Life expectancy is increasing worldwide, with people living for longer and often with multiple chronic conditions. Palliative care, including rehabilitation and ‘living well’, is increasingly needed in people’s homes and other community settings, as well as in hospices and hospitals.
Delivering evidence-based, cost-effective palliative care in partnership with communities requires health and social care professionals, policymakers and researchers who can lead change and use robust evidence to inform their work. These professionals must be able to design, conduct, and critically appraise research about what should be done, how it is done, and to what effect. There is an urgent need for professionals in this field to drive positive change in palliative care.
Our MSc in Palliative Care: Implementing Best Practice programme is designed to address this significant gap. It will enable and empower you, whether you are a health and social care professional, policymaker or researcher, to progress your development, delivery and evaluation of care that facilitates best practice in palliative care and long-term conditions.
On this course, you will learn how to develop, deliver and evaluate care that facilitates best practice in palliative care and the care of people living with long-term conditions.
This programme is delivered 100% online, allowing you to access our world-renowned, research-led teaching from anywhere in the world. Designed specifically for an online audience, we use a range of interactive activities to support learning, including discussion forums, webinars and online lectures.
Key benefits
- Develop the research and personal skills, attributes, and confidence to apply your learning to implement evidence-based palliative care whether your focus is hospital, hospice, or community, regional, national or international
- Delivered by some of the world’s leading palliative care experts within the Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre, who have helped shape clinical guidelines and government policy
- Qualification progression routes: PGCert, PGDip and MSc
- Build your global network of palliative care professionals and connect with like-minded peers
- Study mode is 100% online – you can study anywhere
- Flexible study options – full-time or part-time
- Most modules are also available as standalone CPD courses
Who is this programme for?
If you have a passion for healthcare, a drive to excel, and a genuine desire to make a positive impact, this course will empower you to unlock a future filled with endless possibilities.
The programme is open to professionals working anywhere in the world who work in palliative care or the care of people living with long-term conditions and who have a drive to leverage change in services in the field.
We are seeking ambitious, creative future researchers, clinical academics, policy makers and leaders who have a desire to change lives through influencing service provision in palliative care.
Palliative care is multidisciplinary, and we welcome students from a range of specialities including medical clinicians and GPs, health and social care professionals, policymakers, researchers, and decision makers at local, regional and national level.
This opportunity allows you to embark on a journey that will not only shape your career but also transform the lives of those you serve.
Qualification routes
Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert)
The PGCert provides you with the theoretical and practical grounding of contemporary issues in palliative care and long-term conditions.
The PGCert introduces you to global challenges faced by palliative care, the principles of implementation science in contributing to overcoming these challenges, and the practical skills in critically appraising evidence and conducting palliative care research when evaluating complex interventions relevant to palliative care and long-term conditions.
Credits: 60
Study length: Typically completed part-time in one year (or can be studied over two years)
Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip)
The PGDip enhances your knowledge and skills acquired in the PGCert modules with more specialist learning in research methods and the application of implementation science to address current and future challenges in palliative care and long-term conditions, that you can continue to build on in your own academic studies or career.
Credits: 120
Study length: Typically completed part-time in two years (or can studied over four years)
Masters (MSc)
The MSc will consolidate and build on learning from the modules undertaken as part of the PGCert and PGDip to develop your knowledge, skills, and confidence to undertake and deliver a high-quality research project relevant to the development and evaluation of best practice in palliative care and long-term conditions.
Credits: 180
Study length: Typically completed full-time in one year or part-time in three years (or can be studied over five years)