MSc/PG Diploma in Primary Care: course and module information
You can find information about the modules in this course here.
Module structure
Each module includes 30 hours of group teaching (usually one half-day each week for 10 weeks). Although the course includes a small amount of formal lecturing, the emphasis throughout the course is on active learning, in which students work in groups to apply the ideas being discussed to their own professional context. Students are also expected to spend 90 hours for each module on private study (reading, preparation for sessions, project work and assignments).
Find out more about the individual modules for your chosen route:
Core modules
Philosophy and Politics of Primary Health Care
This is a core module for all students on the MSc in Primary Health Care, whichever pathway you are taking. It will provide an overview of the academic study of primary care as a context for your later study, and also an introduction to subjects which you will later study in more depth. It will also provide the basis for you to develop a personal learning plan which will ensure a rational and coherent choice of module options which both meet t your personal learning needs and also contribute to your professional development in your primary care role, whatever that might be.
More information for this module can be found here.
Research Methods 1
Research is essential to maintain and improve the care and service offered by public health/ primary care professionals and throughout the health services. For research to be effective, those working in this area should be equipped to understand research findings and also to understand research design. This module equips students to do this.
More information for this module can be found here.
Assessment
Modules are assessed independently by submissions of written assignments, reflective self-assessment essays, learning portfolios, research projects and work based assignments. As with teaching methods the aim is that these assignments will help students link theory to practice.
Credit structure
To qualify for a postgraduate diploma, you need to satisfactorily complete eight modules selected from those listed under ‘Course content’.
For those who wish to pursue a Master’s degree, in addition to the formal assessment of each module, the submission of a dissertation of up to 15,000 words is required.
Students who have obtained the Postgraduate Diploma in Primary Care may convert this to a Master’s degree by submission of the preparatory work and then the final dissertation, any time up to five years after starting the course.