Neurorehabilitation MSc

School of Health Sciences & Social Care

Brunel University

COURSE AIMS
This is an advanced academic course designed for new graduates and professional practitioners (eg occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech therapy) and for others with a special interest in neurorehabilitation. The course offers you the opportunity to acquire advanced theoretical knowledge, a deeper understanding of research and the ability to critically appraise scientific literature. The course encourages you to critically evaluate how theoretical knowledge informs professional practice in neurorehabilitation and to integrate knowledge with your clinical experience and skills.

The School of Health Sciences and Social Care is one of the largest schools in the University, and attracts funding from a range of national and international sources. School research and teaching is recognised by the Government as being amongst the highest for Health and Social Care in the country. The School's postgraduate courses emphasise the importance of interdisciplinary and integrated education for professionals.

COURSE DETAILS
The course explores the neurosciences in health and disease, and takes a research-based approach to encourage critical and analytical thinking about current theory and practice in neurorehabilitation. The course does not further clinical skills, nor leads to registration from the UK professional governing bodies, but rather focuses on developing the practictioner’s ability to conduct and evaluate neurorehabilitation research. Following the successful completion of the taught modules of the programme, students are expected to undertake a research project for the dissertation relevant to their specialist areas within neurorehabilitation.

The course consists of six taught modules plus a dissertation. It is CATS rated at M level. Each taught module is 20 credits and the dissertation is worth 60 credits. The taught modules run over the two 12 week university teaching terms, with students undertaking the dissertation following successful completion of the modules.

Modules
- Neurophysiological Basis for Rehabilitation of Movement
- Functional Neuroscience for Rehabilitation
- Research Methods (shared with other courses)
- Principles and practice in Evidence-Based Healthcare (shared with other MSc programmes)
- Clinical Applications in Neurorehabilitation
- Cognitive and Behavioural Issues in Neurorehabilitation

Dissertation
If you successfully complete all taught modules you then undertake the dissertation, which is a major element of the Masters' Degree. It provides you with the opportunity to integrate and apply the concepts and principles developed throughout the course within your own particular area of work. It encourages exploration and investigation of your own particular area of interest and expertise, and it is intended that the topics selected will reflect the negotiated needs for development in your own clinical area. The time allocated will consist of library-based, tutorial and practical work, and you are expected to work towards completing the requirements of the dissertation in your own time. Full time students shall normally submit the dissertation by the end of the academic year following completion of the taught modules; for part time students this would normally be within one academic year of completion of taught modules.

Short Courses
There are many short courses/modules that may be studied individually to update professional knowledge or may be used as part of the credit accumulation and transfer scheme to provide advanced standing awards or to advance diplomas to degrees for registered professionals.

For further details and module descriptions, please visit:
http://www.brunel.ac.uk/about/acad/health/healthcourse/postgraduate/cdata/neuror...