applied research lies at the heart of everything we do; we are committed to making a substantial contribution to some of today’s most challenging issues through our dedicated Research Centres. Research themes include: • Clinical nutrition and dietetics. • Holistic and spiritual care for nutrition-related diseases. • Neurophysiological effects of manual and physiotherapy approaches. • Shoulder dysfunction in intensive treatment unit (ITU) survivors. • Compassion and nursing. • Inclusive research with adults with intellectual disability. • Resilience and nursing students. • The decision making process of mothers who are domestic violence survivors. Centre for Advances in Behavioural Science (CABS) The mission of CABS is to advance theory and practice through behavioural science research to address real-world problems. CABS works with individuals and communities to understand societal needs and develop solutions that impact lives and help to build healthy and resilient communities. This is achieved through conducting interdisciplinary behavioural science research that is innovative, rigorous, original and globally significant.

Centre for Innovative Research Across the Life Course (CIRAL) Our research is multidisciplinary which impacts on policy, clinical and social care decision making and practice, and individual and community health and well-being, tackling the grand challenges society faces today and in the future. A core approach to health and well-being promotion lies in our beliefs - to improve the lives, health and well-being of young children, adults and their families. Our mission is to understand and optimise the health and wellbeing of individuals, communities and society through conducting innovative, rigorous, and original and globally significant, interdisciplinary research with children, adults, families, and organisations across health and social care sectors. Centre for Sport, Exercise and Life Sciences (CSELS) Research within the Centre for Sport, Exercise and Life Sciences (CSELS) reflects a broad strength of sport, exercise and biological associated sciences to understand life from the level of molecules through to the whole body. The Centre has considerable expertise, ranging from expertise in cell biology, genomic and molecular biology, biochemistry, nutrition and food science, safety pharmacology, physiology, physical activity and sport performance. Centre for Global Learning Education and Attainment (GLEA) Dr Stephen Cowden and Dr Gurnam Singh are two Social Work academics who are Research Associates with GLEA on the basis of their research on Critical Pedagogy and inequalities in Education. This focus on the ethical basis of teaching and learning is an important part of the work of this Research Centre and links very much to the participatory teaching approach on the MA Social Work.

Researcher profile Alastair Gray is course director for the Advanced Clinical Practice MSc course and senior lecturer in advancing practice. He is passionate about advancing nursing practice, having been associated with this across the West Midlands for the past 17 years. A registered nurse since 1982, his clinical experience has been in emergency and trauma care in Leicester and Coventry hospitals. During his time in clinical practice, he witnessed the power of effective nursing on patient well-being and on the delivery of collaborative, efficient and responsive services.

Alastair Gray Senior Lecturer in Nursing

Alastair is currently studying for a PhD focusing on ‘advanced or advancing practice: the way ahead for nursing’. “My research efforts focus on exploring all aspects of advanced practice, advocating its full expression in promoting excellent patient-focussed care.”

We are committed to making a substantial contribution to some of todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most challenging issues through our applied research.

Globally connected We are the university chosen by Coventry residents as well as students from over 130 countries. Our academic staff, tutors and researchers hail from around the world too and their work has a global impact, making a difference to communities ranging from Amazonian Brazil to Dubai.

IMPETUS Linguae Mundi Global experience

At Coventry University we strongly believe in developing our students into graduates who are globally employable. We offer a wide range of work and study experiences, both in the UK and internationally, that allow our students to gain the important global skills that will help them to stand out from the crowd.

Linguae Mundi

The IMPETUS training programme offers online courses and workshops designed to improve your cultural awareness and develop new knowledge useful for working in a multicultural environment.

This is our innovative foreign language programme. You could explore one of 30 different languages* in a practical and interactive environment, which is great practice for visiting or working overseas in the future.

