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Degree Programme Table: Critical Care (Online Learning) (MSc) - 3 years (Part-time) (PTMSCCRITC1P)

Jump to: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3

Year 1 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: September

Notes:
MSc - This Award is taken over 3 years. You must complete 180 credits to gain this Award.

Year 1 has 60 credits of compulsory courses

Year 2 has 30 credits of compulsory courses and 30 credits of optional (elective) courses.

You must complete 60 credits in Year 3.

You have two options in Year 3:

- Dissertation (Critical Care) or

- 60 credits of taught courses (for example a combination of 40 credits from the Critical Care suite of courses (20-credit SLICC) and 2x10 (Critical Care Electives) and additional 20 credits (2x10 credit or 1x20 credit) CMVM Electives Courses

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Unlocking the literature: Clinical Trials
CRCA11002 10 credits
Core Clinical Practice in Critical Care
CRCA11003 10 credits
Sepsis and Infection
CRCA11005 10 credits
Trauma, Toxicology and Temperature
CRCA11004 10 credits
Human Factors in Critical Care
CRCA11006 10 credits
Fundamentals of Organ Failure
CRCA11024 10 credits

Year 2 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: September

Notes:
This Award is taken over 3 years and you have to take 180 credits.

30 credits of Year 2 are compulsory courses.

You must complete both courses listed below (30 credits) and three of optional courses (30 credits).

You must complete 60 credits in Year 2.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Advanced Critical Care
CRCA11014 10 credits
Unlocking the literature: Evidence to practice
CRCA11015 20 credits

Course options

Critical Care - Postgraduate Professional Development Courses

Select exactly 30 credits of the following courses
Neurological Critical Care
CRCA11010 10 credits
Maternal Critical Care
CRCA11012 10 credits
Cardiac Critical Care after elective procedures
CRCA11017 10 credits
Emergency Cardiac Critical Care
CRCA11018 10 credits
Perioperative Critical Care
CRCA11019 10 credits
Transplant Critical Care
CRCA11020 10 credits
Core Clinical Practice in Emergency Medicine
CRCA11021 10 credits
Cutting edge critical care: research and clinical practice in a changing world
CRCA11022 10 credits
Leading Change in The Acute Healthcare Setting
CRCA11025 10 credits
Critical Care Recovery
CRCA11026 10 credits

Year 3 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: September

Notes:
MSc - This Award is taken over 3 years. You must complete 180 credits to gain this Award.

You must complete 60 credits in Year 3.

You have two options in Year 3:

- Dissertation (Critical Care) or

- 60 credits of taught courses (for example a combination of 40 credits from the Critical Care suite of courses (20-credit SLICC) and 2x10 (Critical Care Electives) and additional 20 credits (2x10 credit or 1x20 credit) CMVM Electives Courses

Course choices should be agreed upon with the Course Organisers and Year 3 Director prior to enrollment. CMVM Y3 Elective course availability will be subject to student numbers.

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 60 credits in this group.

Dissertation (Critical Care)

Select exactly 60 credits of the following courses
Dissertation (Critical Care)
CRCA11011 60 credits
OR

Group B

Select exactly 60 credits in this group.

Student-Led Individually Created Course for Critical Care (SLICC)

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
MUST BE TAKEN

SLICC can be taken across blocks 1-4 but it MUST BE completed by Block 4
Student-Led Individually Created Course for Critical Care (SLICC)
CRCA11023 20 credits
AND

MSc Critical Care Y3 Taught Elective Courses

Select between 20 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students have to take at least 20 credits from the MSc Critical Care Taught Y3 Elective courses.

DO NOT TAKE A COURSE FROM THE BELOW SECTION IF YOU HAVE ALREADY COURSE COMPLETED IN Y2.
Neurological Critical Care
CRCA11010 10 credits
Maternal Critical Care
CRCA11012 10 credits
Cardiac Critical Care after elective procedures
CRCA11017 10 credits
Emergency Cardiac Critical Care
CRCA11018 10 credits
Perioperative Critical Care
CRCA11019 10 credits
Transplant Critical Care
CRCA11020 10 credits
Core Clinical Practice in Emergency Medicine
CRCA11021 10 credits
Cutting edge critical care: research and clinical practice in a changing world
CRCA11022 10 credits
Leading Change in The Acute Healthcare Setting
CRCA11025 10 credits
Critical Care Recovery
CRCA11026 10 credits
AND

MSc CMVM Y3 Elective Courses

Select between 10 and 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students have to take at least 10 credits of CMVM Y3 Elective courses, including but not restricted to, the following courses.

Elective courses will be variable across blocks 1 -6. Please consult the programme handbook.

CMVM Y3 Elective course availability will be subject to student numbers.
Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods
GLHE11017 10 credits
Advanced Research Methods
IMED11019 10 credits
Principles of Quality Improvement in Healthcare
IMED11023 10 credits
Clinical Education and Teaching
IMED11025 10 credits
Clinical Psychiatry
IMED11029 10 credits
Palliative Care and Symptom Management
IMED11030 10 credits
Assessment, Measurement and the Multidisciplinary Approach
PAMA11054 10 credits
Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology and its Relevance to Pain Management
PAMA11055 10 credits
Non-Pharmacological Approaches to Pain Management
PAMA11057 10 credits
Pain - A Multidimensional Phenomenon
PAMA11067 10 credits
Understanding the Pharmacological Management of Pain
PAMA11068 10 credits
Introduction to Pain Management in Practice
PAMA11070 10 credits
Introduction to Health Promotion
PUHR11058 10 credits
Epidemiology for Public Health Practice
PUHR11068 10 credits
Systematic Reviews
PUHR11069 10 credits
Fundamentals of Health Economics
PUHR11073 10 credits
Research Design for Public and Global Health
PUHR11080 10 credits
Introduction to Public Health
PUHR11082 10 credits
Qualitative interviewing and data analysis for public health
PUHR11088 10 credits
Innovative Approaches to Health Challenges Across Disciplines
VESC11224 10 credits
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