MSc courses in Health and Social Care, Health Promotion and Public Health

School of Health Sciences & Social Care

Brunel University

The School offers the following courses in this area:

MSc Health Promotion and Public Health
MSc Health and Social Care

MSC HEALTH PROMOTION AND PUBLIC HEALTH

Health promotion and public health bring together practitioners from a range of backgrounds and disciplines. Health promotion and public health bring together practitioners from a range of backgrounds and disciplines. This course, therefore, will be of interest to a wide range of professionals working in health and social care, local government, education and the voluntary sector as well as to new graduates contemplating a career in public health and health promotion.

The range of subject disciplines is designed to develop key public health competencies as part of a curriculum that combines an advanced academic learning experience within a supportive environment.

The course aims to enable students to:
- develop a systematic and critical understanding of theories, concepts, principles, issues, debates and new insights relating to health promotion and public health;
- deal with complex issues relating to the promotion of public health;
- demonstrate self-direction, autonomy and originality in tackling tasks and solving problems;
- acquire a comprehensive understanding of research techniques including the ability to evaluate critically methodologies and, where appropriate, propose new hypotheses;
- apply advanced knowledge and understanding to decisions and planning connected with professional public health practice;
- engage in collaborative work.

The course is one of the longest established in the UK, is recognised by the Society of Health Education and Health Promotion Specialists and is highly rated for its excellence in teaching. The curriculum takes account of new policy directives in public health and prepares students to take a constructive role in the multidisciplinary public health workforce.

For further details please visit:
http://www.brunel.ac.uk/about/acad/health/healthcourse/postgraduate/cdata/Health...

MSC HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE (Approved in principle)

Health and social care is a broad term that refers to the physical, mental and social well being of individuals and their families. Health and social care practitioners are those that offer medical, nursing, allied health care and social care to individuals and their families.

In the last decade, health and social care policy and practice has been in as state of continual challenge due to the growing demands of the national health service. Health care employment initiatives such as the knowledge and skills framework standards, non medical consultancy and pan London health and social care educational demands have increased the need for health and social care professionals to study for higher academic qualifications in order to gain promotion and to meet these standards. Embedded in this is the need to meet the challenges of a constantly changing health and social care climate, changes in the structure of organisations and the adoption of new roles and responsibilities. Many of these of new roles are managerial which require practitioners to develop and enhance people management and leadership knowledge and skills but also comprehend the current changes in health and social care policy that influence their management of junior staff. Attached to this is the need to acknowledge the importance of health and social care law and ethics and its role in care delivery and people management.

This programme aims to:
- Develop a systematic and critical understanding of theories, concepts, principles, issues, debates and new insights relating to health and social care law and ethics and health and social care policy.
- Acquire a comprehensive understanding of research te- chniques including the ability to evaluate critically methodologies and where appropriate new hypotheses.
- Apply advanced knowledge and understanding in decisions and planning connected to professional knowledge of operational and people management strategies and successful approaches to leadership and change and reflect on this process.
- Develop in-depth understanding of the principles of evidence-based health care and how it is applied to individuals.
- Facilitate the personal and professional development of each student and enhance skills in inter-professional practice.

For further details please visit:
http://www.brunel.ac.uk/about/acad/health/healthcourse/postgraduate/cdata/Health+and+Social+Care+MSc+(Approved+in+principle)