Global opportunities We offer many global opportunities for home and non-UK postgraduates. The Centre for Global Engagement (CGE) can help you to gain an international experience in a choice of over 100 different countries and offers a variety of programmes, such as the extracurricular Global Leaders Programme*. Global Leaders Programme (GLP) This exciting, members-only programme* develops industry leaders of the future. Expand your global skills in our specialist workshops, experience new cultures and different countries, and meet global leaders at networking events. The Global Leaders Programme is available at advanced Diploma level for postgraduate students. At postgraduate level the workshops will be even more challenging and rewarding, giving you the opportunity to manage people, coach and mentor others, and build your leadership qualities. Additionally, you will also have the opportunity to learn one of over 20 different languages and visit large multi-national organisations. Previous visits have included the BBC, Manchester United and the Bank of England. www.coventry.ac.uk/cge

Coventry University

1st for overseas student experiences Based on the number of student trips abroad - HESA 2016/17 UK

* Fees apply.

The international experience can help you to contextualise your learning and enable you to compare and contrast different approaches to your subject.

Advanced Clinical Practice MSc Why Advanced Clinical Practice at Coventry University?

Course information

• Multi-million pound Alison Gingell Building provides facilities for teaching and research, featuring hospital wards, operating theatre, critical care settings, community housing and other real-life healthcare environments relevant to practice.

Advanced Clinical Practice MSc Entry: Sept 2019 - full-time/part-time www.coventry.ac.uk/clinical-practice-msc

• Respond to the changing demands of healthcare practice. • Adopt a pro-active approach to continuing professional development.

Overview This master’s degree is aimed at healthcare practitioners who want to make a real difference and improve standards of practice throughout all aspects of healthcare provision.

• Develop enhanced healthcare practitioners patient/child, family and carer relationships.

This exciting programme has been developed to meet the needs of health care practitioners who wish to expand their practice, to be recognised as ‘Advanced Clinical Practitioners’.

• Influence the strategic direction of patient care within own field of practice/across the life span at local and national level.

The course will support development of the ability to: • Enhance the quality and standard of patient care; • Influence the strategic direction of patient care within your own field of practice;

• Enhance the quality and standard of patient/child clinical care within the practice setting.

• Expand the professional boundaries of clinical practice as a result of increased theoretical knowledge, interprofessional working and supervised practice. • Implement service developments and clinical practice via teaching, supervision, clinical audit and research and business/ project management across all care groups/across the life span.

• Develop into an enquiring and reflective clinician. The Advanced Clinical Practice MSc is approved and supported through Health Education England, working across the West Midlands, and the West Midlands Universities Advanced Practice Group. This course will aim to actively support the development of knowledge, skills and attitudes that underpin advanced practice.

Information is correct at the time of going to print, however, changes may occur. Check the website or contact us before applying to study at Coventry University to check the most up-to-date position.

Advanced Practice in Occupational Therapy MSc

Course information Advanced Practice in Occupational Therapy MSc Entry: Sept 2019 - full-time/part-time www.coventry.ac.uk/advanced-occupational-therapy-msc Overview This brand new master’s in Occupational Therapy is the perfect vehicle through which occupational therapists can develop and enhance their advanced clinical practice, specialist knowledge and skills in order to enhance their career in the health and social care sectors. The MSc has been designed to specifically develop advanced practice at the individual practitioner level, the service or provider level and also at the professional level, to develop your ability to become a future leader and influencer within occupational therapy. Its aims and content have been mapped to Health Education England’s Multi Professional Framework for Advanced Clinical Practice (2017). The MSc in Advanced Practice in Occupational Therapy provides a full-time and part-time pathway to support qualified occupational therapists who wish to develop their career. It offers opportunities to embrace the future challenges of advanced practice within your own clinical or specialist context.

Why Advanced Practice in Occupational Therapy at Coventry University? • The course is delivered by an experienced team of research active occupational therapy educators who have national profiles in their specialism. • Take full advantage of the excellent simulation opportunities offered by the Alison Gingell Building, one of the UK’s most advanced university learning environments for health care professionals. • State-of-the-art facilities of particular relevance to occupational therapists include two fully equipped community houses to help you to develop your clinical skills in simulated practice scenarios and explore developments in assistive and adaptive technologies. • An active learning style will be facilitated and encouraged throughout the course, which aims to develop your professional skills and capabilities required of advanced practitioners. • Develop your critical understanding of global and national issues and insights in occupational therapy practice. • Study in a stimulating learning environment that encourages the development of digitally fluent students who embrace life-long learning for their ongoing personal and professional advancement. • The Independent Learning and Employability module provides you with the opportunity to make site visits to investigate an area of clinical expertise interest and enhance your professional network.

