Healthcare Practice (Neonatal)
PgCert
Postgraduate
September 2025
Overview
Develop your professional practice to deliver high quality healthcare service across the sector with an MSc or PgDip in Healthcare Practice.
As changes persist within the NHS due to the 10-year plan, and the needs of the population continue to evolve, this course will enhance your practice and deepen your knowledge in person-centred care. It is open to both experienced and newly registered healthcare practitioners from a variety of professional contexts.
The generic nature of the course supports all professionals from a wide variety of roles. This course will allow you to apply learning to your individual circumstances to aid you in the development of your professional practice. To enhance the bespoke nature of this programme, you can also opt to study a negotiated module that is tailored to your specific professional needs.
What’s more, this evidence-based course will allow you to demonstrate your skills in critical analysis of theory, research, and practice, whilst building upon the four pillars of practice.
Why study Healthcare Practice at CCCU?
- Enhance your continued professional development with a flexible and bespoke course structure.
- Learn in our state-of-the-art Verena Holmes Building, which is home to industry-standard facilities including simulation suites and the Anatomy Learning Centre.
- Become a valued member of the Graduate College as a postgraduate student.
Building pillars of the healthcare community, this course will support healthcare professionals in their continued professional development to an advanced academic level for applied use in practice.
Sarah Crouch, Course Director
Entry requirements
This course is only open to overseas students who are already in the UK and working for the NHS. We are unable to sponsor a Student Route VISA for this course.
You should normally possess either a relevant degree at 2.2 or above (normally a degree in a health or social science subject), and/or a professional registration to practise in health and/or social care.
Please see the module guide for module pre-requisites and co-requisites.
For more information on the IELTS (International English language Testing System) requirements for this course, please click here to visit our dedicated IELTS web page.
2:2
Honours Degree
Module information
As well as the core modules, you may also have the opportunity to study a number of option modules in your second and third year. Option modules will not be pre-selected for you. We provide examples of option modules. The availability of specific option modules may vary from year to year. The offer of an option will be subject to a minimum number of students choosing the module to ensure the appropriate student experience. The offer of option modules may also be affected by staff availability. It means we cannot guarantee the availability of a particular optional module. However, we will ensure you have a choice of option modules.
Core/optional modules
*Modules subject to approval
How you’ll learn
Learning and teaching strategies will involve you as an active participant; you will be encouraged to use self-evaluation and reflection on your own experience to deepen and consolidate your understanding as well as plan for your future learning. This programme recognises that you are the experts in your field of health and care practice but will facilitate you to enhance your learning to seek innovative solutions for your own practice and as a leader to transform health and care delivery. Your own emotional wellbeing and connection to Health and Care Progressive Practice will be nurtured. Modules are organised using a range of teaching and learning methods to facilitate your academic and professional development. These methods include a blend of classroom based, online and work-based learning activities. Teaching and learning methods are supported by technologies e.g. our Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). A strong emphasis on building of transformational networks for learning communities and wider local and national networks is advocated.
Within some of the optional modules you may be taught in a group with students studying on the BSc. Where this occurs, you will be facilitated to explore the content of the module at a Masters level and discuss assessment requirements through specified provision of tutorials and/or online learning opportunities which will differentiate your learning needs and outcomes. Specific Masters Level learning resources (via VLE) and delivery in the classroom will be made available.
A virtual Impact Forum will be utilised with students expected to engage in formative reflection on the impact of their learning from each module on the impact of their learning on healthcare practice and provision. This will involve service-users and a collaborative approach to sharing and learning and will foster a community of best practice and integration. Learning with and from each other is also enhanced through the provision of a yearly conference where posters and research outcomes are available and presented by students completing the core research modules.
Check out our Continuing Professional Development Timetables for more information. Information about MSc Healthcare Practice can be found on pages 21-33.
How you’ll be assessed
Throughout the course your knowledge and skills will be informally assessed through a variety of learning activities. You will be encouraged to engage in self-assessment and may be actively involved in peer assessment. Formative assessment (during the module but not part of the final assessment) opportunities will be offered within each module as a part of your on-going learning.
Modules are worth 20 credits, except the research dissertation which is either worth 40 or 60 credits depending upon which option you choose to study. For each 20 credit module, the assessments are weighted at 4000 words or equivalent. Assessments include written essays/reports, critical reflections, case studies, and oral presentations.
The final stage research modules are assessed through the production of a research plan or proposal followed by a substantive dissertation/project in which the proposed research is carried out. All assessments focus on your ability to progress and integrate theory and practice enabling you to demonstrate the fulfilment of the module learning outcomes and are based on the postgraduate criteria for assessment.
Your future career
Enhancing your knowledge and understanding will contribute to your career progression and evidence that you are advancing practice according with professional skills frameworks. In addition, the skills you gain will enable you to write for professional journals and/or present at conferences, sharing best practice and raising your professional profile. Your postgraduate qualification could also help you to stand out in an increasingly competitive employment market, supporting you to consider senior, specialist or advanced roles within the health and social care arena, the independent and voluntary sector or education.
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Fees
Tuition fees for this course
| UK | Overseas | |
| 20 credit module | £1,070 per module | £1,070 per module |
| 40 credit module | £2,135 per module | £2,135 per module |
| 60 credit module | £3,200 per module | £3,200 per module |
20% Alumni Discount
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Important Information on Tuition Fees
Tuition fees for all courses which last more than one academic year are payable on an annual basis, except where stated.
There will be an annual inflationary increase in tuition fees for this course where the course lasts more than one academic year. For further information read the 2024/25 Tuition fee statements and continuing fee information.
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*We are advertising this course as ‘subject to approval.’ When we add new courses or update existing courses, we advertise the course as ‘subject to approval’. We do this to let you know the University still needs to agree to run the course. It is rare for a course not to gain approval, but it is not guaranteed. There may be changes to course and module titles, content and assessment, but we will tell you about these if there is a change. You can still apply to study a course subject to approval. We have prepared some questions and answers to tell you more.