Advancing Physiotherapy Practice MSc Why Advancing Physiotherapy Practice at Coventry University?

Course information

• Well-established course which consistently receives excellent student feedback and delivers high pass rates. The teaching team comprise staff who are both experienced in teaching and also clinical experts.

Advancing Physiotherapy Practice MSc Entry: Sept 2019 - full-time/part-time www.coventry.ac.uk/advancing-physio-msc

• Learn in our multi-million pound Alison Gingell Building which has state-of the-art skills labs, simulation models and technological support.

Overview This clinically focused course is offered to qualified physiotherapists who wish to develop their practice to a higher level. It provides you with the opportunity to develop your assessment, clinical reasoning and treatment skills in the three core areas of practice: cardiorespiratory, musculoskeletal and neurological physiotherapy. It also aims to improve your employability by enhancing clinical, management and leadership skills, so that you can influence practice and service delivery, working in line with government initiatives.

• Develop interpersonal skills and cultural competence from learning alongside a globally diverse group of students in both the physiotherapy classes and the inter-professional classes. • Undertake the Professional Development module, which has been developed in partnership with the Chartered Management Institute (CMI). You will have opportunities to develop skills in strategic leadership and consultancy and on successful completion will gain additional qualifications from CMI. • Service users contribute to teaching and learning so that you gain an authentic perspective on the effect of disability on a person’s quality of life.

As well as providing opportunities to develop advanced clinical physiotherapy skills, the course will enhance your understanding of research and evidence-based practice. In addition, you will develop your communication and leadership skills to a higher level. All of these skills will allow graduates to move into higher positions within the field of physiotherapy and wider health and social care, research or education.

Global Health Care Management MSc

Course information Global Health Care Management MSc Entry: Sept 2019/Jan 2020/May 2020 full-time www.coventry.ac.uk/global-healthcare-msc Overview The impetus for the MSc Global Healthcare Management programme stems from recognition, nationally and internationally, of the need to build leadership and management capabilities for those wishing to pursue careers within health care, social care and third sector organisations. The MSc Global Healthcare Management programme has been carefully designed, drawing on the expertise of health, social care and leadership and management from within the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health. It is designed to enhance your personal/professional attributes, your ability to think creatively and apply entrepreneurial skills, in leading the delivery of quality health and social care services. Through developing these skills you will be better equipped to respond to the global health challenges we face, now and in the future.

Why Global Health Care Management at Coventry University? • Learning and teaching facilitated by a team of highly qualified and academic staff who have relevant subject expertise in business, health and social care and management and leadership. • Interdisciplinary learning is a feature of the programme with students studying alongside their peers on other MSc programmes delivered within the Faculty. • By studying alongside students experiencing similar challenges in different organisations you can contextualise your learning and learn from the experiences of other professionals. • Study a range of modules which provide a detailed understanding of leadership and management combined with examination of contemporary and global challenges within healthcare management. • Opportunities for professional experience - a period of professional experience either as an internship with a host organisation or campus-based professional experience for students on the full-time Extended Masters (20 month) and programme or voluntary work placements in a range of settings for students on the full-time master’s (12-month) programme.

This course will feature a range of current management theories relevant to the health and social care sectors. In addition, it will also explore multi-cultural and international dimensions of healthcare management. The programme will also develop your entrepreneurial skills and offer support with seeking employment opportunities (where appropriate).

Manual Therapy MSc Why Manual Therapy at Coventry University?

Course information

• On successful completion of the course, you will gain an academic qualification and those on the MACP route will also be eligible for full membership of the Musculoskeletal Association of Chartered Physiotherapists (MACP) thus gaining a further professional qualification.

Manual Therapy MSc Entry: Sept 2019 - full-time/part-time www.coventry.ac.uk/manual-therapy-msc

• Teaching excellence: all of our tutors are experts in their field.

Overview This clinically-focused course aims to enable physiotherapists and sports therapists to develop and extend your knowledge and skills. It is designed to prepare you for senior and specialist roles within the neuromusculoskeletal physiotherapy and sports therapy fields. Equipping you with a foundation in the critical analysis of current manual therapy practice and the underpinning evidence, your problem-solving, evaluative and clinical skills will be challenged and developed to an advanced level ensuring a sound, effective and reasoned approach to clinical practice. Innovation of thought and practice are encouraged, supporting the development of clinical leadership skills.

• Learn in our multi-million pound Alison Gingell Building which has state-of the-art skills labs, simulation models and technological support. • Equal emphasis on theoretical and practical elements of manual therapy. • An enriched learning experience: nationally renowned specialists guest lecture on the course. • A high level of mentored clinical practice: skills and knowledge gained on the course can be applied in practice (MACP route only). • An excellent range of clinically relevant option modules: you can shape your programme of study to your own personal or professional interests.

The course integrates the many diverse approaches currently employed in the management of neuromusculoskeletal patients and places a strong emphasis on manual skills and mentored clinical practice allowing you to develop confidence and expertise in this area.

MBA (for the Health Care Sector)

Course information MBA (for the Health Care Sector) Entry: Sept 2019 - full-time www.coventry.ac.uk/health-care-online-mba Overview The MBA is aimed specifically at current and aspiring managers who wish to develop their career in healthcare, social care and third sector organisations. It provides you with the opportunity to gain the knowledge and skills required to progress to senior management and leadership roles. With a strong practitioner focus, personal and career development is an underlying theme running through this course. The MBA draws from your current and past experience, encouraging you to constantly apply theory to practice. It aims to enhance your capabilities to think critically, deal with ambiguity and seek solutions to complex problems. You can develop the core knowledge of concepts and business models, with a strong understanding of processes and practices, in order to develop your leadership, financial and project management skills within the healthcare management sector.

Why MBA (for the Health Care Sector) at Coventry University? • Earning an MBA is an excellent way to propel your career to reach higher management positions in the world of health and social care. • Delivered as a collaboration between the Coventry Business School and the School of Nursing Midwifery and Health, this MBA draws on subject expertise from both faculties meaning you will be taught by highly qualified academics from a variety of backgrounds and with considerable practical experience in industry, including healthcare, law, accounting, business and commerce. • Excellent and established links with health, social care and third sector organisations. • Learn how to apply quality improvement theories and techniques to health and social care services in differing cultures and contexts. • Develop your knowledge on the theories of leadership and understand how to apply them in a health and social care setting. • Learning from engaging guest speakers from the healthcare sector industry who will share their expertise and experiences of developing strategies, managing change and growth in their organisations, bringing both contemporary and theoretical aspects to life.

The aim of this course is to equip you with the personal and professional skills to enable you to think creatively about the delivery of existing health care services and to respond to future demands. You will address the unique challenges and complexities facing managers and leaders in health and social care organisations.

Nursing MSc (online) Why Nursing (online) at Coventry University?

Course information Nursing MSc (online) Entry: Online www.coventry.ac.uk/course-structure/PG/2018-19/online/ msc-nursing-online Overview

• Nursing at Coventry University is ranked 7th in the UK by the Guardian University Guide 2019. • Enjoy a rich learning experience is delivered through a diverse range of activities such as reading, listening, watching and discussing, providing a comprehensive online interaction. • The online nature and flexibility of this course gives you the opportunity to work with healthcare professionals from a wide range of different clinical specialisms.

This master’s course has been designed to further enhance the knowledge you need to develop your career, and act as an innovator in the field of nursing in the 21st Century.

• Our school is known for its exciting and innovative learning methods and materials, including the use of social media platforms and video, and providing assessments that are directly related to an individual’s professional context.

The structure of this online course is designed to allow for flexible studying to fit around your life. You can study at your own pace and at a time which suits you, with a dedicated support team and online facilitators to help you every step of the way. This enables a wide group of UK and internationally-based nurses with demanding workplace schedules to still benefit from career development opportunities.

• Explore contemporary issues affecting nursing nationally and internationally. • Develop your understanding of the application of evidence to improve services in primary and secondary care.

You will have the opportunity to examine contemporary issues in nursing through analysis of political, social and economic influences on health and social care needs and service design. Through master’s level skills of critical thinking and comprehensive knowledge, you will examine the impact of political and economic factors, culture and social organisation on the role of the nurse and the priorities of development to meet care needs of individuals and communities.

Nursing Studies MSc

Course information Nursing Studies MSc Entry: Sept 2019/Jan 2020 - full-time/part-time www.coventry.ac.uk/nursing-studies-msc Overview This master’s course is designed to facilitate a philosophy of care that is based on evidence. It provides access to discussion of a broad range of approaches to health care and the opportunity to compare and apply new knowledge. Modules are designed to promote the opportunity to expand the intercultural community and to share best practice. It will give you an understanding of the knowledge and skills required to develop and lead service provisions that meets the needs of a 21st century health and social care service. The modules offered on the Nursing Studies course provide an opportunity to strengthen your CV in a number of ways. You might choose to examine approaches to managing individuals with long-term conditions or to enhance your knowledge of ethics and the law as these relate to nursing practice. Graduates of this course are expected to become team managers or nurse consultants who are able to make a significant contribution to people’s health and well-being.

Why Nursing Studies at Coventry University? • Ranked 7th in the UK for Nursing & Midwifery in the Guardian University Guide 2019. • Multi-million pound state-of-the-art Alison Gingell Building provides facilities for teaching and research. Facilities include an operating theatre, critical care settings, community housing and other real-life nursing environments relevant to practice. • High levels of student satisfaction – 95% for the quality of teaching in ‘subjects allied to medicine’ the Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES) 2016. • The course team has extensive research and teaching experience which will inform the curriculum and benefit your teaching and learning experience. Module leaders are experienced nurse and healthcare teachers with varied backgrounds in areas including: adult, mental health, public health nursing, physiotherapy and occupational therapy. • Excellent links with local employers, many of them members of our Faculty Partnership Group, which provides an input to course management and development. • Flexible entry criteria for those with relevant experiential learning. • A range of optional modules may be studied to promote your development in specific areas of health and social care or nurse education, such as public health policy, ethics and law, leadership, or perspectives of care for individuals with long-term conditions.

Public Health Nutrition MSc Why Public Health Nutrition at Coventry University?

Course information

• A focus on the science of nutrition and public health policy and practice.

Public Health Nutrition MSc Entry: Sept 2019/Jan 2020 - full-time/part-time www.coventry.ac.uk/health-nutrition-msc

• Innovative and creative approaches to tackling public health nutrition issues, including a focus on business and media. • A diverse teaching team including a range of public health nutrition academic experts who are committed to providing a range of excellent teaching and learning experiences.

Overview This course brings together the science of nutrition and the innovation of business to expand your horizons beyond the more traditional approaches to public health nutrition. The increase in non-communicable diseases across the globe, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesity and malnutrition is inextricably linked to poor diet. This has led to an increasing demand for graduates who have an in-depth knowledge of the impact of dietary intake on the risk factors of disease, as well as the ability to apply this knowledge through education and influencing policy to improve the population’s health.

• Access to the broad research interests of the teaching team, which include food poverty, obesogenic environments, behaviour change and whole-person care including spirituality. • On successful completion of the course you will be able to work in a range of careers such as public health, government and non-government organisations, social enterprises; freelance nutrition and the food industry.

You will build on your understanding of nutrition and health and examine the evidence-based research into public health policy at a local, national and international level. You will consider influences on individual and group behaviour and the role of the media in public health communication. Throughout your course you will study key issues in public health nutrition and the influence of policy and the wider environment. Moreover it intends to develop a range of skills essential for working as a Public Health Nutritionist in the 21st century. Thus the development of business acumen and creativity is a special feature of this course.

Social and Therapeutic Horticulture MSc

Course information Social and Therapeutic Horticulture MSc Entry: Sept 2019 - full-time/part-time www.coventry.ac.uk/therapeutic-horticulture-msc Overview This master’s course is leading the way in understanding how gardening and outdoor spaces can change lives, improve wellbeing and reduce social isolation. Social and Therapeutic Horticulture (STH) involves the use of natural settings and plants by expert practitioners in order to meet clinically defined goals for groups or individuals. STH is particularly relevant for the promotion of independence, health and well-being among groups and communities of vulnerable people. The MSc STH programme aims to educate anyone offering horticultural type activities with the knowledge, skills and evidence base required to support the development of nature-based programmes/schemes that can help individuals and communities who may be vulnerable, isolated or living with disabilities.

Why Social and Therapeutic Horticulture at Coventry University? • A strong reputation within the field of social and therapeutic horticulture. We have been educating STH practitioners at Coventry for over 25 years and have attracted a diverse range of students including occupational therapists, social workers, nurses, psychologists, horticulturalists and others from a variety of backgrounds and expertise. • Taught by staff members that have a real passion and belief in the healing potential of natural environments. Members of our teaching staff are qualified occupational therapists and have many years’ professional interest, knowledge and experience in the field of social and therapeutic horticulture. • A course designed to promote active learning and enable students with differing learning styles to engage positively in their studies and apply their new knowledge to their own practice and work-base. • Strong partnerships with local statutory agencies and organisations in the voluntary and independent sectors. • Excellent networking opportunities and support for students and alumni.

This course is designed to facilitate and enable the development of your professional skills in the use of STH and to increase your levels of critical knowledge and expertise.

Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Care PgCert (online) Why Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Care at Coventry University?

Course information Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Care PgCert (online) Entry: Sept 2019 - full-time/part-time www.coventry.ac.uk/teenage-cancer-care-pgcert Overview This online course is aimed at the wide range of health and social care professionals involved in cancer care for teenagers and young adults (TYA). It addresses the complex social and political nature of care, together with key issues like adolescent development, societal perspectives and ethical challenges. It has been designed to encourage you to meet the everchanging demands of caring for young patients with cancer in a dynamic and transformational health care system. The course is endorsed by, and has been developed in association with, the Teenage Cancer Trust, the leading UK charity in this field. Teaching is delivered by staff who work in professional organisations and clinical experts from across multidisciplinary care teams, including young people with cancer themselves.

• Nursing at Coventry is ranked 7th best in the UK by the Guardian University Guide 2019. • The programme is also endorsed by EONS - the European Oncology Nursing Society. • Demonstrates compliance so you can work toward Manual for Cancer Services: Teenagers and Young Adults Measures (NCAT 2011). • Access to experts from a variety of disciplines in the field, such as principal investigators for TYA cancer research studies, oncologists, TYA cancer nurse consultants and youth support coordinators. • Experience a variety of learning activities, such as live tutorials, lead lectures, group discussions, video and audio recordings. • The course has attracted a diverse student body from countries such as the USA, Australia, Ireland, Belgium, providing a genuine multicultural learning experience and the opportunity to network with fellow students in the specialist field, sharing best practice nationally and internationally.

The course encourages you to be adaptable, flexible, reflective, competent and compassionate practitioner. Our goal is to help you recognise the unique needs of this age group and gain greater familiarity with contemporary practice in the field.

Further information Open Days At our Open Days you can expect to speak to academic staff and current students, tour our excellent modern facilities and accommodation, and get valuable advice on careers and finance. It is also the best way to get a real feel for what it would be like to study here. You will have the opportunity to find out more about courses, our approach to teaching and learning, and our facilities. We are here to help. We hold Open Days at our Coventry campus and attend postgraduate study events regularly throughout the year, both in the UK and overseas. Student-led tours If you are unable to attend an Open Day, you may join one of our student-led tours of the campus and facilities that run between October and June. For more information about student-led tours and Open Days, please visit: www.coventry.ac.uk/opendays How to apply If you are a UK student, to apply to study on a postgraduate course (full-time or part-time) you should complete an online postgraduate application form. This form is available via each course page on our website. The relevant web links are listed on the course pages in this prospectus. International/EU students International and EU students should apply online or by downloading the application form available at www.coventry.ac.uk/apply or via the course pages on our website.

The contents of this brochure are correct at the time of going to press. The course information within it relates to the 2019/20 academic year. We regularly review our course content, to make it relevant and current for the benefit of our students. Please visit www.coventry.ac.uk/study-at-coventry for up-to-date information on courses and other facilities and services described here before making any application or accepting any offer. 26

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